Installing the Base Image on Bare Metal

The SMI Cluster Manager uses a Base OS as its base image. You can install the base image through an ISO file. Optionally, you can provide the network and user configuration parameters through a cloud-init ISO file.

Note
For deploying the Inception Server, you must use only the SMI Base Image ISO downloaded from the repository. Contact your Cisco Account representative to download the SMI Base Image ISO from the repository.

The SMI Cluster Manager installs the Sysstat Package Manager system utility on all hosts during deployment to provide real-time debugging capabilities.