SMI Base Image ISO
The SMI uses a generic installable SMI Base Image ISO (Virtual CD-ROM) for installing the SMI Base image. Currently, the SMI uses a hardened Base OS as the Base image. This ISO image replaces the existing VMDK and QCOW2 artifacts used in the previous SMI releases. The ISO boots and writes the storage device images onto a Virtual Machine (VM) or Bare Metal storage device. Using the SMI Base Image ISO, you can install an OS for the Inception server or install the Base OS for manual deployments (For example, OpenStack).
This ISO image boots the first storage device - with a minimum of 100 GB in size for production - and writes the storage device image to the disk. Additionally, you can use a cloud-init ISO along with the SMI Base Image ISO to configure the cloud-init data, which is required for building a cloud-init ISO. When no cloud-init ISO is found, the SMI uses the default configuration.
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Note | By default, the user password expiry is set to PASS_MAX_DAYS (/etc/login.defs). Password expiration days must be extended to avoid access lock. For remote hosts, user password days can be configured by using the following CLI configuration:
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Note | For base images with restricted umask in CM HA nodes, run the sudo command to view the correct DRBD-overview output. |