Installing the Gaia Operating System

Install the Gaia operating system on an open server before you install R80. When you start the Gaia installation, you must select Gaia and press Enter in 60 seconds, or the server tries to start from the hard drive. The timer countdown stops when you press Enter. There is no time limit for the next steps.

1. Start the server using the installation media.
2. When the first screen shows, select Install Gaia on the system and press Enter.
3. Press OK to continue with the installation.
4. Select a keyboard language. English US is the default.
5. Configure the hard disk partitions.
6. Enter and confirm the password for the admin account.
7. Select the management interface (default = eth0).
8. Configure the management IP address, net mask and default gateway.

   You can define the DHCP server on this interface.

9. Select OK to format the hard drive and installation the Gaia operating system.
10. Reboot to complete the installation.