Recovering from ISO installation failure due to unsupported system board model

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Resolve ISO installation failures that occur due to an unsupported system board model.

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Symptom

ISO installation failed with the error message:
“Storage configuration failed: requested size exceeds maximum allowed“

Possible root cause

If model string of the system board is not one of the qualified model strings, the software cannot be able to identify the hardware for OS installation. The ISO installation fails with the error message: 
Storage configuration failed: requested size exceeds maximum allowed.

Procedure

  1. In the ISO installation screen, press Alt+F2 to launch the Linux® CLI.
  2. Run the following command to display the current system board model: 
    [anaconda root@localhost]# cat
/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name
    If the output of this command is one of the following model strings of the system board, then this node has an unsupported system board model.
    • 0YWR7D
    • 00WGD1
    • 01KPX8

    Contact Dell to request a hardware replacement.