Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class System Overview and Planning

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Planning the System Environment
Software Deployment
The new ProLiant BL10e server blades are designed for headless management and deployment.
While there are many possibilities for deploying the operating system of choice on ProLiant
BL10e server blades, the following methods have been tested and are supported by Compaq:
Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit
OS installation via devices connected to the diagnostic adapter
Pre-eXecution Environment (PXE)
Important: When you install the Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class system to your network, the
server blades automatically boot to the network using PXE.
Before you install server blades in the ProLiant BL e-Class server blade enclosure, be sure the
Rapid Deployment Pack, which contains PXE, is installed and running on your network.
Without a PXE server, such as Rapid Deployment Pack, running on the network, a server blade
stops at the following prompt:
“Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready.”
Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack
Rapid Deployment Pack includes the Altiris eXpress Deployment Server software as well as the
ProLiant Integration Module. The ProLiant Integration Module includes the pre-configured
scripts to install Windows 2000 Server Edition and Red Hat Linux 7.2, as well as Compaq
value-add software (such as CSP and agents).
Note: If using PXE to do remote deployments with Rapid Deployment Pack, a DHCP server is
required.
Licensing for the Rapid Deployment Pack is on a per-server basis; however, Rapid Deployment
Pack can also be obtained at a promotional price bundled with a ProLiant BL e-Class server blade
enclosure (Available Spring 2002).
For information on Rapid Deployment Pack, refer to the ProLiant Integration Module for Altiris
eXpress User Guide on either the Rapid Deployment Pack CD or the Compaq website:
http://
www.compaq.com\manage\rapiddeploy
When using the Rapid Deployment Pack to deploy Linux, you will also need an NFS server to
install Red Hat Linux 7.2. The NFS server must be running Red Hat Linux 7.2 and should have
at least 2 GB free disk space on the /usr filesystem. An NFS setup script must be run on the NFS
server, directions are included on the RDP CD. To obtain additional information about Rapid
Deployment Pack, or to purchase licenses for installation, go to the Compaq website:
http://www.compaq.com/manage/rapiddeploy.html