HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade Linux Installation white paper

Using
Physical
Media:
On the BL860c server blade with the DVD device already connected and
Linux booted, insert the media containing the tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm
file.
a.
b. To mount the media making the files available, enter:
mount /media/dvdrom
Using
vMedia;
On the system hosting the vMedia device, choose one of the following:
Insert and mount the media containing the tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm file.
a.
Or
Create an ISO file that contains the tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm RPM file
so that it can be mounted as an iLO2 vMedia device using one of the
following:
Linux: mkisofs -J -o tg3.iso tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm
Windows: A number of CD/DVD writer software applications have
the ability to generate an ISO file in addition to the actual
CD/DVD writing facility. The specific steps to generate and
write the ISO file to media vary for each application.
Consult the documentation for the CD/DVD writer software
applicatione that you have installed for instructions on how
to create an ISO image that contains
tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm and write it to media.
This ISO image can be mounted for use in updating the tg3 driver on
your BL860c server blade after the OS installation.
b. In the Java enabled Web browser, connect to the IP address of the iLO 2
MP interface.
c. Start the vMedia applet.
d. In the vMedia applet, connect the vMedia device by specifying either the
media or ISO image, and then click Connect.
e. On the BL860c server blade that is booted into Linux, mount the media
to make the files available by entering:
mount /media/dvdrom
Using
PXE/DHCP
Boot:
a. Place a copy of the tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm on the TFTP server where
it can be easily copied to the BL860c server blade using the EFI tftp
command.
b. On the BL860c server blade, boot to the EFI shell.
c. Change to the root directory of the boot partition.
For example, by entering fs0: at the Shell> prompt.
d. Copy the tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm file from the TFTP server with the
following commands:
fs0:\> tftp
tftp> get tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm
NOTE: This assume the tg3 driver source is at the top level directory
on the TFTP server
e. Boot the BL860c server blade to Linux.
3. Change to the directory where tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm is located by entering one of the
following commands:
Using Physical Media or vMedia: # cd /media/dvdrom
16