HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade Linux Installation white paper

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About This Document.........................................................................................................4

Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................4

Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................4

Related Information................................................................................................................................5

HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................5

Introduction............................................................................................................................................6

Abstract..............................................................................................................................................6

Preparing to Install Linux.......................................................................................................................6

Racking, Cabling, and Firmware.......................................................................................................6

Console Output.................................................................................................................................6

Installation Boot Media.....................................................................................................................8

Using an External USB DVD Device............................................................................................8

Using iLO 2 Virtual Media...........................................................................................................8

Using a PXE Network Connection...............................................................................................8

Installation Media..............................................................................................................................8

Using CD/DVD Media.................................................................................................................9

Using a Local Hard Disk Partition...............................................................................................9

Using a Network Repository........................................................................................................9

Installation Considerations...............................................................................................................9

Disk Partitioning..........................................................................................................................9

Development Packages................................................................................................................9

Installing Linux.......................................................................................................................................9

Booting Linux on the BL860c Server Blade.....................................................................................10

Making the Installation Media Available...................................................................................10

Using the USB Attached DVD..............................................................................................10

Using a vMedia Connected Device.......................................................................................10

Booting from the Linux Installation Media................................................................................12

Booting a Linux Installation from a PXE Network Connection.................................................13

Selecting and Installing the Linux Distribution..............................................................................13

Installing RHEL4U4...................................................................................................................13

Installing SLES10........................................................................................................................14

Updating the tg3 Driver..................................................................................................................15

Optional Activities................................................................................................................................17

Configuring the PXE Environment.................................................................................................17

Scripting Linux Installations for Large Deployments.....................................................................20

Appendix A: Instructions for Installing a New tg3 Driver for Ethernet Pass-Thru Interconnect

Module Users........................................................................................................................................21

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