Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.4.6 for HP Integrity Servers

Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.4.6
Announcement
HP has certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL4) AS v.4.6 for the Intel® Itanium Processor®
(kernel-2.6.9-67.EL; glibc-2.3.4-2.39) on HP Integrity servers. For a list of the HP servers supported
by RHEL4, see the Linux on Integrity certification matrix at the following Web site:
www.hp.com/go/lxintegritycert
IMPORTANT: The Red Hat Installation Guide is available on the Red Hat media that shipped
with your server, or you can download it in PDF, RPM, or HTML format from the following
Web site:
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
Support Note Contents
1. Distributions Supported on HP Integrity Servers (page 5)
2. Operating System Installation (page 6)
3. Registering Software and Getting Updates from Red Hat Network (page 7)
4. Known Issues (page 7)
Distributions Supported on HP Integrity Servers
For a list of supported Linux distributions on HP integrity servers, see the following Web site:
www.hp.com/go/lxintegritycert
For additional information on Red Hat products for HP Integrity servers, see the following Web
site:
www.hp.com/go/integrityrhel
IMPORTANT: Do not discard the Red Hat registration card packaged with the Red Hat CDs or
DVDs. To receive Red Hat updates and comply with HP support requirements, register the serial
number on the card with Red Hat Network. See Registering Software and Getting Updates from
Red Hat Network (page 7) in this document for more information.
Certification and Support Matrix
Information on the supported and certified versions of the Red Hat Enterprise Server Linux
distribution for the HP Integrity servers can be found at the following URL.
1. Go to the following URL:
www.hp.com/go/lxintegritycert
2. Click on the server name to obtain detailed product information, downloads, documentation,
and specific certification information.
HP recommends that customers review this certification and support information for their HP
Integrity server prior to any direct download from the Red Hat Web site.
Using the HP Smart Setup CD to Prepare for Operating System Installation
Use the HP Smart Setup CD to prepare your system for installation of the Linux operating system.
This CD contains the HP Smart Setup EBSU application, which assists with tasks such as
configuring storage adapters, upgrading firmware, preparing a system hardware inventory, and
installing diagnostics tools. After operating system installation, you can use the HP Management
Announcement 5