HP ProLiant DL180 Generation 5 Server Software Configuration Guide

NOS installation

Supported NOS

Table 14 Supported network operating systems (NOS)

NOS Version On-line information site

Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2—Enterprise,

Standard, and Web Editions Microsoft Windows

Server 2003 R2 SP2—Enterprise, Standard, and Web

Editions Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 for 32-

bit and 64-bit

Microsoft World Wide Web

access: http://www.microsoft.com

Microsoft Product Support Services:

http://support.microsoft.com/direct

ory

Microsoft Software BBS: 206-936-

6735

Red Hat Enterprise

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32- and 64-bit),

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32- and 64-bit)

http://www.redhat.com

SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32- and 64-bit),

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32- and 64-bit)

http:www.novell.com/linux

Sun Solaris Enterprise Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit) http:www.sun.com/solaris

NOS pre-installation procedure

Perform the two pre-NOS installation steps in this section before installing the NOS of your choice.

1. Configure the hardware aspect of the server.

2. Update the server BIOS.

Hardware setup

Prepare the server following the instructions in the HP ProLiant DL180 Generation 5 Server Installation

Sheet.

It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that the HP equipment is

functioning properly and you complete the NOS installation.

Your ProLiant server comes with new hard disk drive(s) that do not need specific setup. However, if you

install additional used hard disk drives in your new server:

• Note that most NOS installations remove all data from the hard disk on which they are installed. If

you want to use additional hard disk drives to access existing data in the new server, HP

recommends that you install and configure any of these hard drives after completing the NOS

installation.