Specifications

376 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
It is possible to stop the boot process by pressing the Tab key, allowing you to
enter optional parameters on the command line:
– To use VNC and perform an installation in a graphic environment, run
linux vnc vncpassword=yourpwd. The password must be at least six
characters long.
– To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 on a multipath external disk, run
the following command:
linux mpath
More details about these actions are in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Installation Guide and the DM Multipath guide, found at:
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6
For VNC information, go to the following website:
http://www.realvnc.com/
Figure 8-63 shows the network TCP/IP configuration required to use VNC.
Figure 8-63 Manual TCP/IP configuration for VNC installation
Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ppc64
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• Enter the IPv4 and/or the IPv6 address and prefix (address / •
• prefix). For IPv4, the dotted-quad netmask or the CIDR-style •
• prefix are acceptable. The gateway and name server fields must •
• be valid IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. •
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• IPv4 address: X.XX.20.114_____ / 255.255.XXX.0___ •
• Gateway: X.XX.20.1________________________________ •
• Name Server: X.XX.242.28______________________________ •
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