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HP Part Number: 5992-3193

Edition: 2.5

Published: May 2009

© Copyright 2007–2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

About This Document

Additional Documentation
Intended Audience
Typographic Conventions
Publishing History
Related Information
HP Encourages Your Comments

1 Planning the Installation

Support Information

Supported Linux OS Distributions
Supported Hardware
Support Exceptions
Ensure Support for Linux on HP Integrity Servers

Choosing an Installation Scenario

Choosing an Installation Environment

Using a Serial Console
Using a VGA Console
Using the HP Smart Setup EBSU Utility

Installation Process

2 Preparing for Installation

Obtaining the Latest HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux

Ensuring Platform Compatibility

Verifying Hardware Compatibility
Backing Up Existing Data

Setting Up a Console

Setting Up a Serial Console
Setting Up a VGA Console

Preparing the Server Hardware

Setting Up the Boot Drive
Accessing the Removable Media Devices Using EFI

3 Installing the OS and Updating the Server

Using HP Smart Setup to Install the OS

Using the Linux Media to Install the OS

Updating the Server

Installing Updates from the Web
Registering for HP Support Notifications

Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers for Linux

Installing the MPT Fusion HBA Drivers for Linux

4 EFI and HP Smart Setup Media Utilities

Using the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays Utility

EFI Boot Manager
EFI Shell

HP Smart Setup Utilities

Accessing HP Smart Setup Utilities

5 Installing and Using the HP Support Pack

Software Provided in the HP Support Pack

HP Management Base for Integrity Servers
HP Insight Management Agents
HP System Management Homepage
HP Server Manageability eXtensions
HP WBEM Providers for Linux
HP Partition Manager
HP nPartition Commands
HP Array Configuration Utility – Command Line Interface
OpenPegasus
Small Footprint CIM Broker
HP Utilization Provider Including WBEM
HP SmartSetup Scripting Toolkit
HP SAS Integrated Raid (IR) Configuration Utility
HP Integrity Virtual Machines WBEM Provider

Product Installation Dependencies

Removing OpenWBEM
Installing the Java Development Kit Product

Installing Software from the HP Support Pack

Before Running the Installer
Running the Installer

A Configuring and Using a Serial Console

Configuring a Serial Console
Using a Serial Console

B HP Support Pack Dependencies

RHEL4
RHEL5
SLES10
SLES11

C Known Issues

HP Insight Management WBEM Providers on Pegasus cimserver Supports Multi-Process Mode Only
Unaligned Access Messages
Superfluous PAM Authentication Message
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers Information Reporting
Changing IP Address of Network Interface
Configuring Storage Adapters
Partitioning Fibre Channel HBA Adapters
Installing the MPT Fusion HBA Driver on RHEL 5U2 and RHEL 5U3 using a Xen Kernel Hangs the Server
HP System Management Homepage Session Time-out Error
HP SAS Integrated Raid (IR) Configuration Utility May Cause Kernel Panics on RHEL4U7
Flashing HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-T adapter (AD337A) Adapters

D Supported Products Matrix

List of Figures

1-1 Serial Console Configuration
1-2 VGA Console Configuration
1-3 Installation Overview
3-1 EFI Boot Manager Menu
3-2 HP Smart Setup EBSU Main Menu
3-3 HP Smart Setup EBSU Main Menu with System Setting Option
3-4 Configure the ACPI Setting
3-5 Configure the MPS Setting
3-6 Configure Storage Adapters Option
3-7 Configuring Storage Adapters
3-8 Select Smart Setup
3-9 Page 1: Update Firmware
3-10 Page 1: Update Firmware, Cell-Based Servers
3-11 Page 2: Disk Partitioning
3-12 Page 3: Installation Considerations
3-13 Inserting the Linux Installer Media
4-1 EFI Boot Manager

List of Tables

1-1 Supported Minimum OS Distributions by HP Integrity Server
2-1 Graphics Support on Server Models
D-1 Supported Products Matrix

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