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book.book Page 2 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Notes and Notices NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2006–2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.
book.book Page 3 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Contents Installing and Reinstalling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 . . . . 5 Using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility media . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . 7 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Using the SUSE Linux media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing on Systems With a Dell Utility Partition . Obtaining the DKMS Framework for Device Drivers Updating Your System Packages Using YOU 7 . . . . . . . . . .
book.book Page 4 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on PowerEdge SC430, SC830, and SC850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on the Adaptec 39320 SCSI Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Alerts Not Received in KDE Konsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Incorrect IP Address Displayed in SNMP Applications . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 13 . . . .
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book.book Page 6 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Using the SUSE Linux media NOTE: For consistent mounting of storage partitions, it is recommended that you place file system labels on all file systems, and mount the file systems by file system label. This provides a consistent file system naming and identification, and allow the system to continue to boot correctly as storage is added to or removed from the system.
book.book Page 7 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Installing on Systems With a Dell Utility Partition If you are installing or reinstalling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on a system with a Dell utility partition, use YaST to install the boot loader on the first sector of the boot partition. To do so, follow these steps: 1 Select the Booting menu option from within YaST. 2 Select Boot Loader Section of Boot Partition under Boot Loader Location.
book.book Page 8 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Important Information This section contains information about software fixes, problems you might encounter, and other information for using SUSE Linux on your Dell system. Systems Configured With an nVidia Chipset Fail to Boot If your system is configured with an nVidia chipset, it fails to boot. The Linux kernel does not recognize the nVidia PCI Interrupt router device and cannot route interrupts properly in PIC mode.
book.book Page 9 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Incorrect CPU Core Information is Displayed on Systems Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 If your system is configured with Intel® 72XX processors, the /proc/cpuinfo command displays incorrect number of cores. A fix for this issue will be available in a future update of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
book.book Page 10 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM This is due to a bug in the bounce buffer section of the core SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 memory management (mm) kernel code. A patch for this bug is available in kernel 2.6.5-7.252 and later. A temporary workaround for this bug is to restrict the memory of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 configurations to less than 3 GB either by physically reducing RAM or passing the mem= parameter to the kernel command line at boot time.
book.book Page 11 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Large Virtual Resolution Displayed When DRAC Is Present When Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) is present in a PowerEdge system, the X Window System may present a virtual display resolution that is larger than the actual monitor size.
book.book Page 12 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Alerts Not Received in KDE Konsole The KDE text console, known as Kconsole, cannot display Dell OpenManage Server Administrator alerts if the alert action is configured to broadcast the event to all SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 active consoles. When using KDE, alternatives such as Xconsole displays the broadcast alert correctly. Incorrect IP Address Displayed in SNMP Applications There is a bug in net-snmp 5.1.3.
book.book Page 13 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM Mouse Tracking Synchronization Problem When Connecting Through the DRAC Remote Console When connecting through the remote console to a PowerEdge system with DRAC4, DRAC5, and iDRAC running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, the local mouse may not synchronize with the server mouse in the remote console.
book.book Page 14 Friday, February 1, 2008 2:13 PM System Time Might Become Inconsistent With the Hardware Clock On certain PowerEdge systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, the system time may not synchronize with the hardware clock. A workaround for this problem is to use the kernel boot parameter nohpet in boot/grub/menu.lst or use network time protocol (NTP) to synchronize the system time with a reliable time source. This issue will be resolved in a future SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 update.
