HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade Linux Installation white paper

Using PXE/DHCP Boot: # cd /boot/efi

NOTE: You may need to mount the DVD device.

4. Install the tg3 source RPM file, enter:

# rpm -ivh tg3-3.71b-1.src.rpm

5. Build the binary RPM for the tg3 driver, choose one of the following:

RHEL4U4 # cd /usr/src/redhat

# rpmbuild -bb SPECS/tg3.spec

SLES10 # cd /usr/src/packages

# rpmbuild -bb SPECS/tg3.spec

If an error during the build process is displayed, you may not have correctly installed the

kernel source and development tools. Verify that all required packages kernel source and

development packages have been installed, see “Development Packages” (page 9).

6. Install the new RPM file, enter:

# rpm -ivh RPMS/ia64/tg3-3.71b-1.ia64.rpm --force

The tg3 driver and manpage are installed.

7. Verify that the network interfaces on the BL860c server blade are configured.

If you did not configure the network interfaces at installation time, consult the server

documentation for specific network interface configuration information.

TIP: Helpful network configuration tools are available to aid in configuration, including

system-config-network in RHEL4U4 and yast2 in SLES10.

8. Reboot the server.

When the server reboot completes, the network should start with the tg3 driver loaded and

the correct network configuration.

If errors should occur or for more details regarding the tg3 driver, see “Appendix A:

Instructions for Installing a New tg3 Driver for Ethernet Pass-Thru Interconnect Module

Users” (page 21).

9. Verify that the tg3 driver is loaded, enter the following command:

# lsmod

Optional Activities

This section describes the following optional activities that you may choose to employ in

administering your HP Integrity servers:

• “Configuring the PXE Environment” (page 17)

• “Scripting Linux Installations for Large Deployments” (page 20)

Configuring the PXE Environment

This section describes how to create and configure a PXE environment to enable network booting

and installing of Linux and is specific to HP Integrity systems.

Optional Activities 17