Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Support Notes for HP Integrity Servers
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This chapter describes how to prepare your server for operating system (OS) installation, install
the RHEL 5.3 OS on your HP Integrity server, and obtain OS updates directly from Red Hat.
Installation Preparation
Before you begin installing RHEL 5.3 operating system (OS) on your HP Integrity server, ensure
that you have obtained:
• all necessary installation documentation, and
• the RHEL 5.3 for the Intel Itanium Processor installation media set.
The following sections describe how to prepare for your OS installation.
Installation Documentation
HP encourages you to review each of the following documents before you begin installing RHEL
5.3:
OS Installation Guide and Release Notes
Red Hat provides the installation guide for OS installation and is the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.3 Installation Guide.
Additionally, release notes for the RHEL 5 distribution are provided by Red Hat. These
documents are provided with an original OS distribution release notes document
(RELEASE-NOTES-en) and separate update release notes documents for each subsequent
OS update (RELEASE-NOTES—U1–en, RELEASE-NOTES—U2–en, RELEASE-NOTES—U3–en,
and so on).
These documents are available on the Red Hat media that shipped with your server, or you
can download it in various formats from the RHEL Documentation website:
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux
Documentation for the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux, including the HP
Smart Setup application and all complimentary HP value-added server management software
in the HP Support Pack, are shipped on media with your system. The HP Integrity Essentials
Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide describes how to use HP Smart Setup utility to install
RHEL 5.3, install and use the server management software, and download the product and
is found:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-3193/index.html
Recommendations and Known Issues
The “Recommendations” (page 11) and “Known Issues” (page 11) sections provide
information that is helpful to be aware of prior to installing RHEL 5.3.
Downloading RHEL from the Red Hat Website
In the event that you chose to not receive a media kit from HP containing the RHEL software or
you need to create a copy of the RHEL 5.3 media, you must download the RHEL operating system
directly from the Red Hat website.
NOTE: It is necessary to register at the Red Hat website prior to download, which requires the
activation code that you received from HP when ordering RHEL.
Register and log in at the Red Hat Network website:
www.redhat.com/rhn
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