Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Support Notes for HP Integrity Servers

Follow the instructions provided to download and use the RHEL 5.3 ISO images for the 64-bit

Intel Itanium architecture. See the RHEL Documentation website at https://www.redhat.com/

docs/manuals/enterprise/ for a list of related RHEL 5.3 documents.

Methods of Operating System Installation

The are two methods that can be used to install RHEL 5.3 on your HP Integrity server as follows.

NOTE: Installation of RHEL 5.3 on your HP Integrity server by the factory is not offered.

Installing Using HP Smart Setup

Before installing RHEL 5.3 on your HP Integrity server, use the HP Smart Setup application.

The HP Smart Setup utility and HP Support Pack are part of the HP Integrity Essentials

Foundation Pack for Linux, which ships with your system hardware. You can use HP Smart

Setup to prepare your system for installation of the RHEL operating system, and install and

configure the OS. HP Smart Setup assists with tasks such as configuring storage adapters,

upgrading firmware, preparing a system hardware inventory, and installing diagnostics tools.

Install RHEL 5.3 using the installation procedure described in the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation

Pack for Linux User's Guide:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-3193/index.html

Installing Without Using HP Smart Setup

Use the following steps to install RHEL 5.3:

1. Ensure you have the correct server firmware versions before installing RHEL 5.3 by going

to the HP website at http://www.hp.com and selecting Software & Driver Downloads.

2. Under the section Support for your products, perform the following substeps:

a. Click the Download drivers and software (and firmware) option.

b. In the product field, enter the model number of the server (for example, sx1000).

c. Press Enter.

3. Select cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.) from the list of

operating systems.

4. If your server does not have the current firmware, locate it in the categorized list displayed,

and then click the adjacent Download button to download the tar file.

5. Install any firmware updates.

6. Install and configure RHEL 5.3 using the installation procedure described in the Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.3 Installation Guide:

https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Completing the Installation

Once you have installed RHEL 5.3 using one of the previously described options, you can now

Software and Getting Updates from Red Hat Network” (page 10)

After you install RHEL 5.3 using any of the installation methods, HP encourages you to install

and use the server management tools that are provided in the HP Support Pack as described in

the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-3193/index.html

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