Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Support Notes for HP Integrity Servers

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.

www.redhat.com/rhn

Follow the instructions provided to download and use the RHEL 5.9 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 5.9 documents.

Methods of Operating System Installation

The two methods that can be used to install RHEL 5.9 on your HP Integrity server are as follows.

NOTE: Installation of RHEL 5.9 on your HP Integrity server by the factory is not offered.

Installing Without Using HP Smart Setup

Use the following steps to install RHEL 5.9:

1. Ensure you have the correct server firmware versions before installing RHEL 5.9 by going to

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

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

a. Click the Drivers and Software option.

b. In the product field, enter the model number of the server (for example, DL980).

c. Press Search.

d. Click on the product link that you want in the search results field.

3. Select cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, and so on) 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 5.9 using the installation procedure described in the Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.9 Installation Guide:

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

Completing the Installation

Once you have installed RHEL 5.9 using one of the previously described options, you can now

Software and Getting Updates from Red Hat Network” (page 9).

After you install RHEL 5.9 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

Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01861367/c01861367.pdf?

jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Registering Software and Getting Updates from Red Hat Network

Ensure you have the most current version of software from the Red Hat Network, including patches

for bug fixes, using the following instructions:

1. Install RHEL 5.9 on your system and reboot.

2. Log in as root on the console.

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