Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 for HP Integrity Servers

and tools such as HP system management software. For instructions, see Operating System

Installation (page 6).

The HP Smart Setup application is part of the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux,,

which ships with your system hardware. It is also available for free download under the Linux

link at the following website:

http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinuxessentials

Documentation

Red Hat provides its own installation guide for operating system installation. It is available on

the Red Hat CDs or DVDs that shipped with your server, or you can download it in PDF, RPM,

or HTML format from the following website:

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

Documentation for the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux and the HP Smart

Setup application come with your system. The HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux

User's Guide (http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-3193/index.html) describes how to use HP Smart

Setup application to install RHEL 5.2.

The Installing HP Insight Management Agents on Integrity Servers Running Linux manual is available

at the following website:

http://www.docs.hp.com/linux

Operating System Installation

Before installing RHEL 5.2 for the Intel® Itanium® Processor on your Integrity server, use the

HP Smart Setup application.

IMPORTANT: Ensure you have the correct firmware version before installing RHEL 5.2.

1. Click on Software & Drivers from the following website:

http://www.hp.com

2. On the "Software & Drivers" page, click the radio button preceding "Download drivers and

software (and firmware).”

3. Enter your server model number in the for product text box.

4. On the "Select operating system" page, click cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware,

Diagnostics, etc.)

If your system came with Linux pre-installed, power on your server and configure it as prompted.

NOTE: The functionality provided by the HP Support Pack is NOT included in the preinstallation

and will need to be applied if needed.

Use the HP Smart Setup and the Linux Installer media to load the operating system files on the

server. After installation, set up the system and update it with the latest firmware, drivers, and

patches. For details about installation procedures, see the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation

Pack for Linux User's Guide (http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-3193/index.html) .

Recovering your operating system:

The recovery process of your factory-installed operating system is a “cold installation” (installation

from the distribution media). For instructions on this type of recovery, see Chapter 3 of the HP

Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide.