Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.
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Table of Contents Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 Update 4......................................5 Announcement.......................................................................................................................................5 Support Note Contents...........................................................................................................................5 Distributions Supported on HP Integrity Servers......................................................
Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 Update 4 Announcement HP has certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL4) ES v.4 Update 4 for the Intel® Itanium Processor® (kernel 2.6.9-42.EL; glibc-2.3.4-2.25) on HP Integrity servers. For a list of the HP servers supported by RHEL4, see the Linux on Integrity certification matrix at the following Web site: www.hp.
CD to install additional utilities and tools such as HP system management software. For instructions, see Operating System Installation (page 6). The HP Smart Setup CD ships with your system hardware and is also available for free download under the Linux link at the following Web site: http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinuxessentials Documentation Red Hat provides its own installation guide for operating system installation.
Downloading RHEL from the Red Hat Web Site You can choose to download the RHEL operating system directly from the Red Hat Web site and not receive a media kit from HP containing the software. This scenario occurs when the media option AJR is deselected from the order. (The media kit option is always selected by default. ) It is necessary to register at the Red Hat Web site prior to download. Registration requires the activation code that each customer receives from HP when ordering either RHEL.
a. From the following Web site, click on the "Driver Downloads" link: http://www.hp.com b. c. d. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Click the radio button preceding "Download drivers and software" on the Software & Driver Downloads page, enter A6826A , A7538A, AB379A, A167A, A168A, AB429A, AD300A, AE311A, A8002A, or A8003A in the text box. Click "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Itanium)" under the "select operating system" heading on the specify operating system page.
Linux distributions for Integrity servers and official Red Hat Updates for those distributions. HP supports the Linux software it distributes. 12. Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v. 4 does not ship or install a kernel-source rpm with the binary installation CDs or DVDs. If you want to modify or view the kernel configuration, you must extract kernel-2.6.9-42.EL.src.rpm from the source .rpm packages. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v. 4 Release Notes for instructions.
the Red Hat Network. For additional instructions on installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux on an Integrity server, consult the HP integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide. 20. Installation to a software RAID 6 volume may result in a kernel panic. If this occurs, try using a different RAID type such as RAID 5. 21.
23. Ethernet connections may not work properly on BL860c blade servers running Linux with the Ethernet Pass-Thru module. The standard Linux driver (tg3) does not autonegotiate properly to secure the connection. To fix this problem, HP has qualified a special version of the tg3 driver, which can be downloaded from the drivers area of www.hp.com. Detailed installation instructions are included in the documentation package that is posted with the driver.
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