Support Notes for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for HP Integrity Servers HP Part Number: 5991–6409 Edition: 3, E0307
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Table of Contents Support Notes for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for HP Integrity Servers............5 Announcement.......................................................................................................................................5 Support Note Contents...........................................................................................................................5 SLES 10 on Integrity Servers...................................................................................
Support Notes for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for HP Integrity Servers Announcement Hewlett-Packard has certified SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server® 10 (SLES 10) (kernel version 2.6.16.21-0.8-default, glibc 2.4-31.2) on HP Integrity servers, which are based on the Intel® Itanium® 2-based processor. Use the HP Smart Setup EBSU application to prepare your server for operating system installation. It will prompt you to insert operating system media when ready.
NOTE: HP recommends backing up all data and doing a cold install of SLES if upgrading from SLES8 or SLES9. Recovering your operating system: The HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux media and HP Smart Setup CD ship with your Integrity server. Contact your HP sales representative to obtain the foundation pack kit if it is not with your order. You can download the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux and updates for free from the Linux link at: http://www.hp.
NOTE: When presented with a list of packages to update, a plus (+) sign to the left of the package indicates “select this package for update”. Known Issues 1. If you have a Qlogic FibreChannel card, you can obtain the latest driver from HP. To obtain the driver: a. From the page at http://www.hp.com, click on the "Driver Downloads" link. b.
a. b. 6. At the EFI Shell prompt, type acpiconfig default and press Enter. Type reset and press Enter. System is unbootable after adding new disks. When you add new disks, the system may fail with one of the following messages: init= or VFS root not found To fix the problem: a. b. c. d. Remove any disks you've added since you last booted your system. Invoke parted /dev/sdX where sdX is the disk where your root partition resides.
When softpowerdown is enabled on an rx7620 or rx8620 server, if one nPartition is defined in the server then halting the operating system powers off the server cabinet (including all cells and I/O chassis). On an rx7620 or rx8620 server with multiple nPartitions, halting the operating system from an nPartition with softpowerdown enabled causes only the resources on the local nPartition to be powered off.
17. 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.
