Support Notes for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for HP Integrity Servers

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. Click the radio button preceding "Download drivers and software" on the Software &
Driver Downloads page, type the name of the FibreChannel card in the text box, and
press Enter.
c. Click "SUSE LINUX" under the "select operating system" heading on the specify
operating system page.
d. Scroll down the download drivers and software page for your specified card, and click
the download button for the required driver.
2. If you have an Emulex 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. Click the radio button preceding "Download drivers and software" on the Software &
Driver Downloads page, type the name of the FibreChannel card in the text box, and
press Enter.
c. Click "SUSE LINUX" under the "select operating system" heading on the specify
operating system page.
d. Scroll down the download drivers and software page for your specified card, and click
the download button for the required driver.
3. No support for uncertified RPM packages.
If you add uncertified RPM packages to the operating system (for example, from an open
source development repository), it will not be supported by Novell. Novell supports only
RPM packages bundled in supported Linux distributions for Integrity servers and official
SLES Service Packs for those distributions. HP supports the Linux software it distributes.
4. No support for systems with a recompiled kernel.
Although you may recompile your kernel to change configuration parameters, HP does not
support systems on which you have recompiled your kernel for any other reason (for example,
for kernel source code changes).
Supported customizations:
a. Modifying configuration options found in
/usr/src/linux-version-versionnumber/configs to set values or make
modules static or dynamically loadable.
b. Changing boot-time parameters found in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt (with the
kernel-source /rpm).
5. Before installing or booting SLES 10 on an nPartition on an rx7620, rx8620, or Integrity
Superdome server, set the ACPI configuration value to acpiconfig single-pci-domain.
For rx7620, rx8620, or Integrity Superdome servers booting SLES 10:
a. At the EFI Shell prompt, type acpiconfig single-pci-domain and press Enter.
b. Type reset and press Enter.
For rx7640 and rx8640 booting SLES10:
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