Support Notes for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Support Pack 2 for HP Integrity Servers

2 Operating System Installation

This chapter describes how to prepare your server for operating system (OS) installation, install

the SLES SP2 11 OS on your HP Integrity server, and obtain OS updates directly from Novell.

Installation Preparation

Before you begin installing SLES 11 SP2 OS on your HP Integrity server, ensure that you have

obtained:

• all necessary installation documentation, and

• the SLES 11 SP2 for the Intel Itanium Processor installation media set.

The following sections describe how to prepare for your OS installation.

Installation Documentation

HP encourages you to review each of the following documents before you begin installing SLES

11 SP2:

OS Installation Guide and additional

documentation

Novell provides comprehensive OS installation instructions

in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Deployment Guide.

Additionally, a number of other useful documents are

provided by Novell addressing topics, such as release notes,

security, tuning, system administration, and storage

administration.

These documents are available on the Novell media that

shipped with your server and are at the Novell

Documentation website:

http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles11/index.html

HP Integrity Essentials Foundation

Pack for Linux

Documentation for the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation

Pack for Linux, including the HP Smart Setup application

and all complimentary HP value-added server management

software in the HP Support Pack, are shipped on media with

your system. The HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for

Linux User's Guide describes how to use HP Smart Setup

utility to install SLES 11 SP2, install and use the server

management software, and download the product and is

found:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/

SupportManual/c02493366/c02493366.pdf

Recommendations and Known Issues The “Recommendations” (page 15) and “Known Issues”

(page 16) sections provide information that is helpful to be

aware of prior to installing SLES 11 SP2.

Downloading SLES from the Novell Website

To create a copy of the SLES 11 SP2 media, you must download the SLES operating system directly

from the Novell Customer Center website.

NOTE: It is necessary to register at the Novell Customer Center website prior to download, which

requires the registration code that you received from HP when ordering SLES.

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