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

http://www.novell.com/customercenter/

Follow the instructions provided to download and use the SLES 11 SP2 ISO images for the 64-bit

Intel Itanium architecture. To obtain the SLES 11 SP2 documentation, see the Novell Documentation

website:

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

Methods of Operating System Installation

The are two methods that can be used to install SLES 11 SP2 on your HP Integrity server as follows.

NOTE: Installation of SLES 11 SP2 on your HP Integrity server by the factory is not offered.

Installing Using HP Smart Setup

Before installing SLES 11 SP2 on your HP Integrity server, use the HP Smart Setup application.

The HP Smart Setup utility and HP Support Pack are part of the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation

Pack for Linux, which ships with your system hardware. You can use HP Smart Setup to prepare

your system for installation of the SLES operating system, and install and configure the OS. HP

Smart Setup assists with tasks such as configuring storage adapters, upgrading firmware, preparing

a system hardware inventory, and installing diagnostics tools.

Install SLES 11 SP2 using the installation procedure described in the HP Integrity Essentials

Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02493366/c02493366.pdf

Installing Without Using HP Smart Setup

Use the following steps to install SLES 11 SP2:

1. Ensure you have the correct server firmware versions before installing SLES 11 SP2 by going

to the HP website at http://www.hp.com and selecting Software & Driver Downloads.

2. Under the section Support for your products, perform the following substeps:

a. Click the Download drivers and software (and firmware) option.

b. In the product field, enter the model number of the server (for example, rx8640).

c. Press Enter.

3. Select cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.) from the list of operating

systems.

4. If your server does not have the current firmware, locate it in the categorized list displayed,

and then click the adjacent Download button to download the tar file.

5. Install any firmware updates.

6. Install and configure SLES 11 SP2 using the installation procedure described in the SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server 11 Deployment Guide.

Completing the Installation

Once you have installed SLES 11 SP2 using one of the previously described options, you can now

SLES 11 SP2 Software” (page 13)

After you install SLES 11 SP2 using any of the installation methods, HP encourages you to install

and use the server management tools that are provided in the HP Support Pack as described in

the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02493366/c02493366.pdf

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