SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Support Notes for HP Integrity Servers

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

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

Installation Preparation

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

• all necessary installation documentation, and

• the SLES 11 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:

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, install and use the server management software, and download the product and is

found:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-3193/index.html

Recommendations and Known Issues

The “Recommendations” (page 11) and “Known Issues” (page 12) sections provide

information that is helpful to be aware of prior to installing SLES 11.

Downloading SLES from the Novell Website

To create a copy of the SLES 11 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.

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

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

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

website:

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

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