HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 Server Software Configuration Guide

Contents 3
Contents
System BIOS configuration ......................................................................................................................5
System BIOS overview.............................................................................................................................. 5
AMIBIOS software ................................................................................................................................... 5
AMIBIOS Setup Utility............................................................................................................................... 5
Accessing the Setup Utility.................................................................................................................... 6
Navigating through the Setup Utility ...................................................................................................... 7
Setup Utility menus.............................................................................................................................. 8
BIOS Summary Display screen............................................................................................................ 33
Recording custom Setup values ........................................................................................................... 34
Loading system defaults ..................................................................................................................... 34
Clearing CMOS ............................................................................................................................... 34
Power-On Self-Test (POST)....................................................................................................................... 35
POST error indicators ........................................................................................................................ 35
POST-related troubleshooting.............................................................................................................. 35
Supported NOS..................................................................................................................................... 37
NOS pre-installation procedure ............................................................................................................... 37
Hardware setup................................................................................................................................ 38
BIOS update .................................................................................................................................... 38
Installing Microsoft Windows NOS .......................................................................................................... 38
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 38
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 39
Section 1. Creating the driver diskettes ................................................................................................ 39
Section 2. Installing Windows NOS .................................................................................................... 39
Section 3. Completing the installation.................................................................................................. 40
Section 4. Configuring the system ....................................................................................................... 41
Section 5. Configuring the network ..................................................................................................... 43
Section 6. Installing additional HP accessories...................................................................................... 45
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux NOS.................................................................................................... 45
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 45
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 45
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 installation ................................................................................................. 46
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation ................................................................................................. 48
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server NOS.............................................................................................. 50
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 50
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 50
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 installation ........................................................................................... 51
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation ......................................................................................... 52
Installing Sun Solaris 10 ......................................................................................................................... 53
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 53
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 54
Sun Solaris 10 installation.................................................................................................................. 54
Server management..............................................................................................................................57
Pre- and post-installation procedures......................................................................................................... 57
Pre-installation procedures.................................................................................................................. 57
Post-installation procedures................................................................................................................. 57
Configuring the BMC ............................................................................................................................. 57
Index ..................................................................................................................................................60