HP ProLiant DL185 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 .............................................................................................................. 28
Recording custom Setup values .............................................................................................................. 29
Loading system defaults ........................................................................................................................ 29
Clearing CMOS .................................................................................................................................. 30
Power-On Self Test (POST) ......................................................................................................................... 30
POST error indicators ........................................................................................................................... 30
POST beep codes ................................................................................................................................ 32
POST-related troubleshooting ................................................................................................................ 38
Reprogramming the BIOS with the crisis recovery jumper .............................................................................. 39
NOS installation ................................................................................................................................ 40
Supported NOS ........................................................................................................................................ 40
NOS pre-installation procedure .................................................................................................................. 40
Hardware setup ................................................................................................................................... 40
BIOS update ....................................................................................................................................... 41
Installing Microsoft Windows NOS ............................................................................................................. 41
Pre-installation instructions ..................................................................................................................... 41
Installation flow .................................................................................................................................... 41
Section 1. Creating the driver diskettes .................................................................................................. 41
Section 2. Installing Windows NOS ...................................................................................................... 42
Section 3. Completing the installation .................................................................................................... 43
Section 4. Configuring the system .......................................................................................................... 44
Section 5. Configuring the network ........................................................................................................ 46
Section 6. Installing additional HP accessories ........................................................................................ 48
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux NOS ...................................................................................................... 48
Installation flow .................................................................................................................................... 48
Pre-installation instructions ..................................................................................................................... 48
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 installation .......................................................................................... 48
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server NOS ................................................................................................ 51
Installation flow .................................................................................................................................... 51
Pre-installation instructions ..................................................................................................................... 51
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 installation ............................................................................................. 51
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation............................................................................................ 52
Installing Sun Solaris 10 ............................................................................................................................ 54
Pre-installation instructions ..................................................................................................................... 54
Installation flow .................................................................................................................................... 54
Sun Solaris 10 installation .................................................................................................................... 54
Server management............................................................................................................................ 58
Pre- and post-installation procedures ........................................................................................................... 58
Pre-installation procedures .................................................................................................................... 58
Post-installation procedures ................................................................................................................... 59