User guide
Table Of Contents
- HP ProLiant BL490c G7 Server Blade User Guide
- Abstract
- Notice
- Contents
- Component identification
- Operations
- Setup
- Hardware options installation
- Introduction
- Hard drive option
- Memory options
- Processor option
- Mezzanine card option
- HP Trusted Platform Module option
- Cabling
- Software and configuration utilities
- Troubleshooting
- Battery replacement
- Regulatory compliance notices
- Regulatory compliance identification numbers
- Federal Communications Commission notice
- Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
- Modifications
- Cables
- Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
- European Union regulatory notice
- Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union
- Japanese notice
- BSMI notice
- Korean notice
- Chinese notice
- Laser compliance
- Battery replacement notice
- Taiwan battery recycling notice
- Acoustics statement for Germany (Geräuschemission)
- Electrostatic discharge
- Specifications
- Technical support
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index

Software and configuration utilities 44
Deployment overview
When a PXE-enabled target server blade boots, it obtains an IP address from a DHCP server. The target
server blade obtains the name of the NBP from the appropriate boot server. Then, the target server blade uses
TFTP to download the NBP from the boot server and executes the image.
IMPORTANT: To connect to a network with a Pass-Thru module, always connect the Pass-Thru
module to a network device that supports Gigabit speed.
For each server blade being deployed, the PXE server must be connected to the NIC designated for PXE. The
server blade defaults PXE functions to NIC 1, but any of the NC series NICs in the server blade can be
designated for PXE in RBSU. For NIC connector locations, refer to the documentation included with the server
blade.
NOTE: Actual NIC numeration depends on several factors, including the OS installed on the
server blade.
To deploy an OS to multiple server blades, install a PXE deployment server on a network.
Deployment infrastructure
IMPORTANT: To connect to a network with a Pass-Thru module, always connect the Pass-Thru
module to a network device that supports Gigabit speed.
To establish a network-based PXE deployment infrastructure, provide the following software and minimum
hardware:
• Client PC (administrative workstation)
o AMD Athlon™ XP processor (700 MHz or greater recommended), AMD Athlon™ 64 processor, or
Intel® Pentium® III or higher processor (700 MHz or greater recommended)
o 128 MB of RAM
o Microsoft® Windows® XP OS
o Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or above with 128-bit encryption
o Ethernet NIC with 10/100 RJ-45 connector
o TCP/IP networking and an IP address compatible with one of the following: the iLO 3 Diagnostic
Port IP address or an assigned DHCP or static IP address
o CD-ROM drive, CD/DVD-ROM drive, and/or diskette drive
o Any of the following Java™ Runtime Environment versions:
1.3.1_02
1.3.1_07
1.3.1_08
1.4.1 for Windows® users only
1.4.2 for Linux users only
Access the Java™ Runtime Environment versions at the Java™ website
(http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html).
• DHCP server (IP address assignment)
o AMD Athlon™ XP processor (700 MHz or greater recommended), AMD Athlon™ 64 processor, or
Intel® Pentium® or Pentium® II 200-MHz or faster processor