User guide

Software and configuration utilities 45
o 64 MB of RAM
o 64 MB of free hard drive space
o 1-Gb/s network adapter or greater
• PXE deployment server (storing boot images)
o AMD Athlon™ XP processor (2.0 GHz or greater recommended), AMD Athlon™ 64 processor, or
Intel® Pentium® III or higher processor (2.0 GHz or greater recommended)
o 2 GB of RAM
o 1-Gb/s network adapter
o CD-ROM drive
• Windows® repository server (Windows® or Linux deployment)
o Windows Server® 2003 OS installed
o Network connection
o CD-ROM drive
o 1.5 GB of available disk space
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 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).
• Network server with an OS installed
Deployment methods
Four primary deployment methods are supported:
IMPORTANT: To deploy a server blade without the HP Insight Control server deployment, create
a bootable diskette or image of a bootable diskette.
• PXE deployment (on page 46)
• CD-ROM deployment (on page 46)
• Diskette image deployment (on page 47)
• SAN configuration (on page 48)