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HP Integrity Essentials Pack for Linux Software manual 36

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NOTE: To avoid any potential issues, review the known issue “Installing the MPT Fusion HBA Driver on RHEL 5 and RHEL 5+ using a Xen Kernel Hangs the Server” (page 58).

For additional information, see the documentation that is included with the MPT Fusion driver update.

36 Installing the OS and Updating the Server

Contents

Page Page Table of Contents 5 Installing and Using the HP Support Pack HP System Management Homepage HP Partition Manager OpenPegasus Before Running the Installer D Supported Products Matrix List of Figures List of Tables Page About This Document Publishing History Related Information HP Encourages Your Comments docsfeedback@hp.com 1 Planning the Installation Supported Linux OS Distributions Supported Hardware Support Exceptions Ensure Support for Linux on HP Integrity Servers Go to the Open Source and Linux from HP website at: http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinux 2.Click Linux certification and support matrices Choosing an Installation Scenario •Factory-InstalledLinux •No OS Installed •Factory-InstalledOS Other than Linux •Installed Linux Incorrect or Inoperable Using a Serial Console Using a VGA Console Using the HP Smart Setup EBSU Utility Page 2 Preparing for Installation Verifying Hardware Compatibility Backing Up Existing Data Setting Up a Serial Console Setting Up a VGA Console Setting Up the Boot Drive Accessing the Removable Media Devices Using EFI Enabling a CD/DVD Device Enabling a USB Device Page 3 Installing the OS and Updating the Server System Settings Select System Settings and press Enter Configure Storage Adapters Figure 3-6Configure Storage Adapters Option 6.Select the appropriate storage adapter and press Enter Configure Figure 3-7Configuring Storage Adapters Smart Setup Figure 3-10Page 1: Update Firmware, Cell-BasedServers Select the devices with firmware that you want to update. To continue, select Smart Setup Maintain Firmware ADD EBSU QLOGIC PROMPT CHANGES HERE AND IN CH5 Select Next and press Enter to display the next screen similar to Figure Figure 3-12Page 3: Installation Considerations Question 5 is only enabled if the system is Default ACPI Configuration Mode c.For question 6, specify the option to launch the Linux installer Using the Linux Media to Install the OS •Firewall configuration •Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) •Package group selection The instructions for the supported OSs are detailed in the following documents: Installing Updates from the Web Registering for HP Support Notifications Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers or Inbox Driver Kits for Linux A6826A PCI-X 2-port2Gbps Fibre Channel A7538A PCI-X 1-port2Gbps Fibre Channel Installing the MPT Fusion HBA Drivers for Linux # rpm -ivh<downloaded driver name Page 4 EFI and HP Smart Setup Media Utilities EFI Boot Manager EFI Shell For Additional Information Accessing HP Smart Setup Utilities The HP Smart Setup EBSU utility provides the following capabilities: Configure Storage Adapters Smart Setup Page 5 Installing and Using the HP Support Pack HP Management Base for Integrity Servers HP Insight Management Agents HP System Management Homepage HP Insight Management WBEM Providers HP WBEM Providers for Linux HP Partition Manager HP nPartition Commands HP Array Configuration Utility – Command Line Interface OpenPegasus Small Footprint CIM Broker HP Utilization Provider Including WBEM HP SmartSetup Scripting Toolkit HP SAS Integrated Raid (IR) Configuration Utility HP Integrity Virtual Machines WBEM Provider Removing OpenWBEM Installing the Java Development Kit Product Installing Sun JDK 6 for the Linux IA64 Platform Installing BEA JRockit 5.0 JDK for the Linux IA64 Platform Before Running the Installer Running the Installer 1.Start the installer: #./install.sh The following message is displayed: Menu for RHEL4: Menu for SLES11: via HP SMH Install HP Insight Management WBEM Configure Software Delivery Repository Access Installing Software from HP Software Delivery Repository Obtaining the "bootstrap.sh" Script Using bootstrap.sh to Set Up the Repository Using the Default System Tools to Install/Update/Remove A Configuring and Using a Serial Console Page B HP Support Pack Dependencies RHEL5 SLES10 SLES11 hpacucli-8.28-xxx.ia64.rpmneed below packages: glibc prctl libunwind hpsmh-3.0.0-xxx.ia64.rpmneed below packages: None mptsas_cfggen-2.0.30-xxx.ia64.rpmneed below packages: None open64-4.2.1-xxx.ia64.rpmneed below packages: gcc glibc info perl Page C Known Issues # /etc/init.d/sfcb start Configuring Storage Adapters Maintain Firmware Configure Storage Partitioning Fibre Channel HBA Adapters initrd default image /etc/elilo.conf before HP System Management Homepage Session Time-outError ui-timeout NOTE: The maximum value for ui-timeout is 3600 seconds From the command line: Set ui-timeout to 80 seconds: D Supported Products Matrix Table D-1Supported Products Matrix (continued)