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Integrity Essentials Pack for Linux Software manual
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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
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About This Document
Publishing History
Related Information
HP Encourages Your Comments
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)