HP nPartitions (nPars) manual Operating system procedures

4 Operating system procedures

Operating systems supported on the server blade

•HP-UX 11i v3 HWE 1209

Installing the operating system onto the server blade

The following procedures describe generalized operating system installation. For more details, see the operating system documentation.

Installing the OS from an external USB DVD device or tape device

NOTE: Tapeboot requires BL8x0c i4 system firmware bundle 42.06 or later and a partner tape blade, or an additional 51378-B21 Integrity Smart Array P711m HBA running 6.22 firmware or later to boot from an Ultrium 6250 tape drive.

1.If using an external USB DVD device:

a.Connect the Integrity SUV cable to the front of the Monarch server blade.

b.Connect the USB DVD cable to one of the USB ports on the SUV cable. NOTE: Some DVD drives might also require a separate power connection.

c.Turn on the external USB DVD device.

2.Insert the OS media into the USB DVD device or tape device.

3.Power on the server blade and boot to UEFI. If the server blade is already powered on, then reboot to UEFI using the reset command at the UEFI prompt.

4.From the UEFI Front Page, press S or s to launch the UEFI Shell.

NOTE: If the device is already selected or you already know the device name, then skip the following step.

If you are using a tape device, when the UEFI shell comes up, you should see a message similar to the following on the console:

HP Smart Array	P212 Controller		(version 6.22)
Tape Drive(s) Detected:
Port: 1I,	box:0, bay: 3	(SAS)

The message may also be similar to the following.

HP Smart Array	P711m Controller		(version 6.22) 0 Logical Drives
Tape Drive(s) Detected:
Port: 2E,	box:1, bay: 9	(SAS)

NOTE:

If you do not see a line starting with Port and ending with (SAS), the tape is not connected correctly or it is not responding.

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