2Preparing your HP Server tc2110 for your NOS installation
Section 1. Hardware Setup
Prepare your HP server following the instructions in the HP Server tc2110 Operations and Maintenance Guide.
It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that the HP equipment is functioning properly and you complete the NOS installation.
Preparing your Hard Disk Drives
The HP Tower Server tc2110 comes with new hard disk drive(s) that do not need specific setup. If you install additional and USED hard disk drives in your new server:
Note that most NOS installations remove all data from the hard disk they are installed on. If you wish to use your additional hard disk drives to access existing data in you new server, HP recommends that you install and configure this (these) hard disk drive(s) AFTER completing the NOS installation.
If you wish to recycle used hard disk drives:
a.Perform a media check
b.Use a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions from your hard drive.
Section 2. Updating your Server BIOS
HP recommends that you update your server BIOS with the latest system BIOS version to enjoy the most recent compatibility fixes.
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