Os Installation; Supported Oses; Os Pre-Installation Procedure; Hardware Setup - HP ProLiant DL170h G6 Software Configuration Manual

OS installation

Supported OSes

Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper V
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Solaris 10 for x86/x64 based Systems
Citrix Essentials for XenServer (Retail)
NOTE: For more information on HP's Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and
Virtualization Software and latest listing of software drivers available for your server, please visit
our Support Matrix at: http://www.hp.com/go/supportos.

OS pre-installation procedure

Perform the two pre-OS installation steps in this section before installing the OS of your choice.
Configure the hardware aspect of the server.
1.
Update the server BIOS.
2.

Hardware setup

Prepare the server following the instructions in the HP ProLiant DL170h G6 Server Installation Sheet.
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 OS installation.
Your ProLiant server comes with new hard disk drive(s) that do not need specific setup. However, if
you install additional used hard disk drives in your new server:
•
Note that most OS installations remove all data from the hard disk on which they are installed. If
you want to use additional hard disk drives to access existing data in the new server, HP
recommends that you install and configure any of these hard drives after completing the OS
installation.
•
If you want to recycle used hard drives, use a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions
from that particular hard drive.

BIOS update

HP recommends that you update the server BIOS with the latest system BIOS version to take
advantage of the most recent compatibility fixes. You can download the latest HP ProLiant DL170h
G6 server BIOS at www.hp.com.
NOTE: For ease of reading, the HP ProLiant DL170h G6 Server Easy Set-up CD will be simply
referred to as the "Easy Set-up CD."
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