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Post-installation information
The key points to the installation are as follows:
After installation, install additional drivers. Consult the post-install steps in the
installation instructions (see list in "Prerequisites" on page 289). In addition,
install the following drivers:
– OSA IPMI driver (for the BMC)
– RSA II driver
– Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 drivers
– Drivers and the latest firmware for additional adapters you might have
installed, such as Fibre Channel HBAs, network adapters, and others.
If you are installing a 32-bit version of Windows and you have more than 4 GB
of RAM installed, add the /PAE switch to the boot.ini file once installation is
complete, so that the operating system can access the memory about the
4 GB line (see the last line in Example 5-5).
Example 5-5 boot.ini for accessing more than 4 GB memory
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2008" /fastdetect /PAE
5.4.6 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1
This section describes the key aspects of installing RHEL 5 Update 1.
Prerequisites
Before you install and configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1:
Configure any RAID arrays using the MegaRAID Manager tool.
Ensure you have local or remote (through RSA II Remote Control) video and
keyboard console access to the server you will be installing onto.
Download the RHEL 5 Update 1 installation guide:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5074155
If you are planning to boot from the internal SAS drives or remote storage (for
example SAN LUN) and will be installing using the RHEL5 Update 1
installation CD/DVD-ROM, you do not have to insert a driver diskette for SAS
controller drivers for local SAS drives, or host bus adapter drivers for remote
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