Installing The Chassis Into The Rack; Installing Hardware Options; Installing The Operating System; Selecting Boot Options - HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen10 User Manual

3. Install the server into the chassis.
4. Install the operating system.
5. Register the product.

Installing the chassis into the rack

To install the chassis into the rack, see the HPE Apollo 2000 Gen10 Chassis User Guide on the Hewlett
Packard Enterprise website.

Installing hardware options

Before installing and initializing the server, install any hardware options. For options installation
information, see the documentation that ships with the option. For server-specific information, see
"Hardware options installation."

Installing the operating system

To operate properly, the server must have a supported operating system installed. For the latest
information on operating system support, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://
www.hpe.com/info/supportos).
IMPORTANT: HPE ProLiant XL servers do not support operating system installation with Intelligent
Provisioning, but they do support the maintenance features. For more information, see "Performing
Maintenance" in the HPE Intelligent Provisioning User Guide and online help.
To install an operating system on the server, use one of the following methods:
• Insert the operating system CD into the USB-attached DVD-ROM drive (user provided) and reboot the
server. Download the Service Pack for ProLiant from the SPP download site (http://www.hpe.com/
servers/spp/download) and create SPP media to install the drivers.
• Remote deployment installation — Use PXE boot into a server and deploy an operating system with a
host server.
For additional system software and firmware updates, download the Service Pack for ProLiant from the
Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/download). Software and
firmware must be updated before using the node for the first time, unless any installed software or
components require an older version.
For more information on using these installation methods, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website
(http://www.hpe.com/info/ilo).

Selecting boot options

This server supports both Legacy BIOS Boot Mode and UEFI Boot Mode. On servers operating in UEFI
Boot Mode, the boot controller and boot order are set automatically.
Procedure
1. Press the Power On/Standby button.
2. Do one of the following:
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