Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 500A Series Installation Manual page 123

CHAPTER 3 Operating System Installation
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3.1 Overview
This section chapter describes the following topics:
Installable operating systems
Types of installation methods
Requirements for installation
Work required after operating system installation
3.1.1 Installable operating systems
The installable operating systems include:
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® AS (v.4 for Itanium)
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5 (for Intel Itanium)
• SUSE™ Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Itanium Processor Family
• SUSE™ Linux Enterprise Server 10 for Itanium Processor Family
• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based Systems
• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
3.1.2 Types of installation methods
This section describes the types of Linux and Windows installation methods and the
differences among them.
Linux installation methods
Linux OS installation methods include the following:
Local installation: Linux OS installation using the KVM
Remote installation: Installation using SystemcastWizard Lite
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( 3.1.1)
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( 3.1.2)
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( 3.1.3)
(PRIMEQUEST 580A/540A/580/540/480/440)
Installation using the independent KVM switch
(PRIMEQUEST 520A/520/420)
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( 3.1.4)
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