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HP zx2000 Start Here Manual

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installing Linux®
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2-based servers
hp enablement kit
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January 2004

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  • Page 1 Linux® on hp Itanium® start here 2-based servers hp enablement kit and workstations for Linux® January 2004...
  • Page 2 Notices The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this manual, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Overview... Configuring Your Console... Getting Started With The HP Enablement Kit for Linux... Information to Know Before You Select a Menu Option Enablement Kit Menu Options ... Executing a Menu Option... HP Enablement Kit for Linux CD Contents... Frequently Asked Questions/Troubleshooting...

  • Page 4: Overview

    Overview Use the HP Enablement Kit for Linux® CD with your Itanium® 2- based system to facilitate installation or recovery of your Linux operating system, install a golden image on one or more systems, use tools to evaluate and repair your system, and access the Debian GNU/Linux Installer.
  • Page 5 Instructions for configuring your console and getting started with the enablement kit • An explanation of the enablement kit’s menu options • HP Enablement Kit for Linux CD content list • An appendix with directions for using Smart Array with Linux on Itanium 2-based servers •...

  • Page 6: Configuring Your Console

    If you plan to use a serial console, configure it using the directions in this section before using the HP Enable- ment Kit for Linux. Note The management processor is part of the management card.
  • Page 7 right side of the page. Select workstations under the personal computing link or Itanium®-based servers under the servers link to access the appropriate manual. Configuring Serial Console Before Linux boots, all console interaction is through firmware. To modify the default local graphics display to a serial console path, configure a single serial port (UART) for both Console In and Console Out in the boot manager interface.
  • Page 8 3. The resulting screen displays a list of UARTs and PCI devices available for console input/output. • UART identifiers of PNP0501 describe modes available for the "Serial A" or "Serial 1" built-in UART. • UART identifiers of HWP0002 describe modes available for the "Console"...
  • Page 9 7. Select Reboot the System and OK. The firmware and serial console are configured after reboot. 8. Complete the steps listed in the “Getting Started with the HP Enablement Kit for Linux” section of this booklet to make a selection from the enablement kit main menu.
  • Page 10 changes. Note If you are using a Debian operating system, the file is /etc/elilo.conf /usr/sbin/elilo 2. Edit /etc/securetty a. Ensure you have an entry with tty1 for VGA functionality before completing Step 3. b. (Optional. Perform only if you want to remove the login prompt from the serial port.) From the list of terminals on which root is allowed to login, remove ttyS0 and and save.
  • Page 11 mode, edit and change the init default token from /etc/inittab “3” to “5”, save, and reboot to return to a VGA display. To revert to serial console from VGA, follow the directions under “Configuring Serial Console” in this booklet.

  • Page 12: Getting Started With The Hp Enablement Kit For Linux

    Getting Started with the HP Enablement Kit for Linux Use one of the two following options to boot the HP Enablement Kit for Linux CD. Option 1 is recommended. Once the enablement kit main menu is up, proceed to instructions under “Enablement Kit Menu Options.”...
  • Page 13 Boot Option 2: If the preceding instructions did not list Removable Media Boot as an option in the EFI boot manager, follow these direc- tions to use the elilo bootloader to boot the HP Enablement Kit for Linux. Note In Step 2, select the EFI Shell [Built-in] boot option within five seconds to avoid booting a default option.
  • Page 14 1. Insert the HP Enablement Kit for Linux CD in the drive and power on your system. Note To use a serial console as your display screen, configure it prior to using the enablement kit for Linux. See “Configuring Your Console” in this booklet for more information.
  • Page 15 1. Type fs0: 2. Press Enter 4. To execute the elilo bootloader and bring up the HP Enablement Kit for Linux Main Menu: a. Type elilo at the fs0:\> prompt b. Press and proceed to the information in the “Enablement Enter Kit Menu Options”...

  • Page 16: Information To Know Before You Select A Menu Option

    Information to Know Before You Select a Menu Option Hardware discovery When you select an enablement kit menu option, the bootloader loads a Linux kernel and RAM-based root filesystem. The kernel performs hardware discovery, looking for bootable devices, chip sets, ethernet cards, disk drives, and storage system controllers to work with.
  • Page 17 Menu Option 1. When using Menu Option 2 to install Linux from distributor media, the enablement kit sets up two EFI partitions that are standardized across all supported operating systems for HP Itanium 2-based products. Note Selecting the default partitions in your Linux distributor’s installer (e.g.

  • Page 18: Enablement Kit Menu Options

    To complete recovery, use the image on the System Recovery CD that came as part of the Linux media with your pur- chase from HP. After selecting this option, insert the CD with the preconfigured image into the drive, choose the disk you want to install to from the displayed list, and select destroyed and overwritten by the system image.
  • Page 19 Linux distribu- tion media (e.g. CDs). Select “Reboot System” and complete the steps in “Getting Started with the HP Enablement Kit for Linux” to boot the Linux distributor’s CD, then follow the installation instruc- tions provided by your operating system distributor.
  • Page 20 For more information on creating and deploying a golden image, see the SystemImager manual in the /doc directory on the HP Enablement Kit for Linux CD. The man- ual is also available at http://www.docs.hp.com/linux. Note The enablement kit does not automatically place the HP service partition on the disk with this menu option.
  • Page 21 Select for automatic configuration via DHCP/BOOTP. Select to configure the network manually. b. For manual configuration, you will be prompted to enter the following: (Note that any parameters you enter manually are purely for the purpose of retrieving the image from the server and will not be reflected in the final system configuration.) 1.
  • Page 22 filesystems on partitions. The client system retrieves the files from the server and installs them on the client system. When the client system is installed, the disk partitions are unmounted, and you can reboot the installed system. 4. Recovery shell (for Linux experts) Linux experts can use this option to diagnose and/or repair a dam- aged system rather than perform a complete reinstallation.

  • Page 23: Executing A Menu Option

    allows you to choose from a list of network mirrors or you can select one of your own. Executing a Menu Option 1. If using a serial console as your display, specify the port and baud rate number at the kernel options: prompt located below the menu selections to identify the console to the kernel and configure it appropriately.
  • Page 24 3. After you press Enter enablement kit unpacks a Linux kernel and the screen displays these messages: Uncompressing Linux... done Loading initrd \efi\boot\root.bin...done followed by several screens of computer output. The enablement kit interface then displays screens for the menu option you selected.

  • Page 25: Hp Enablement Kit For Linux Cd Contents

    CD are visible from the EFI shell. Full CD contents are visible when mounted under Linux or any other operating system with iso9660 filesystem support. The HP Enablement Kit for Linux CD contains the following: • The elilo bootstrap program •...

  • Page 26: Frequently Asked Questions/Troubleshooting

    It will always be system uses a serial console. 2. ACPI Namespace UARTs are the built-in UARTs on HP Itanium 2-based systems. They are numbered in order (i.e. 1, 2 or A, B). Note Port [1|A] may be selected for Console-In/Out, and would therefore be discovered as 3.
  • Page 27 Note The “Console” may be selected as for Console-In/Out, and would therefore be discovered as UARTs are numbered consecutively starting with Examples: - rx2600/zx6000/zx2000 without a management processor (built-in UART select for Con-In/Out) ttyS0: Serial [A|1] ttyS1: Serial [B|2] Note This will have the same ordering if there are no UARTs selected for Console-In/Out.
  • Page 28 ttyS4: Modem/Remote Session ttyS5: Local Session Note This will have the same ordering if there are no UARTs selected for Console-In/Out. - rx2600/zx6000 with a management processor (management processor console selected for Console-In/Out) ttyS0: Console Port ttyS1: Serial [A|1] ttyS2: Serial [B|2] ttyS3: UPS/AUX Port ttyS4: Modem/Remote Session ttyS5: Local Session...
  • Page 29 • Q. Why does Linux default to a VGA console after I’ve set up a serial console for firmware and how do I fix it? A. Even if you set up a serial console for firmware, Linux defaults to a VGA console. If no VGA device is present, con- sole output goes to a dummy device (i.e.
  • Page 30 <s> = Speed. (9600 is the default if no speed is specified. 115200 is the maximum for HP UARTs) <p> = Parity. Ex: n (no parity, typical case) <b> = Bit Encoding. Ex: 7, 8 (8 is the typical case)
  • Page 31 For example, console=ttyS0. See online help for more details. • Q. Why did the partition reserved for offline diagnostics and utilities disappear? A. If you direct the installation tools on your Linux distribu- tor’s media to use the entire disk, the offline diagnostics and utilities partition created by the enablement kit may be over- written.
  • Page 32 increases. Disk ‘a’ is the master on IDE channel 0, and ‘b’ is the slave on that channel. Disk ‘c’ is the master on IDE channel 1, and ‘d’ is the slave on that channel. IDE disks are not necessarily consecutive (e.g.
  • Page 33 on the order in which the drivers are loaded. If the sym53c8xx driver is loaded first, sda and sdb will be on one controller, while sdc and sdd will be on the other. The disks on the mptscsih-supported controllers will be sde, sdf and sdg. By loading the drivers in the opposite order, you will have sda, sdb, and sdc on the mptscsih-supported controller, and your remaining disks will be sdd, sde, sdf and sdg.

  • Page 34: Appendix A- Using Smart Array With Linux On Itanium 2-Based Servers

    Press Esc to skip configuration and continue If you don’t configure the RAID arrays when you boot the server, the HP Enablement Kit for Linux prompts you to reboot and con- figure when it finds the Smart Array controller during its hardware discovery process.
  • Page 35 Array Utility choices. Select System Management - Agents to get to storage agent choices. Select the download link for the appropriate file. Updating Controller Firmware and Device Drivers 1. Go to http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/. 2. Select Proliant Storage from the storage heading.
  • Page 36 1.80 or greater can be configured to rebuild an added drive without rebooting. Smart Array 5302/5304/6402 controllers are not compatible with the DS2300 or DS21xx enclosures. For the HP Integrity rx5670/rx2600, use Smart Array 5302/5304/6402 controllers connected to Storage Works 4314/4354 enclosures only.
  • Page 37 Diagnosing Array Problems The Array Diagnostics Utility is not currently supported on Itanium 2-based systems.

  • Page 38: Web Resources

    Web Resources Documentation: http://docs.hp.com/linux Software updates: http://www.software.hp.com HP Support Web Site: http://www.itrc.com SystemImager: http://www.systemimager.org/ Debian: http://www.debian.org/...
  • Page 39 Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, Hewlett-Packard Company E0104 Printed in U.S.A. Manufacturing number 5187-4551 Printed in U.S.A * 5 1 8 7 - 4 5 5 1 *...

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