Red Hat; Sles - HP NC373m - PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter User Manual

Red Hat

Installing the license key
To install the license key on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems,
Navigate to the \linux\hp-pel\hp-pel-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm file.
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Use the following command to install the HP ProLiant Licensing RPM:
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rpm -Uvh hp-pel-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm
Add the license key using the following command:
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/opt/hp/hp-pel/nalicense -a license_string
If you have an old license and want to add a new license, just add the new license. You cannot
delete the old license.
Check the status of all currently installed licenses on the system using the following command:
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/opt/hp/hp-pel/nalicense -d [-l <logfile>]
Include the -l parameter if you want all the information that normally prints to stdout to be redirected
to the file specified with <logfile>.
Installing the port-based license utility
To install the port-based Linux iSCSI Offload Utility on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems,
Navigate to the \linux\hp-pbl\hp-pbl-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm file.
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Use the following command to install the utility:
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rpm -Uvh hp-pbl-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm
The hp-pbl utility is configured to start on system boot-up; however, you can start it immediately after
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installation without rebooting using the following command:
/etc/init.d/hp-pbl start
The hp-pbl configuration file is a text file located at etc/opt/hp/hp-pbl/hp-pbl.conf. The format of
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the configurable MAC parameter is documented in the hp-pbl.conf file. If changes are made to the
hp-pbl.conf configuration file, you must restart hp-pbl using the following command:
/etc/init.d/hp-pbl restart
To manually stop the hp-pbl daemon, use the following command:
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/etc/init.d/hp-pbl stop

SLES

Installing the license key
To install the license key on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server systems,
Navigate to the \linux\hp-pel\hp-pel-<version>.sles10.linux.rpm file.
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Use the following command to install the HP ProLiant Licensing RPM:
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rpm -Uvh hp-pel-<version>.sles10.linux.rpm
Add the license key using the following command:
3.
/opt/hp/hp-pel/nalicense -a license_string
If you have an old license and want to add a new license, just add the new license. You cannot
delete the old license.
Check the status of all currently installed licenses on the system using the following command:
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