About This Document; Intended Audience; New And Changed Information In This Edition; Document Organization - HP Integrity rx1620 Software Manual

About This Document

This document describes how to install and configure the operating system and HP software on
HP Integrity servers running Windows Server 2003.
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Intended Audience

This document is intended for system administrators and HP support personnel responsible for
installing, configuring, and managing HP Integrity servers.
This document is not a tutorial.

New and Changed Information in This Edition

This document includes the following changes since its last release:
• Added "About This Document" section
• Added introductory/overview content at the beginning of Chapters 1 and 2
• Added additional steps to "Specify server settings" procedures in Chapter 2
• Removed references to Intelligent Networking Pack licensing (INP functionality was
integrated into the core product)

Document Organization

This document is organized as follows:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the following typographical conventions:
Chapter 1 "Preparing for the
installation of the operating system, SmartSetup, and management software.
Chapter 2 "Installing the OS". Describes how to install the operating system software.
Chapter 3 "Installing the Management
management software.
Chapter 4 "Performing hot-plug
hardware such as network interface cards (NICs) or RAID cards.
Appendix A "Preparing the server for Microsoft SQL Server
configure and install Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Appendix B "EFI Utilities". Describes the server's Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and
EFI-Based Setup Utility (EBSU).
Appendix C "Management processor and Special Administration
the server's management processor (MP) and Special Administration Console (SAC).
These are tools for monitoring the operating system installation and administering the
server from a headless console.
installation". Describes the steps to prepare the server for
Tools". Describes how to install the server
operations". Describes how to add and remove server
2005". Describes how to
Console". Describes
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