Installing, Booting And Shutting Down The Operating System; Operating Systems Supported On The Server; Installing The Operating System Onto The Server; Installing The Os From The Dvd Drive - HP Integrity rx2800 - i2 User's & Service Manual

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Operating systems supported on the server

HP-UX 1 1i v3 HWE 1009
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium Edition R2

Installing the operating system onto the server

The following procedures describe generalized operating system installation. For more details, see
the operating system documentation.

Installing the OS from the DVD drive

1. Insert the HP-UX 1 1i v3 DVD (Disk 1) into the external DVD drive.
2. Power on the server and boot to UEFI. If the server is already powered on, then reboot to UEFI
using the reset command at the UEFI prompt.
3. From the UEFI Front Page, press S or s to launch the UEFI Shell.
NOTE:
following step.
4. Use the map command to list all device names from the UEFI Shell prompt. The map command
displays the following:
fs2:\> map
Device mapping table
fs6
From the list generated by the map command, locate the device name (in this example, fs6)
NOTE:
to your DVD device.
5. At the UEFI shell prompt, specify the device name for the DVD-ROM and then enter the UEFI
install command, as in the following example:
Shell> fs0:
fs6:\> install
6. The OS now starts loading onto the server. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the OS
fully.
7. Continue with
Installing the OS using HP Ignite–UX
Ignite-UX is an HP-UX administration toolset that enables:
Simultaneous installation of HP-UX on multiple clients
The creation and use of custom installations
The creation of recovery media
The remote recovery of clients
To install the OS onto the server using Ignite-UX, go to www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux.
If the device is already selected or you already know the device name, then skip the
:Removable CDRom - Alias cd66d0a blk6
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x1D,0x7)/USB(0x3,0x0)/CDROM(0x0)
Your DVD drive might not be named fs6. Make sure you verify the ID appropriate
"Configuring system boot options" (page 62)
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