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Chapter 6. Installing the operating system
The blade workstation comes with Microsoft Windows Vista Business Blade PC
(64-bit) installed on it.
To install a different supported operating system on a blade workstation, download
the latest operating-system installation instructions from http://www.ibm.com/
systems/support/ and install the operating system.
Go to http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for a list of
supported operating systems for the blade workstation.
Important: The operating system in the blade workstation must provide USB
support for the blade workstation to recognize and use the removable-media drives
and front-panel USB ports.
Downloading installation instructions
To download operating-system installation instructions, complete the following steps.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. The actual procedure
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
2. Under Product support, click BladeCenter.
3. From the menu on the left side of the page, click BladeCenter support search.
4. From the Task menu, select Install.
5. From the Product family menu, select BladeCenter HC10.
6. From the Operating system menu, select your operating system, and then click
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might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
Search to display the available installation documents.
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