Typical Operating-System Installation; Installing The Operating System Without Serverguide; Using The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program - IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual

Typical operating-system installation

You can use the ServerGuide program to reduce the time it takes to install an
operating system. It provides the device drivers that are required for the hardware
and for the operating system that you are installing. This section describes a typical
ServerGuide operating-system installation.
Note: Features and functions can vary slightly with different versions of the
ServerGuide program.
1. After you have completed the setup process, the operating-system installation
2. The ServerGuide program stores information about the blade server model,
3. The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that are
4. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert the operating-system CD and

Installing the operating system without ServerGuide

If you have already configured the blade server hardware and you are not using the
ServerGuide program to install the operating system, you can download the latest
operating-system installation instructions from the IBM Web site. See "Downloading
operating-system installation instructions" on page 62.

Using the PXE boot agent utility program

Use the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot agent utility program to select
the boot protocol and other boot options and to select a power-management option.
Note: The blade server does not support Remote Program Load (RPL) selection
for the boot protocol option.
To start the PXE boot agent utility program, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the Broadcom NetXtreme Boot Agent vX.X.X prompt is displayed, press
3. To select a choice from the menu, use the arrow keys and press Enter.
4. To change the settings of the selected items; follow the instructions on the
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program starts. (You will need the operating-system CD to complete the
installation.)
service processor, hard disk drive controllers, and network adapters. Then, the
program checks the CD for newer device drivers. This information is stored and
then passed to the operating-system installation program.
based on the operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives.
restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system
takes control to complete the installation. The BladeCenter CD drive must be
associated with the blade server before you perform this step.
Ctrl+S. You have 2 seconds (by default) to press Ctrl+S after the prompt is
displayed.
If the PXE setup prompt is not displayed, use the Configuration/Setup Utility
program to set the Enable Ethernet PXE/DHCP option.
screen.