Using Rdm To Install The Operating System; Downloading Operating-System Installation Instructions - IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual

Using RDM to install the operating system

You can use RDM to install a supported operating system on a blade server. Follow
the instructions in the documentation that comes with RDM to install a supported
operating system.
Note: The operating system must be supported by your blade server and by RDM.
v To determine whether your blade server supports the operating system that you
v To determine whether RDM supports the operating system that you plan to

Downloading operating-system installation instructions

You can download operating-system installation instructions from the IBM Web site.
To download operating-system installation instructions, complete the following steps.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. The actual procedure
might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/bladecenter/.
2. Click Support.
3. Under Support information, click Product support and information.
4. Under Popular links, click Operating system installation.
5. Click BladeCenter LS22 or BladeCenter LS42 and click Go.
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plan to install, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
nos/ematrix.shtml.
install, see http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/.