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HP Tc2120 - Server - 256 MB RAM Installation Manual

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HP Server tc2120 Network
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Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Small
Business Server 2000
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Novell NetWare 5.1 and Support Pack 5
Novell NetWare 6.0 and Support Pack 2
Novell NetWare 6.0 SBS
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Red Hat Linux 7.3
SUSE Linux 7.3
September 2003 (Sixth Edition)
Part Number 312977-006

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  • Page 1 HP Server tc2120 Network Operating System Installation Guide For: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Novell NetWare 5.1 and Support Pack 5 Novell NetWare 6.0 and Support Pack 2 Novell NetWare 6.0 SBS Red Hat Linux 8.0 Red Hat Linux 7.3...
  • Page 2 Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel and Pentium are U.S. registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Hewlett-Packard Company shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information in this document is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation......... 7 Section 1. Hardware Setup ....................7 Preparing the Hard Disk Drives..................7 Section 2. Updating the Server BIOS................. 8 Section 3. Using the Startup CD..................8 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 ....................
  • Page 4 Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003..........27 Prepare the Installation ..................... 27 High Level Process Flow ....................28 Section 1. Create the Drivers Diskettes ................28 Section 2. Perform Windows Server 2003 Installation............. 28 Section 3. Completing the Installation................31 Phase 1 – Install HP Supported Driver(s)..............31 Phase 2 –...
  • Page 5 Section 1. Run HP DiagTools (Optional)................. 50 Section 2. Create the Drivers Diskettes ................51 Section 3. Perform NetWare 6.0 Installation..............51 Phase 1 – Start the Installation..................51 Phase 2 – Install HP Drivers ..................52 Phase 3 – Configure the Network ................54 Section 4.
  • Page 6 1.1 Booting ......................... 72 1.2 Installation Settings ....................72 1.3 Disk Partitioning ....................73 1.4 Boot Loader Configuration .................. 74 1.5 Network Configuration..................75 1.6 More Installation Settings ..................75 1.7 Package Group Selection..................76 1.8 Post Installation Configuration................76 Section 2.

  • Page 7: Preparing The Hp Server Tc2120 For Nos Installation

    Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation Section 1. Hardware Setup Prepare your HP server following the instructions in the HP Server tc2120 Installation Sheet. It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that the HP equipment is functioning properly and you complete the NOS installation.

  • Page 8: Section 2. Updating The Server Bios

    Section 2. Updating the Server BIOS HP recommends that you update your server BIOS with the latest system BIOS version to enjoy the most recent compatibility fixes. Insert the HP Startup CD in a Windows PC and follow the on-screen instructions. NOTE: If the Windows PC does not auto-start the Startup menu, start it by opening startup.htm, found at the root level of the Startup CD.

  • Page 9: Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server And Small Business Server 2000

    Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for the NOS Installation" for our recommendations on server preparation. Then gather the following materials: • HP Server tc2120 Startup CD •...

  • Page 10: Section 2. Perform Windows 2000 Installation

    2. Insert your HP Startup CD in a Windows PC and follow the on-screen instructions to create the Windows 2000 SCSI driver diskette (HP disk W2K SCSI). NOTE: If the Windows PC does not auto-start the Startup menu, start it by opening startup.htm, found at the root level of the Startup CD..
  • Page 11 Press Enter to continue. d. Select the WIN2000 Promise FastTrack100 TX2™ Controller adapter, then press Enter. 4. Press Enter to continue at the "Windows 2000 Server Setup - Welcome to Setup" Screen. 5. Press C to continue Setup at the "Setup has determined that your computer's startup hard disk is new…"...

  • Page 12: Section 3. Completing The Installation

    NOTE: The network settings may need to be customized to your environment. Refer to Microsoft 2000 manuals should you need further details on network settings. 15. The "Installing Components Display" screen starts with a progress bar. It may take up to 20 minutes to complete this section. 16.

  • Page 13: Phase 2 - Install The Hp Lan Driver

    — If you have access to a PC connected to the internet and equipped with a CD- RW drive, you may download the latest Service Pack from Microsoft at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/default.asp then copy the Service Pack on a CD-ROM. It allows you to install the Service Pack from the CD-ROM drive of your HP server.

  • Page 14: Phase 3 - Install Windows 2000 Recovery Console

    8. Click Finish once the LAN driver has been loaded. 9. Exit all open windows and restart your computer in order to properly initialize the LAN adapter. 10. After restarting Windows, configure the network settings for the LAN cards in order to connect to your network.

  • Page 15: Phase 2 - Initialize Hard Disk Drive

    c. Locate the "Digital Signer:" If the driver of that device is digitally signed then it will display "MS Windows 2000 Publisher" or "Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.” If the driver of the device is not digitally signed we recommend that you check the HP Website to install the latest driver package.

  • Page 16: Phase 3 - Adding Terminal Server Services

    5. Format all partitions that are not already formatted. 6. Exit the "Computer Management" tool. NOTE: There are two types of hard-drive configuration: Dynamic and Basic. You can select the appropriate type by right clicking on the disk drive icon. Dynamic drives are used to create volumes, which can contain more than one physical hard drive.

  • Page 17: Section 5. Configure The Network

    2. Select the appropriate client type for your environment. 3. Click Format disk if needed. Check the number of disks required and label them as "Terminal Services for [..] Disk [x/y].” Click OK to proceed. 4. Follow on-screen instructions to perform the diskettes copies. 5.

  • Page 18: Phase 2 - Attach Clients To Network And Test Network Link

    1. Right click My Network Places | Properties | Local Area Connection on your HP server. NOTE: If your HP server hosts several network adapters, the window will show one "Local Area Connection" icon for each Network adapter present in the system. Identify the proper adapter by browsing each one.

  • Page 19: Phase 3 - Domain Controller Setup

    From one of the clients, open a command prompt and type: ping computername where computername is the server name you entered during Windows 2000 installation. You should get four replies from your new server. If there is a link problem it must be fixed before going any further. You may test the link further by doing a ping between two clients: at the same command prompt, type: ping other_client_IPaddress...
  • Page 20 NOTE: The following instructions correspond to the standard steps for new domain creation. You may customize the options proposed by Windows 2000 to match your environment. 5. Click Next at the "Domain Controller Type" to accept the default: "Domain Controller for a new Domain.” 6.

  • Page 21: Section 6. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    20. Configuring active directory display shows again. Click Finish to close the Wizard utility. This completes the active directory installation. 21. Click "Restart Now" to reboot the system. Remove the CD-ROM if present. 22. At the login prompt, type in the password. Click the Options button and verify that the "Log on to: HOST"...

  • Page 22: Tip #1. Windows 2000 Installation Halts About Three Minutes After Starting To Boot From Cd-Rom

    Tip #1. Windows 2000 Installation Halts about Three Minutes after Starting to Boot from CD-ROM When installing Windows 2000 on any X86 system with more than one hard drive it is possible to experience the following error: Setup has encountered an error and cannot continue. Contact technical support for assistance.

  • Page 23: Tip #2. Configure The Parallel (Lpt) Port For Ecp Mode

    • To expedite release of new products, HP may ship drivers without signature files. All Windows 2000 drivers provided by Hewlett-Packard are submitted to Microsoft for certification testing. Upon completion of testing, Microsoft produces signature files. HP then posts the revised driver package at http://www.hp.com.

  • Page 24: Tip #4. Windows 2000 Recovery Options

    Tip #4. Windows 2000 Recovery Options In the event that the current installation of Windows 2000 fails to boot (this might happen after installing a new driver, component, software, etc), Windows 2000 provides the following recovery options to help you gain access to your Windows 2000 installation to replace damaged files and services for troubleshooting purpose.
  • Page 25 Recovery option #3: Recovery Console (RC) Boot The Recovery Console (RC) can be used when safe boot fails. You can enter RC: • Either by booting from Windows 2000 CD-ROM • Or by installing the RC boot on your system. It is recommended to install the RC immediately after installing Windows 2000.

  • Page 26: Tip #5. Restarting Windows 2000 Installation

    2. Open a command prompt, and type D:\I386\WINNT32 /CMDCONS (Where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter) 3. Follow the screen instructions to complete the RC installation. Booting RC 1. Shutdown and Restart system. 2. Select "Windows 2000, Recovery Console" from the boot menu. 3.

  • Page 27: Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003

    Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation tc2120 for your NOS installation" for our recommendations on server preparation, then gather the following materials: • HP Server tc2120 Startup CD •...

  • Page 28: High Level Process Flow

    10. On boot, press Crtl-F to enter the IDE RAID Configuration Utility and configure the IDE array as usual. Please refer to the Fast Track 100 Reference guide off of for additional information on array configuration. http://www.promise.com/ High Level Process Flow •...
  • Page 29 4. If you are installing to the Promise FastTrak100 TX2 IDE RAID card do the following, if not skip to step 5: a. Press S to specify additional IDE adapters. b. When prompted, insert the Promise IDE RAID driver diskette you created from the tc2120 startup CD.
  • Page 30 a. Press C to create a partition. b. At the "Create partition size" prompt, type 4096 and press Enter. c. HP recommends that you create all the partitions needed for each hard drive present on your system. Select unpartitioned space and press C again to create additional partitions.

  • Page 31: Section 3. Completing The Installation

    NOTE: You may open the Manage Your Server wizard at any point in time by clicking Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Manage Your Server. Section 3. Completing the Installation Phase 1 – Install HP Supported Driver(s) During the Windows Server 2003 installation, the OS may not install the most current HP supported drivers.

  • Page 32: Phase 2 - Install Windows Server 2003 Recovery Console

    Example: Installing the Embedded Compaq NC7760 Gigabit Server Adapter Driver 1. Insert one blank, formatted 3.5" diskette into a workstation's floppy drive. 2. Insert the HP tc2120 Startup CD in your new server to create the Windows Server 2003 drivers diskette for the embedded Compaq NC7760 Gigabit Server adapter.

  • Page 33: Section 4. Configure The System

    Section 4. Configure the System Phase 1 – Perform Hardware Status Check In this section, you will run the Windows Device Manager tool to identify any issues with the installed devices or resource conflicts. 1. Open Start | Control Panel | System | Hardware | Device Manager. Verify that no devices have either a yellow band (!) or question mark (?) symbol next to it.

  • Page 34: Phase 2 - Initialize Hard Disk Drive

    Phase 2 – Initialize Hard Disk Drive NOTE: There are two types of hard drive configurations: Dynamic and Basic. You can select the appropriate type by right clicking on the disk drive icon. Dynamic drives are used to create volumes, which can contain more than one physical hard drive. Basic drives are used to create primary or local partitioned drives.

  • Page 35: Phase 2 - Attach Clients To Network And Test Network Link

    4. Click OK to continue, and then OK again to exit the "Local Area Connection Properties" window. Phase 2 – Attach Clients to Network and Test Network Link 1. Create shares: create a folder on your HP server hard drive then share it (right click Sharing).

  • Page 36: Phase 3 - Domain Controller Setup

    Phase 3 – Domain Controller Setup In order to promote your server to a domain controller, proceed with the following: 1. Click Start | Administrative Tools | Manage Your Server to open the "Manage Your Server" window. 2. Select "Add or remove a role." 3.

  • Page 37: Section 6. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    14. Click Next to accept the "Database and Log Locations" default directories. 15. Click Next to accept the default "Shared System Volume.” 16. Click Next to accept the default permissions: "Permissions compatible only with Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 operating systems.” 17.

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting

    • To expedite release of new products, HP may ship drivers without signature files. All Windows drivers provided by Hewlett-Packard are submitted to Microsoft for certification testing. Upon completion of testing, Microsoft produces signature files. HP then posts the revised driver package at http://www.hp.com/.

  • Page 39: Tip #2. Windows Server 2003 Recovery Options

    Tip #2. Windows Server 2003 Recovery Options In the event that the current installation of Windows Server 2003 fails to boot (this might happen after installing a new driver, component, software, etc), Windows provides the following recovery options to help you gain access to your Windows installation to replace damaged files and services for troubleshooting purposes.
  • Page 40 Recovery option #3: Recovery Console (RC) Boot The Recovery Console (RC) can be used when safe boot fails. You can enter RC: • Either by booting from Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM • Or by installing the RC boot on your system. It is recommended to install the RC immediately after installing Windows Server 2003.
  • Page 41 Installing RC 1. Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM. If CD-ROM auto-start is enabled, click exit to close the applet. 2. Open a command prompt, and type D:\I386\WINNT32 /CMDCONS (Where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter) 3. Follow the screen instructions to complete the RC installation. Booting RC 1.

  • Page 42: Tip #3. Restarting Windows Server 2003 Installation

    ASR Restore mode: 1. Boot from the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM. 2. When prompted during the text mode portion of setup, press F2 to initiate Automated System Recovery. 3. Insert the diskette "Windows Automated System Recovery Disk" created from the ASR Backup. 4.

  • Page 43: Installing Novel Netware 5.1

    Installing Novel NetWare 5.1 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation" for our recommendations on the server preparation. Then gather the following material: • HP Server tc2120 Startup CD • Novell NetWare 5.1 CD-ROM and latest Support Pack CD-ROM •...

  • Page 44: Section 2. Perform Netware 5.1 Installation

    4. Create the third diskette for Novell 5.1 patch (HP disk NW patch). Choose the correct link for your OS language version: — For an English-only version, click hp server tc2120 NetWare 5.1 (English only version) processor patch. — For multi-languages or other languages than the English version, click hp server tc2120 NetWare 5.1 (Non English only version) processor patch.
  • Page 45 3. From the drive A: prompt, format and transfer DOS system files to the hard disk DOS boot partition by entering one of the following commands: — When using the NetWare DOS utility, enter: A:\>FORMAT C: /X /S — When using the MSDOS utility, enter: A:\>FORMAT C: /S 4.

  • Page 46: Phase 2 - Install Hp Drivers

    Phase 2 – Install HP Drivers 1. The installation program then detects your hardware and attempts to match the drivers to the hardware. It displays a Driver names summary screen. 2. Do one of the following: — If you have an IDE system, press Enter to continue and then proceed with to step 4.

  • Page 47: Phase 3 - Configure The Network

    4. The next Driver names summary screen displays storage and network devices. You need to manually install the HP LAN driver: a. Scroll down to chose Modify and press Enter. b. Scroll down to highlight Network boards and press Enter. c.

  • Page 48: Section 3. Install The Support Pack

    NOTE: It is possible that during the initial reboot of the NetWare 5.1 OS, the GUI mode may not load properly. This can be resolved by intalling NW5.1 Support Pack 3 or above. (See “Section 4. Install the Support Pack.” Section 3.

  • Page 49: Section 4. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    12. Press F10 to accept the default installation options. NOTE: If you want to be able to uninstall the Suport Pack later, you must select the option to back up files. 13. Read NetWare warnings (recommends avoiding installation during peak hours) and follow on screen instructions.

  • Page 50: On-Line Information And Software Sources

    On-Line Information and Software Sources • HP World Wide Web access: http://www.hp.com • Novell World Wide Web access: http://www.novell.com • Novell Networking BBS: 801-429-3308 (9,600 baud) Installing Novell NetWare 6.0 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation" for our recommendations on server preparation.

  • Page 51: Section 2. Create The Drivers Diskettes

    Section 2. Create the Drivers Diskettes 1. Locate one blank, formatted 3.5" diskette. 2. Insert your HP Startup CD in a Windows PC and follow the on-screen instructions to create the HP Server tc2120 NetWare SCSI drivers (HP disk NW SCSI).

  • Page 52: Phase 2 - Install Hp Drivers

    5. If you accept erasing all data on your disk, select Continue. Then press any key for your system to create the partition, reboot, and format that partition. 6. Press F10 to "Accept License Agreement.” NOTE: You can boot from the NetWare SBS 6 License diskette. Novell DOS 7 and all required DOS utilities (FDISK, FORMAT, EDIT) are included on the diskette.
  • Page 53 NOTE: Do not remove the IDEATA driver, because it is used by the CD-ROM drive. d. Insert HP driver diskette (created with the Startup CD) in the floppy drive for the appropriate controller you choose to use. IMPORTANT: If you have a 29160 and a Promise FastTrak in the system, you must load the Promise driver first.

  • Page 54: Phase 3 - Configure The Network

    4. Wait while the system loads the new drivers. 5. Review the Volume SYS and Partition Properties Screen. Select Modify if any changes are necessary, and press the F10 key to save any changes. 6. Select Continue after all changes have been applied. 7.

  • Page 55: Section 4. Install The Support Pack

    10. Click Next to validate the NDS summary. 11. Click Next at the Licenses window to install the license previously detected. 12. If you wish to install other items or products, do so here and click Next. 13. Click Next at the Novell Certificate Server 2.21 Objects window to proceed.
  • Page 56 3. At the system console prompt enter the command: load cdrom 4. Wait for about 15 seconds for the CD to be automatically mounted as a volume. After it is completely mounted the system should say "Volume name" mounted successfully. 5.

  • Page 57: Section 5. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    17. Select Edit STARTUP.NCF file and press Enter. 18. Add the full path to each driver displayed that was copied in the c:\drivers directory. (for example, DRIVER.HAM -> c:\drivers\DRIVER.HAM) 19. Press F10 to save, then select Exit, then press Enter. 20.

  • Page 58: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Tip #1. Restarting NetWare Installation If you want to restart NetWare installation from the very beginning, use a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions from your hard drive. You may then resume the installation process. On-Line Information and Software Sources •...

  • Page 59: Section 1. Create The Drivers Diskettes

    3. Install additional HP accessories. Section 1. Create the Drivers Diskettes 1. Locate one blank, formatted 3.5" diskette. 2. Insert your HP Startup CD in a Windows PC and follow the on-screen instructions to create the HP Server tc2120 NetWare SCSI drivers and the Embedded LAN drivers.

  • Page 60: Phase 1 - Pre-Installation

    • Phase 3 – Install HP Drivers • Phase 4 – Configure the Network PHASE 1 – Pre-Installation • If you are using a Non-bootable Installation CD or you have a Promise FastTrak IDE RAID controller in your system, Please proceed to Phase 1a •...
  • Page 61 Phase 1b – (Bootable Non-Multilingual Installation CD) NOTE: If your hard drive contains data or is not new, HP recommends using a utility such as Fdisk to erase all data and partitions from your hard drive. 1. Insert Novell Netware 6.0 SBS CD-ROM and boot the system. 2.

  • Page 62: Phase 2 - Start The Installation

    10. When the system comes up, press F10 to accept the license agreement. Proceed to Phase 2 to continue. Phase 2 – Start the Installation 1. Change the prompt from Express to Custom, and keep the default New server option; scroll down and choose Continue. 2.
  • Page 63 The installation program displays the drivers detected: a SCSI driver and a generic ATA/IDE/ATAPI Adapter driver (IDEATA.HAM). Press Delete to remove the default SCSI driver. The only remaining driver should be the IDEATA.HAM driver. NOTE: Do NOT remove the IDEATA driver because it is used by the CD-ROM Drive. d.

  • Page 64: Phase 4 - Configure The Network

    Wait while system loads the new drivers. Review the Volume SYS and Partition Properties Screen. Select Modify if any changes are necessary, and press the F10 key to save any changes. Select Continue after all changes have been applied. Wait a few minutes while system files are copied and Netware GUI is started.
  • Page 65 10. Click Next to validate the NDS summary. 11. Click Next at the Licenses window to install the license previously detected. 12. If you wish to install other items or products, do so here and then click Next. 13. Click Next at the Novell Certificate Server 2.21 Objects window.

  • Page 66: Section 3. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    Section 3. Install Additional HP Accessories The HP server tc2120 Startup CD includes the drivers for the following HP accessories: • HP-Intel 10/100 LAN • HP-Intel 10/100/1000 LAN • HP IDE RAID PCI • HP Surestore DAT24i • HP 29160 SCSI Controller Please refer to the product manual enclosed with your accessory for the detailed installation procedure.

  • Page 67: Installing Red Hat Linux 9.0

    Installing Red Hat Linux 9.0 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 “Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation” for our recommendations on server preparation. Then gather the following materials: • HP Server tc2120 Startup CD • Red Hat Linux Installation Media High Level Process Flow 1.

  • Page 68: Phase 2 - Configure The Server

    Phase 2 — Configure the Server Welcome to Red Hat Linux Click on Next to continue. NOTE: Using the GUI installation, you will have an on-screen description of each possible selection displayed on the left of the screen. Language Selection Select the appropriate language.
  • Page 69 NOTE: If you get a message that says, “The partition table on device xyz was unreadable… click Yes as many times as this message pops up. Boot Loader Installation • GRUB is selected as the default linux bootloader. If this is acceptable, press Next to continue.

  • Page 70: Phase 3 - Complete The Installation

    Language Support Selection • Review the Language Support setting and modify if necessary. Time Zone Selection • Review and modify as necessary. Account Configuration • Input a root password. Authentication Configuration • Review and modify as necessary Selecting Packages • If you selected the “Custom”...

  • Page 71: Section 2. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    Video Configuration • Red Hat will detect your chip as an ATI Mach64 chip. However, the HP Server tc2120 ships with an ATI Rage XL AGP chipset. Modify the settings in order to correctly configure the video settings. Monitor Selection •...

  • Page 72: Installing Red Hat Linux 8.0

    • Red Hat World Wide Web access: http://www.redhat.com Installing Red Hat Linux 8.0 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 “Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation” for our recommendations on server preparation. Then gather your Red Hat Linux 8.0 Installation CD-ROMs.

  • Page 73: 1.3 Disk Partitioning

    2. At the "Keyboard Configuration" screen, select U.S. English and click Next. 3. At the "Mouse Configuration" screen, select the appropriate mouse for your system, and click Next. 4. At the Installation Type screen, choose the type of installation to be performed. Choose Server or Custom.

  • Page 74: 1.4 Boot Loader Configuration

    Select Force to be a primary partition. g. Click OK. 6. Click New. a. Change the "File System Type" to swap. b. Make sure that only your boot device is selected under "Allowable Drives.” c. Set "Size (MB)" to the following formula: size = (RAM in system) x 2. d.

  • Page 75: 1.5 Network Configuration

    7. Click Next 1.5 Network Configuration NOTE: The installer should have detected all of your NICs at this point. If it does not, then you may need to obtain a special NIC driver that may be installed after you have completed the Red Hat Linux installation.

  • Page 76: 1.7 Package Group Selection

    3. On the "Account Configuration" screen, type in the root password and confirmation. Click Next. It is also recommended that you create at least one additional user account. Click Add to create the additional accounts. Fill in the required information to create the account, and click OK.
  • Page 77 Graphical Interface Configuration: In most cases, the installer will have automatically detected your video card configuration by this step. Simply click Next to continue. Monitor Configuration: If the system is connected to a switch box, the installer most likely will not be able to auto probe your monitor type.

  • Page 78: Section 2. Special Cases

    Section 2. Special Cases 2.1 Booting from a Promise FastTrak TX2 2.1.1 Boot initialization string: NOTE: If installing to a Promise FastTrak TX2, you may want to print out a copy of this reference page to keep alongside your Red hat 8.0 installation. Instead of hitting enter at the "boot:"...

  • Page 79: Installing Red Hat Linux 7.3

    Installing Red Hat Linux 7.3 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation" for our recommendations on server preparation. Then gather the following materials: • HP Server tc2120 Startup CD • Red Hat Linux 7.3 CD-ROMs #1 #2 and #3 •...

  • Page 80: Phase 2 - Configure The Server

    The installation program now displays a graphical interface. You can proceed through the customization of your installation. If you selected to install to a Promise FastTrak100 TX2 card, the installer will ask you for your driver diskette. The Promise FastTrak100 TX2 driver can be found on the tc2120 Startup CD. Phase 2 –...
  • Page 81 Choose Your Partitioning Strategy HP recommends using the default partitioning mode: Automatically partition and REMOVE DATA ("Disk Partitioning" section). Boot Loader Installation NOTE: For users installing to a Promise FastTrak100 TX2, HP recommends selecting LILO as the default Linux bootloader. (HP only supports LILO on systems booting from a FastTrak100 TX2.) GRUB is selected as the default linux bootloader.

  • Page 82: Phase 3 - Complete The Installation

    Language Support Selection Review the Language Support setting and modify if necessary Time Zone Selection Review and modify as necessary Account Configuration Input a root password as well as additional user accounts. Authentication Configuration Review and modify as necessary Selecting Packages If you selected the "Custom"...
  • Page 83 Boot Diskette Creation NOTE: HP recommends that you create a boot diskette that will allow you to boot and manage your server should you experience problems in loading your Red Hat environment. Monitor Selection The installation program will attempt to detect the monitor being used; otherwise you can find HP monitor references on the back of your monitor.

  • Page 84: Phase 4 - Post Installation Instructions Updating The Red Hat 7.3 Kernel

    Bios=0x80 Change: Boot=/dev/xxx Boot=/dev/sdX (Where /dev/sdX is the location of your Promise boot drive) 3. Change: Linear lba32 (Lowercase L) 4. To save, enter :wq 5. Run /sbin/lilo –v NOTE: This only works with LILO. 6. Return to the GUI interface, press Ctrl-Alt-F7. 7.

  • Page 85: Section 2. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    • Kernel-2.4.18-17.7.x.i686.rpm may be found on the Web at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/Red Hat/linux/updates/7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.18- 18.7.x.i686.rpm 1. To update the kernel, press Ctrl-Alt-F2. 2. Insert the media containing the updated modutils (2.4.18-3.7) and kernel (2.4.18- 17) rpms. If on a CD-ROM, mount the CD-ROM using: mount /dev/cdrom. 3.

  • Page 86: On-Line Information And Software Sources

    • Modem 56k v92 • Promise IDE RAID PCI • HP Adaptec 29160 SCSI Controller Please refer to the product manual enclosed with your accessory for the detailed installation procedure and/or the attached readme.txt file associated with the driver. The readme.txt file can be found included on the appropriate driver diskette. On-Line Information and Software Sources •...

  • Page 87: Section 1. Perform Suse Linux 7.3 Installation

    Section 1. Perform SuSE Linux 7.3 Installation Phase 1 – Launch the Installation Installing to Promise FastTrak100 TX2 1. Turn on the server and insert the Promise Boot Diskette to start the installation. 2. At the installation screen, type "promise" and press the left Alt key. Press Enter to continue.
  • Page 88 Suggested Partitioning CAUTION: If you are installing to Promise FastTrak100 TX2, the boot partition and root partition must be formatted using the ext2 file system. Disk partitioning will vary depending on the type of services the server will provide. The amount of swap space required will also vary depending on the amount of RAM in the system.
  • Page 89 b. Select Primary partition. c. Set the parameters for the boot partition as follows: Format (file system): ext2 Size: Start: Default End: Default Mount point: / 6. Click Next to proceed. Software Selection Default with Office is the default selection. HP recommends selecting the Default system during the Software Selection.

  • Page 90: Phase 3 - Complete The Installation

    Confirm Installation 1. The installation program will summarize the HDD partitioning information, boot manager installation location as well as the size of software that will be installed. Review, and if this is acceptable, click Next to proceed. 2. Click Yes, install to proceed with the installation. Phase 3 –...

  • Page 91: Phase 4 - Post Installation Affairs Updating The Suse 7.3 Kernel

    4. Click Finish Installation to proceed to the initial login screen. Remove the CD from the drive. You are now ready to enter into your new SuSE 7.3 Linux environment. NOTE: If installing to the Promise FastTrak100 TX2 card, the system will not boot at this point, unless you perform the kernel update procedure below.

  • Page 92: Section 2. Install Additional Hp Accessories

    8. Reboot the server. Section 2. Install Additional HP Accessories The hp server tc2120 Startup CD includes the drivers for the following HP accessories: • HP 10/100 LAN Adapter • HP 10/100/1000 LAN Adapter • HP Modem v92 56k • Promise IDE RAID PCI •...

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