Typical Operating-System Installation; Installing The Operating System Without Serverguide - IBM HS21 - BladeCenter - 8853 User Manual

When you start the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, the program prompts
you to complete the following tasks:
v Select your language.
v Select your keyboard layout and country.
v View the overview to learn about ServerGuide features.
v View the readme file to review installation tips for your operating system and
v Start the operating-system installation. You will need your operating-system CD.

Typical operating-system installation

The ServerGuide program can 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
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, complete the following steps
to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the IBM
Support Web page.
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 list, select BladeCenter HS21.
6. From the Operating system list, select your operating system and click Search
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adapter.
ServerGuide program.
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.
to display the available installation documents.