Booting And Shutting Down The Operating System; Operating Systems Supported On The Server Blade; Installing The Operating System Onto The Server Blade; Installing The Os Using A Usb Dvd Drive And The Os Disks - HP Integrity BL860c User's & Service Manual

4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System

This chapter covers procedures for booting and shutting down operating systems that run on the
server blade. The operating systems that run on the server blade are HP-UX 1 1i Version 2 (B.1 1.23),
HP-UX 1 1i Version 3 (B.1 1.31), HP OpenVMS v8.3, Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server 2003,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4, and Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.

Operating Systems Supported on the Server Blade

HP supports the following operating systems on the server blade.
HP-UX 1 1i Version 2 (B.1 1.23)
HP-UX 1 1i Version 3 (B.1 1.31),
HP OpenVMS v8.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Installing the Operating System onto the Server Blade

These are generalized operating system installation procedures. For more specific details regarding
OS installation, see your operating system documentation.

Installing the OS Using a USB DVD Drive and the OS Disks

Before you can install the OS from a DVD disk, you must connect an external USB DVD device.
To install the OS onto the server blade from a USB DVD:
1. Connect the Integrity SUV cable to the front of the server blade.
See Figure
Figure 31 Connecting a USB DVD Drive to the Server Blade
2. Connect the USB DVD cable to one of the USB ports on the SUV cable.
For the ports on the SUV cable, see
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