Typical Operating-System Installation; Installing Your Operating System Without Serverguide; Using The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program - IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20 Type 8832 Installation And User Manual
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Type 8832:
- Maintenance and troubleshooting manual (158 pages) ,
- Setup manual (64 pages) ,
- Problem determination and service manual (112 pages)
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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
You can use the ServerGuide program to shorten your installation time. The
ServerGuide program provides the device drivers that are required for your
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 your operating-system CD and
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide
If you have already configured the blade server hardware and you decide not to use
the ServerGuide program to install your 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/pc/support/.
2. In the Download section, click Downloads & drivers.
3. On the "Downloads and drivers" page, in the Brand field, select Servers.
4. In the Family field, select BladeCenter HS20.
5. Click Continue.
6. In the View by document type field, select OS installation.
7. Select the instructions for your operating system.
Using the PXE boot agent utility program
This program is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can
use to:
v Select the boot protocol and other boot options
v Select a power-management option
Note: The RPL selection for the boot protocol option is not supported for this
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adapter.
ServerGuide program.
program starts. (You will need your 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 your 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-ROM drive must
be associated with the blade server before you perform this step.
server.
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