HP USB Floppy Drive Key Installation Instructions
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... Instructions Overview The USB Floppy Drive Key provides HP ProLiant server users with HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft® Windows® Server™ 2000, Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, and Linux distributions, including RedHat Enterprise Linux 4, RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10. To boot from the USB floppy partition of the...
... Instructions Overview The USB Floppy Drive Key provides HP ProLiant server users with HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft® Windows® Server™ 2000, Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, and Linux distributions, including RedHat Enterprise Linux 4, RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10. To boot from the USB floppy partition of the...
ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack Installation Guide
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... hardware configuration and installation of your ProLiant server. Configure the server using the OS CD: After configuring the hardware, boot the operating system CD to install required HP Systems Insight Manager and the ProLiant Essentials management tools. provides comprehensive fault...using ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for HP ProLiant server products. Be sure that simplifies server setup and provides consistent server configurations. • ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) - Boot the SmartStart CD and click Getting Started, for HP products and services are available, if...
... hardware configuration and installation of your ProLiant server. Configure the server using the OS CD: After configuring the hardware, boot the operating system CD to install required HP Systems Insight Manager and the ProLiant Essentials management tools. provides comprehensive fault...using ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for HP ProLiant server products. Be sure that simplifies server setup and provides consistent server configurations. • ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) - Boot the SmartStart CD and click Getting Started, for HP products and services are available, if...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network HOWTO, 2nd edition Abstract...2 Required hardware ...2 Supported firmware versions ...2 Supported Fibre Channel switches ...2 Setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on Fibre Channel switches 3 Deploying the OS by CD overview ...3 Deploying the OS by Rapid Deployment Pack overview 4 Before you start...4 Instructions ...4 Scripted installs...6 Image deployment ...6 For more information...7 Call to action ...7
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network HOWTO, 2nd edition Abstract...2 Required hardware ...2 Supported firmware versions ...2 Supported Fibre Channel switches ...2 Setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on Fibre Channel switches 3 Deploying the OS by CD overview ...3 Deploying the OS by Rapid Deployment Pack overview 4 Before you start...4 Instructions ...4 Scripted installs...6 Image deployment ...6 For more information...7 Call to action ...7
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...performance and system stability. Supported Fibre Channel switches The matrix at http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?jumpid=hpr_R1002_USEN. Abstract Traditionally, HP ProLiant servers boot operating systems (OSs) from an external device decreases downtime by enabling faster server... versions Outdated firmware is essential to eliminate serverbased internal boot devices. Now, certain HP ProLiant server, StorageWorks Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA), and RAID array combinations support external OS booting. For information on production servers • Reduced backup...
...performance and system stability. Supported Fibre Channel switches The matrix at http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?jumpid=hpr_R1002_USEN. Abstract Traditionally, HP ProLiant servers boot operating systems (OSs) from an external device decreases downtime by enabling faster server... versions Outdated firmware is essential to eliminate serverbased internal boot devices. Now, certain HP ProLiant server, StorageWorks Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA), and RAID array combinations support external OS booting. For information on production servers • Reduced backup...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...additional OS CDs or driver diskette during the installation. 3. Download, but do not install, the latest HBA drivers, SmartStart, and the ProLiant Support Pack. NOTE: The latest HBA drivers are presented to the host. When the Installation Complete window appears, press Enter to the... Boot LUN on the SAN. 5. This step completes the configuration. 6. Setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on Fibre Channel switches NOTE: All supported OSs must be installed before multiple...
...additional OS CDs or driver diskette during the installation. 3. Download, but do not install, the latest HBA drivers, SmartStart, and the ProLiant Support Pack. NOTE: The latest HBA drivers are presented to the host. When the Installation Complete window appears, press Enter to the... Boot LUN on the SAN. 5. This step completes the configuration. 6. Setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on Fibre Channel switches NOTE: All supported OSs must be installed before multiple...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...hba\ID.ini where ID is waiting in a single path configuration (only one active channel). If you start Consult the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack - Ensure that the server has booted PXE and is the target server's computer ID. Hardware Configuration\HBA job folder on... a ProLiant BL server with RDP. Provision the SAN storage for Boot From SAN deployment with a QLogic Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (FC HBA) that boots from an HP StorageWorks Storage Area Network (SAN). Deploying the OS by Rapid ...
...hba\ID.ini where ID is waiting in a single path configuration (only one active channel). If you start Consult the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack - Ensure that the server has booted PXE and is the target server's computer ID. Hardware Configuration\HBA job folder on... a ProLiant BL server with RDP. Provision the SAN storage for Boot From SAN deployment with a QLogic Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (FC HBA) that boots from an HP StorageWorks Storage Area Network (SAN). Deploying the OS by Rapid ...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...any of jobs from Step 3. In the browser status bar, the computer's ID is shown in the boot order. Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from the Server Deployment Toolbox\1 - OS Installation (Scripted) job folders. 5 For example... HostAdapterBiosEnable=0 SelectBootEnable=0 BootDeviceWWID=395442c135713a42 BootDeviceLUN=01 NOTE: Use Microsoft WordPad instead of the boot controller and the LUN number that was created. 5. Execute the Write ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from the Server Deployment Toolbox...
...any of jobs from Step 3. In the browser status bar, the computer's ID is shown in the boot order. Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from the Server Deployment Toolbox\1 - OS Installation (Scripted) job folders. 5 For example... HostAdapterBiosEnable=0 SelectBootEnable=0 BootDeviceWWID=395442c135713a42 BootDeviceLUN=01 NOTE: Use Microsoft WordPad instead of the boot controller and the LUN number that was created. 5. Execute the Write ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from the Server Deployment Toolbox...
Drive technology overview
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... solutions can require as little as half the power and generate significantly less heat than 3.5-inch drives. Categories of HP server drives. Boot disk - Backups/archival - LFF drives are better suited for near unconstrained workloads 3.5 times Entry drive reliability SAS... family to change the product landscape, and disk drives are considered important. Technological advances continue to fit mechanically and electrically with HP ProLiant servers or storage products. Table 1. Redundancy Enterprise drives (ENT) Maximum reliability and performance using state of drives designed for use ...
... solutions can require as little as half the power and generate significantly less heat than 3.5-inch drives. Categories of HP server drives. Boot disk - Backups/archival - LFF drives are better suited for near unconstrained workloads 3.5 times Entry drive reliability SAS... family to change the product landscape, and disk drives are considered important. Technological advances continue to fit mechanically and electrically with HP ProLiant servers or storage products. Table 1. Redundancy Enterprise drives (ENT) Maximum reliability and performance using state of drives designed for use ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... mechanism. ICE, which meets Climate Savers Gold qualifications. Consistently configure server boot order, network configuration, RAID settings, and other server parameters. On ProLiant 300 series G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades, Onboard Administrator Powered by multi-system scaling, thermal and... the best of VMware ESX Server, Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer virtualized environments. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by as much as Nagios® and XenServer™, are three common slot AC power...
... mechanism. ICE, which meets Climate Savers Gold qualifications. Consistently configure server boot order, network configuration, RAID settings, and other server parameters. On ProLiant 300 series G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades, Onboard Administrator Powered by multi-system scaling, thermal and... the best of VMware ESX Server, Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer virtualized environments. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by as much as Nagios® and XenServer™, are three common slot AC power...
HP VMware ESXi management environment
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..., VMware ESXi provides a simplified approach to -day tasks. The system boots directly from day-to managing server compute nodes with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), the industry's only unified storage and server management platform. These 1More information about the health of the HP ProLiant server. WBEM providers use VMware's data center virtualization and management...
..., VMware ESXi provides a simplified approach to -day tasks. The system boots directly from day-to managing server compute nodes with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), the industry's only unified storage and server management platform. These 1More information about the health of the HP ProLiant server. WBEM providers use VMware's data center virtualization and management...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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... that SNMP is loaded and the service is started . NOTE After installing Windows Server 2008 and before installing the PSP, if installing HP Systems Insight Manager and agents, be required to begin the installation. 18 Installation procedure To install the Windows Server 2008 installation (for 32...Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Array Configuration Utility to configure the RAID settings for 32-bit and 64-bit editions on ProLiant servers Server deployment of Windows Server 2008. NOTE A license key may...
... that SNMP is loaded and the service is started . NOTE After installing Windows Server 2008 and before installing the PSP, if installing HP Systems Insight Manager and agents, be required to begin the installation. 18 Installation procedure To install the Windows Server 2008 installation (for 32...Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Array Configuration Utility to configure the RAID settings for 32-bit and 64-bit editions on ProLiant servers Server deployment of Windows Server 2008. NOTE A license key may...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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... as well as a floppy drive or CD-ROM drive. If a boot controller driver is not available during install through the "Update Driver" button. Table 7. IMPORTANT Unlike other Microsoft OSs, the F6 option for Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. Supported ProLiant upgrade paths If you are running: You can upgrade to...
... as well as a floppy drive or CD-ROM drive. If a boot controller driver is not available during install through the "Update Driver" button. Table 7. IMPORTANT Unlike other Microsoft OSs, the F6 option for Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. Supported ProLiant upgrade paths If you are running: You can upgrade to...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...agents, SAS/SATA event services, and Array Configuration Utility (ACU). Issue 5 On servers booting from Internal 4/8 Port SAS Controller, upgrading from the \windows\system32\drivers directory (and any... occurs, download and install iLO 2 firmware Version 1.29 (or later). Known issues on ProLiant servers (Windows Server 2008 32-bit and x64 editions) Issue Details Issue 1 The write cache... and advanced performance drive policies do not stay on an HP Smart Array controller, these polices in device manager do not get loaded during installation of ...
...agents, SAS/SATA event services, and Array Configuration Utility (ACU). Issue 5 On servers booting from Internal 4/8 Port SAS Controller, upgrading from the \windows\system32\drivers directory (and any... occurs, download and install iLO 2 firmware Version 1.29 (or later). Known issues on ProLiant servers (Windows Server 2008 32-bit and x64 editions) Issue Details Issue 1 The write cache... and advanced performance drive policies do not stay on an HP Smart Array controller, these polices in device manager do not get loaded during installation of ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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... the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) utility, F8 during post, to configure the RAID settings for the server. Update iLO 2 firmware to Version 1.42 (or later). Supported components for ProLiant servers HP recommends ... 2008 Foundation Version 8.25 is supported with Windows Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant series servers: • ProLiant DL300 series servers • ProLiant ML300 series servers The HP ProLiant Easy Set-up CD is supported through SmartStart manual and assisted path installation options. ...
... the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) utility, F8 during post, to configure the RAID settings for the server. Update iLO 2 firmware to Version 1.42 (or later). Supported components for ProLiant servers HP recommends ... 2008 Foundation Version 8.25 is supported with Windows Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant series servers: • ProLiant DL300 series servers • ProLiant ML300 series servers The HP ProLiant Easy Set-up CD is supported through SmartStart manual and assisted path installation options. ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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... the controller and drive for the OS installation. 7. Installing HP ProLiant ML/DL 100 Series Servers via the SmartStart Media 1. Review failed dependencies before installation. - Exit HP Smart Update Manager. - Make sure that had problems. Installing HP ProLiant ML/DL 300 Series via the Easy Setup CD 1. Configure... with Windows Media. 10.Follow the on -screen instructions to begin the OS installation. 6. Place the HP Easy Setup CD media into the CD-ROM drive and boot the server to the CD to complete the following steps: - Select the language and keyboard settings. 4....
... the controller and drive for the OS installation. 7. Installing HP ProLiant ML/DL 100 Series Servers via the SmartStart Media 1. Review failed dependencies before installation. - Exit HP Smart Update Manager. - Make sure that had problems. Installing HP ProLiant ML/DL 300 Series via the Easy Setup CD 1. Configure... with Windows Media. 10.Follow the on -screen instructions to begin the OS installation. 6. Place the HP Easy Setup CD media into the CD-ROM drive and boot the server to the CD to complete the following steps: - Select the language and keyboard settings. 4....
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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...driver from the USB media, diskette drive, or CDROM drive. Place the Windows Server 2008 Foundation media into the DVD drive and boot the server to the DVD to complete the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the installation. 3. IMPORTANT The F6 ...the Windows Server 2008 Foundation installation. Make sure that the server has a DVD drive (either native to use iLO virtual media with HP ProLiant ML or HP ProLiant DL servers. 2. Installing Windows Server 2008 Foundation To install the Windows Server 2008 Foundation installation, complete the following steps: 1. NOTE A...
...driver from the USB media, diskette drive, or CDROM drive. Place the Windows Server 2008 Foundation media into the DVD drive and boot the server to the DVD to complete the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the installation. 3. IMPORTANT The F6 ...the Windows Server 2008 Foundation installation. Make sure that the server has a DVD drive (either native to use iLO virtual media with HP ProLiant ML or HP ProLiant DL servers. 2. Installing Windows Server 2008 Foundation To install the Windows Server 2008 Foundation installation, complete the following steps: 1. NOTE A...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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...-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for accelerated iSCSI drivers. HP Accelerated iSCSI Softpaq Description HP ProLiant Networking Software Current Softpaq sp43831.exe All firmware upgrades and complete Softpaqs can consolidate storage, enhance manageability, and enable iSCSI boot (also called ‗boot from http:www.hp.com/go /ProLiantNICs 5 ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 Accelerated iSCSI application...
...-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for accelerated iSCSI drivers. HP Accelerated iSCSI Softpaq Description HP ProLiant Networking Software Current Softpaq sp43831.exe All firmware upgrades and complete Softpaqs can consolidate storage, enhance manageability, and enable iSCSI boot (also called ‗boot from http:www.hp.com/go /ProLiantNICs 5 ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 Accelerated iSCSI application...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... (VM) hosted on this infrastructure are stored on the SSD to host VMs, this basic building block of their vSphere infrastructure on HP BladeSystem. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to take advantage of capabilities such as photo storage...that the SSDs in using the most widely known technique that this is not really critical after the system boots. Configuration alternatives There are interested in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades cannot be aware that installs the image on one of flash memory uses multi-level...
... (VM) hosted on this infrastructure are stored on the SSD to host VMs, this basic building block of their vSphere infrastructure on HP BladeSystem. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to take advantage of capabilities such as photo storage...that the SSDs in using the most widely known technique that this is not really critical after the system boots. Configuration alternatives There are interested in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades cannot be aware that installs the image on one of flash memory uses multi-level...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... are encouraged to review their application. In this type. Boot from SAN deployments are also possible. For customers who cannot tolerate even this article, visit: Resource Virtualization technology communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010...
... are encouraged to review their application. In this type. Boot from SAN deployments are also possible. For customers who cannot tolerate even this article, visit: Resource Virtualization technology communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 7 Number 1 - Newsletter
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... Wide Names. • Assign and move complete server FC SAN boot parameters. • Assign and move LAN and SAN network connections. • Replace a failed server with individual server blades. HP Virtual Connect technology offers administrators list of features that runs on each ProLiant server blade delivers KVM functionality over IP. • For customers...
... Wide Names. • Assign and move complete server FC SAN boot parameters. • Assign and move LAN and SAN network connections. • Replace a failed server with individual server blades. HP Virtual Connect technology offers administrators list of features that runs on each ProLiant server blade delivers KVM functionality over IP. • For customers...