Deployment of Red Hat Linux 7.2 for Itanium™ Processor on ProLiant DL590/64 Servers
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5. Setup
your
mouse.
a. Choose your mouse type, and check the
Emulate 3 buttons
checkbox, if you want to use
your two-button mouse as if it had three buttons (by pressing both mouse buttons
simultaneously).
Note:
The third button is highly recommended for use with the X Window System.
b. Verify all three buttons are working.
6. Select your installation type. The available options are workstation, server, laptop, custom, or
upgrade. For the purposes of this paper, select the
Custom
radio button under the Install
section.
7. Partition your hard disk by selecting the
Have the installer automatically partition for you
radio button and clicking
Next
.
8. Click
Yes
to initialize the drive.
9. Select
Remove all Linux Partitions on this system
. Check the
Review
checkbox, and click
Next
.
10. Click
Yes
to confirm the removal of existing Linux partitions. The DISK DRUID Utility
window will be displayed. Click
Next
.
11. On the eth0 tab of the Network Configuration screen, do the following:
a. Choose whether or not you want to configure your IP address using DHCP.
b. By checking the
Activate on boot
checkbox, the network interface controller will start
when the server boots. If you check the
Configure using DHCP
checkbox, ignore steps c
and d.
c. Type in the
IP Address
,
Netmask
,
Network
, and
Broadcast
addresses in the appropriate
windows, if needed. If you have a fully qualified domain name for the network device,
type it in the
Hostname
window.
d. Type
the
Gateway DNS
and
Primary DNS
addresses. (If applicable, type the
Secondary
DNS
and
Ternary DNS
addresses as well.)
e. Click
Next
.
12. Choose the security level (High, Medium, or No firewall). For the purposes of this paper,
select the
No firewall
radio button, and click
Next
.
The Additional Languages Support screen will be displayed with a default language selection
of the language chosen in step 3.
13. Select additional languages or accept the default language, and click
Next
.
14. Select your time zone configuration.
a. On the Location tab, select the continent where the server resides.
b. On the UTC tab, check the
Use Daylight Savings Time (US Only)
checkbox, if the
server resides in the United States.
c. Check
the
system clock uses UTC
checkbox, if you don’t want to use local time.
d. Click
Next
.
15. Set the root password and add users.
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