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To deploy with a boot CD:
1.
Use the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable to connect a USB CD-ROM drive to the server blade. Refer to
"Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices (on page
45
)."
2.
Insert the boot CD into the USB CD-ROM drive.
3.
Reboot the server blade.
4.
After the server blade boots, follow the normal installation procedure for an OS.
Windows Server® 2003 cannot be installed from a USB CD-ROM on the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable if the
hard drive is completely blank (no partitions defined). To install Windows Server® 2003, use one of the
following methods:
•
Make a partition on the hard drive that Windows Server® 2003 will be loaded on.
•
Use the SmartStart CD 7.60 or later.
•
Use the Rapid Deployment Pack. For instructions, see the HP website
(
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USE
N
).
Diskette image deployment
To deploy with a diskette image, the user creates a DOS-based network-enabled boot diskette that executes
a script that configures the hardware and installs the OS. The diskette enables the server blade to access the
required deployment scripts and files on the network.
This method implies a deployment infrastructure that may include an administrator workstation, PXE server,
Microsoft® Windows® file share, or a Linux file share. For more information, refer to "Deployment
infrastructure (on page
49
)."
Before beginning the deployment process, connect the server blade to the network.
NOTE:
For more information about hardware and cabling configurations, see the documents
that ship with the enclosure.
Two methods are available for diskette image deployment:
•
iLO virtual floppy (on page
54
)
•
PXE ("
PXE deployment
" on page
51
)
Creating a boot diskette
The SmartStart Scripting Toolkit provides the tools and information for creating a boot diskette. For details,
refer to the
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit User Guide
and download the latest version of the software from the
HP website (
http://www.hp.com/servers/sstoolkit
).
As an alternative method, configure the hardware manually with RBSU and the iLO 2 remote console. With
this method, the disk is more generic and integrates with an existing network OS installation process. For
more information, refer to "HP BladeSystem c-Class advanced management (on page
48
)."
To operate properly, the server blade must have a supported OS. For the latest information on a supported
OS, refer to the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/supportos
).
