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HP ProLiant ML110 Server

Network Operating System Installation Guide

January 2004 (First Edition)

Part Number 344-535-001

Regulatory Model Number HSTNS-3100

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Page 1: ...HP ProLiant ML110 Server Network Operating System Installation Guide January 2004 First Edition Part Number 344 535 001 Regulatory Model Number HSTNS 3100 ...

Page 2: ... or omissions contained herein The information in this document is provided as is without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice The warranties for HP products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP ProLiant ML110 Network Operating System Installation Guid...

Page 3: ... 2 Installing Windows 2003 2 2 Section 3 Completing the Installation 2 3 Section 4 Configuring the System 2 4 Section 5 Configuring the Network 2 7 Section 6 Installing Additional HP Accessories 2 10 On Line Information and Software Sources 2 10 Chapter 3 Installing Novell NetWare 5 1 Novell NetWare 5 1 Pre installation Instructions 3 1 Novell NetWare 5 1 Installation Flow 3 1 Section 1 Creating t...

Page 4: ...river Diskettes 5 1 Section 2 Installing Novell NetWare 6 5 5 2 Section 3 Installing Additional HP Accessories 5 4 On line Information and Software Sources 5 4 Chapter 6 Installing Red Hat Linux 9 0 Red Hat Linux 9 0 Pre installation Instructions 6 1 Red Hat Linux 9 0 Installation Flow 6 1 Section 1 Installing Red Hat Linux 9 0 6 1 Section 2 Installing Additional HP Accessories 6 5 On line Informa...

Page 5: ...RNING To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to the equipment Disconnect power from the system by unplugging all power cords from the power supplies Do not disable the power cord grounding plug The grounding plug is an important safety feature Plug the power cord into a grounded earthed electrical outlet that is easily accessible at all times CAUTION To properly ventilate the system you mu...

Page 6: ...vice advisories and bulletins QuickFind information services Telephone Numbers For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller In the United States call 1 800 345 1518 In Canada call 1 800 263 5868 For HP technical support In the United States and Canada call 1 800 652 6672 Outside the United States and Canada refer to www hp com vi HP ProLiant ML110 Network Operating System Installation Guide...

Page 7: ...p CD ROM Chipset driver LAN driver SCSI driver Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2003 HP drivers RAID driver LAN driver Novell NetWare 5 1 HP drivers SCSI driver LAN driver Novell NetWare 6 0 and Small Business Suite HP drivers SCSI driver Novell NetWare 6 5 HP drivers None Red Hat Linux 9 0 HP drivers None Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 HP drivers None NOTE The HP P...

Page 8: ...figure this these hard disk drive s AFTER completing the NOS installation If you are using the Promise FastTrak TX4000 IDE RAID controller connect the hard disk drives to the controller following the instructions in the FastTrak User Guide The RAID setup for this controller is performed at the BIOS level when the system starts up 1 Turn on the monitor and the server If the server is already turned...

Page 9: ...y to select the drive you want to add in the array then press Enter This will display the Array Properties page 7 Use the Up Down arrow keys to define the Array Type field then press Enter 8 Enter an array label then press Enter 9 Enter an array size then press Enter 10 Use the Up Down arrow keys to define the array size unit then press Enter 11 Use the Up Down arrow keys to define the stripe size...

Page 10: ...d procedures refer to Chapter 5 of the HP ProLiant ML110 Server Operations and Maintenance Guide BIOS Update Notes HP recommends that you update the server BIOS with the latest system BIOS version to take advantage of the most recent compatibility fixes You can download the latest HP ProLiant ML110 server BIOS at HP s website at www hp com ...

Page 11: ...1 2 Have the following installation requirements on hand HP ProLiant ML110 Server Startup CD ROM Microsoft Windows 2003 CD ROM Six blank formatted 3 5 inch diskettes A Windows PC that has a Floppy drive CD ROM drive Browser that supports HTML Two or more clients for testing purpose optional Windows 2003 Installation Flow 1 Create the driver diskettes using the Startup CD 2 Install Microsoft Window...

Page 12: ...efly displayed on the bottom of the Setup screen Press F6 if you wish to install a third party controller otherwise proceed to step 2 NOTE If you missed pressing F6 before the message is invalidated you will need to reboot the system to display the message prompt again 2 Follow the procedures corresponding to the type of hard disk that is installed in server 3 At the Welcome to Setup screen press ...

Page 13: ...zation of the server until completion of all the installation steps You may open the Windows 2003 Configure Your Server wizard at any point by clicking Start Programs Administrative Tools Configure Your Server If you installed Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 click Cancel to close the Setup needs the location of the Small Business Server 2003 Setup files window Section 3 Completing the Install...

Page 14: ...ze the LAN adapter 8 After restarting Windows configure the network settings for the LAN card in order to connect to your network Verify connectivity Section 4 Configuring the System Phase 1 Performing a Hardware Status Check In this section you will run the Windows 2003 Device Manager tool to identify any issues with the installed devices or resource conflicts 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel...

Page 15: ... create volumes which can contain more than one physical hard drive Basic drives are used to create primary or local partitioned drives To manage different drives and partitions 1 Click Start Programs Administrative Tools Disk Administrator 2 Click OK to proceed when notified you have a new hard disk to configure 3 Select the available hard disk space on the graphic and use menus to create additio...

Page 16: ... tools settings 7 If prompted insert the Windows 2003 CD ROM 8 Click Finish to close the wizard 9 Click Yes to restart the system Be sure to remove the Windows 2003 CD ROM from the drive 10 After the system reboots log on to the system 11 Click Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools 12 Check that the following services are now available Terminal Services Client Creator Terminal Services...

Page 17: ...OK when the installation is completed 12 Restart the workstation Section 5 Configuring the Network Phase 1 Configuring the Server s IP Address During the installation process the system was configured to use DHCP If no DHCP server is found on the network the system will auto configure a random IP address to start functioning It is important that you configure the proper IP address to be able to co...

Page 18: ... your new server If there is a link problem it must be fixed before going any further You may test the link further by doing a ping between two clients At the same command prompt type ping other_client_IPaddress You should get four replies from the second client 6 Copy files back and forth from the clients to the server To test network link using Terminal Services 1 Click Start Programs Terminal S...

Page 19: ...d Log Locations to accept the default directories 12 Click Next at Shared System Volume to accept the default settings The system will display a dialog box that reads The Wizard can not contact the DNS Server 13 Confirm your DNS configuration or install and configure a DNS server on this computer 14 Click OK 15 Click Next to accept the installation of DNS on your new server 16 Click Next to accept...

Page 20: ...inish to close Section 6 Installing Additional HP Accessories The HP ProLiant ML110 Server Startup CD ROM includes the drivers for accessories compatible to your server Refer to the product manual enclosed with the accessory for the detailed installation procedure and or to the attached readme txt file associated with the driver The readme txt file can be found on the appropriate driver diskette O...

Page 21: ...ROM drive Browser that supports HTML Two or more clients for testing purpose optional Novell NetWare 5 1 Installation Flow 1 Create the driver diskettes using the Startup CD 2 Install Novell NetWare 5 1 3 Install the NetWare 5 1 Support Pack 4 Install the PSM4B patch 5 Install additional HP accessories Section 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes 1 Prepare four blank formatted 3 5 in diskettes 2 Insert...

Page 22: ...BS 5 License diskette Novell DOS 7 and all required DOS utilities fdisk format edit are included on the diskette 2 Type FDISK to create a 100 MB primary DOS partition on the primary drive C Remember to make it the active bootable partition The server restarts and boots to the DOS bootable utility diskette again 3 From the drive A prompt format and transfer DOS system files to the hard disk DOS boo...

Page 23: ...HP disk NW SCSI diskette you created earlier in the floppy drive e Click Insert to add a driver and then click Insert again to add an unlisted driver f Press F3 and specify the path A then press Enter The installation program will scan the floppy drive for compatible drivers and then automatically add the HP SCSI driver to the driver list NOTE The new HP driver may show the same device name descri...

Page 24: ...prompted 3 When prompted click Yes to reboot the server remember to remove all diskettes and CD ROMs from their respective drives The system will load the NetWare GUI NOTE It is possible that during the initial reboot of the NetWare 5 1 OS the GUI mode may not load properly This can be resolved by installing NW5 1 Support Pack 3 or above Refer to the instructions on the next section Section 3 Inst...

Page 25: ...commends avoiding installation during peak hours and follow the on screen instructions The system will automatically restart the GUI upon completion of the Support Pack installation Section 4 Installing the PSM4B Patch 1 Insert the HP disk PSM4B patch diskette you created earlier in the floppy drive 2 Load NWCONFIG NLM to the server that is to be updated You can use RCONSOLE 3 Go to Product Option...

Page 26: ...e driver The readme txt file can be found on the appropriate driver diskette Troubleshooting This section will help you resolve some of the most common installation problems associated with Novell NetWare 5 1 How do I restart the NetWare installation If you want to restart NetWare installation from the very beginning use a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions from your hard drive...

Page 27: ...s on hand HP ProLiant ML110 Server Startup CD ROM Novell NetWare 6 0 CD ROM and latest Support Pack CD ROM Novell NetWare 6 0 licensing cryptographic diskette Four blank formatted 3 5 in diskettes for patch and driver installation A Windows PC that has a Floppy drive CD ROM drive Browser that supports HTML Two or more clients for testing purpose optional Novell NetWare 6 0 Installation Flow 1 Crea...

Page 28: ...the psm4b exe file from Novell s web site at www novell com Section 2 Installing NetWare 6 0 Phase 1 Installing the Pentium 4 Celeron Patch NOTE If your hard drive contains data or is not new HP recommends backing up the data and then using a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions from your hard drive 1 Boot the server to a DOS bootable utility diskette It is recommended that you b...

Page 29: ...rver Settings page If you do not want the server to automatically load after reboot change the Load Server at Reboot parameter to NO 4 Go to Server Set Parameters and choose Edit A window will pop up and the following should be added SET MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS 2500 SET MAXIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS 12500 5 Press Esc to save the changes 6 Scroll down to select Continue 7 Review the regiona...

Page 30: ...e for compatible drivers and then automatically add the HP SCSI driver to the driver list NOTE The new HP driver may show the same device name description however it is an updated version g Scroll down and select Return to driver summary h Scroll down and click Continue 2 The next Driver names summary screen displays storage and network devices You need to manually install the HP LAN driver a Scro...

Page 31: ...tion 5 Click OK then click Next to proceed 6 Choose YES if it is necessary to mount all volumes when server reboots 7 Click Next to proceed 8 Setup your IP or IPX protocols to match your network environment The NetWare 6 0 installation will not proceed if you don t setup an IP address for at least one of your system network devices embedded LAN or added PCI card 9 Configure the Domain Name Service...

Page 32: ...If you choose not to load the server on reboot you can load it manually When the server reboots shift to the startup directory containing the NetWare server files C NWSERVER and enter server Section 3 Installing the NetWare 6 0 Support Pack 1 Get the latest copy of NetWare Consolidated Support Pack CSP from NetWare website at http support novell com tools csp You can either subscribe to the Novell...

Page 33: ...d 15 Press Enter to continue 16 Press F10 to accept the default installation options Section 4 Installing the PSM4B Patch There are two ways to install the PSM4B patch Loading the NWCONFIG NLM file to the server via the Product Options window Manually copying the files to the server NOTE If you are not using a PSM Packet Switch Module for multi processor support it is necessary to edit the STARTUP...

Page 34: ... Section 5 Installing Additional HP Accessories The HP ProLiant ML110 Server Startup CD ROM includes the drivers for accessories compatible to your server Refer to the product manual enclosed with the accessory for the detailed installation procedure and or to the attached readme txt file associated with the driver The readme txt file can be found on the appropriate driver diskette Troubleshooting...

Page 35: ... Create the driver diskettes using the Startup CD 2 Install Novell NetWare 6 5 3 Install additional HP accessories Section 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes 1 Prepare two blank formatted 3 5 in diskettes 2 Insert the Startup CD into the PC s CD ROM drive By default the Startup CD will automatically run displaying the Welcome page However if this does not occur double click the Startup htm file locat...

Page 36: ...then click Continue The installer would initialize file copying 14 Click Continue after completing the file copy Phase 2 Installing the HP Drivers The installation program then detects the system hardware and attempts to match the drivers to the hardware It displays a Driver names summary screen 1 If you have an IDE system press Enter to continue If you have a SCSI model you need to install the HP...

Page 37: ...ed c Delete the drivers you wish to replace by selecting them and pressing the Delete key d Insert the HP disk NW LAN diskette you created earlier in the floppy drive e Click Insert to add a driver and then click Insert again to add an unlisted driver f Press F3 and specify the path A then press Enter The installation program will scan the floppy drive and then automatically add the HP LAN driver ...

Page 38: ...ries compatible to your server Refer to the product manual enclosed with the accessory for the detailed installation procedure and or to the attached readme txt file associated with the driver The readme txt file can be found on the appropriate driver diskette On line Information and Software Sources HP World Wide Web access www hp com Novell World Wide Web access www novell com Novell Networking ...

Page 39: ...he Startup CD Two or more clients for testing purpose optional Red Hat Linux 9 0 Installation Flow 1 Install Red Hat Linux 9 0 2 Install additional HP accessories Section 1 Installing Red Hat Linux 9 0 Phase 1 Launching the Red Hat Linux 9 0 Installer 1 Turn on the server and insert the Red Hat Linux 9 0 CD 1 The system will display a text menu If you are using the Promise FastTrak TX4000 IDE RAID...

Page 40: ...ription of each possible selection displayed on the left of the screen Welcome to Red Hat Linux Click Next to continue Language Selection Default is English Click Next to continue Keyboard Configuration Your HP server comes with a Generic 104 key PC keyboard NOTE If you wish to change your keyboard type after you have booted your Red Hat Linux system you may use the usr sbin kbdconfig command Afte...

Page 41: ...ange Password to set the password After setting the GRUB password click Next to continue with the installation Network Configuration Review the Network settings and see to it that they fit your environment then click Next to continue Refer to Red Hat manuals should you need further details on the networking settings Firewall Configuration Review the Firewall settings and modify it if necessary HP ...

Page 42: ... the Installation About to Install Once you complete the customization the installation program asks for confirmation before proceeding with the install Click Next to proceed You may be prompted to insert the Red Hat Linux 9 0 CD 2 or CD 3 depending on the packages you have chosen to install Boot Diskette Creation HP recommends that you create a boot diskette that will allow you to boot and manage...

Page 43: ...ots and loads your new Red Hat environment Section 2 Installing Additional HP Accessories The HP ProLiant ML110 Server Startup CD ROM includes the drivers for accessories compatible to your server Refer to the product manual enclosed with the accessory for the detailed installation procedure and or to the attached readme txt file associated with the driver The readme txt file can be found on the a...

Page 44: ...Two or more clients for testing purpose optional Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 Installation Flow 1 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 2 Install additional HP accessories Section 1 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 Phase 1 Launching the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 Installer 1 Turn on the server and insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 CD 1 The system will display a text me...

Page 45: ...played on the left of the screen Language Selection Default is English Click Next to continue Keyboard Configuration Your HP server comes with a Generic 104 key PC keyboard NOTE If you wish to change your keyboard type after you have booted your Red Hat Linux system you may use the usr sbin kbdconfig command After selecting the appropriate option for the keyboard layout type click Next to continue...

Page 46: ...ettings and see to it that they fit your environment then click Next to continue Refer to Red Hat manuals should you need further details on the networking settings Firewall Configuration Review the Firewall settings and modify it if necessary HP recommends that you select all options on the Allow incoming list After defining the Firewall settings click Next to continue with the installation Langu...

Page 47: ...nstallation About to Install Once you complete the customization the installation program asks for confirmation before proceeding with the install Click Next to proceed You may be prompted to insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 CD 2 depending on the packages you have chosen to install Boot Disk Creation HP recommends that you create a boot diskette that will allow you to boot and manage the...

Page 48: ...ludes the drivers for accessories compatible to your server Refer to the product manual enclosed with the accessory for the detailed installation procedure and or to the attached readme txt file associated with the driver The readme txt file can be found on the appropriate driver diskette On line Information and Software Sources HP World Wide Web access www hp com Red Hat World Wide Web access www...

Page 49: ...g 4 8 Novell NetWare 6 5 installation flow 5 1 installation procedures 5 2 installation requirements 5 1 on line resources 5 4 P pre NOS installation steps BIOS update 1 4 hardware setup 1 2 R Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 installation flow 7 1 installation procedures 7 1 installation requirements 7 1 on line resources 7 5 Red Hat Linux 9 0 installation flow 6 1 installation procedures 6 1 insta...

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