4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
This chapter covers procedures for booting and shutting down operating systems that run on the
server blade. The operating systems that run on the server blade are HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23),
HP OpenVMS v8.3, Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update
4, and Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.
Operating Systems Supported on the Server Blade
HP supports the following operating systems on the server blade.
•
HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23)
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HP OpenVMS v8.3
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
•
Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
Installing the Operating System onto the Server Blade
These are generalized operating system installation procedures. For more specific details regarding
operating system installation, see your OS documentation.
Installing the Operating System Using a USB DVD Drive and the OS Disks
Before you can install the OS from a DVD disk, you must connect an external USB DVD device.
To install the OS onto the server blade from a USB DVD, do the following:
1.
Connect the Integrity SUV cable to the front of the server blade.
See
Figure 36
.
2.
Connect the USB DVD cable to one of the USB ports on the SUV cable.
See
Figure 36
for the ports on the SUV cable.
Figure 36 Ports on the SUV Cable
1
Serial port
2
USB ports (2)
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