HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 Server - Manual (Page 24)

1. Select an OS family.
Available supported OS families include:
•
Microsoft Windows
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Red Hat Linux
•
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
•
VMware ESX and ESXi Custom Image
•
VMware ESXi/vSphere Custom Image
If the OS you want to install is not listed, it might not be supported for use with your controller
model, or you might need to update HP ProLiant firmware. For information about supported
OSs and OS drivers, see the HP Operating Systems and Virtualization Software Support
website (
http://www.hp.com/go/supportos ).
NOTE: If updates are available, a message appears on the screen directing you to the
proper steps for incorporating them into Intelligent Provisioning.
IMPORTANT:
•
When installing VMware, download an HP Custom ISO before the installation from the
HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/esxidownload ). Ethernet port 0 must be active.
2. Select an installation method.
Depending on the OS family selected, installation choices vary, including the suggested default.
For more information, see
“Available install methods, source media types, and formats
supported for each OS family” (page 19) .
Options may include:
•
Recommended—Uses HP-defined defaults to configure the server software and firmware,
partition storage, and install the OS with HP drivers. HP recommends selecting this option
for first-time server setup. For more information about recommended installation options,
see
“OS information required for recommended installations” (page 27) .
The following table describes the most common OS-specific installation issues and the
recommended solutions.
Solution Issue Linux edition
While performing Red Hat
recommended installation using FTP Unable to proceed with Recommended
installation with valid OS images
through FTP source media. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 or 6
source media, make sure that all the
required Red Hat OS files are present
in the OS flat file folder. If files are
missing or incorrectly placed, you might
not be able to continue with installation.
Also make sure that two TRANS.TBL files
are present in the Red Hat OS flat files
folder. One file should be present in the
main OS file folder, and another should
be present inside the “Server” folder
inside the main OS file folder.
While selecting Red Hat OS flat files in
Deployment Settings, if a “This media Unable to browse Red Hat OS files
while saving the Deployment Setting
profile. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 or 6
does not match the selected OS.
Missing:” message appears, either the
wrong OS family is selected, or some
of the OS files are missing from the OS
flat file folder. Make sure all the
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