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Deployment methods – HP ProLiant BL490c G7 Server-Blade User Manual

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Software and configuration utilities 45

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64 MB of RAM

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64 MB of free hard drive space

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1-Gb/s network adapter or greater

PXE deployment server (storing boot images)

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AMD Athlon™ XP processor (2.0 GHz or greater recommended), AMD Athlon™ 64 processor, or
Intel® Pentium® III or higher processor (2.0 GHz or greater recommended)

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2 GB of RAM

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1-Gb/s network adapter

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CD-ROM drive

Windows® repository server (Windows® or Linux deployment)

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Windows Server® 2003 OS installed

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Network connection

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CD-ROM drive

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1.5 GB of available disk space

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TCP/IP networking and an IP address compatible with one of the following: the iLO 3 Diagnostic
Port IP address or an assigned DHCP or static IP address

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CD-ROM drive and/or diskette drive

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Any of the following Java™ Runtime Environment versions:
1.3.1_02
1.3.1_07
1.3.1_08
1.4.1 for Windows® users only
1.4.2 for Linux users only
Access the Java™ Runtime Environment versions at the Java™ website
(

http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html

).

Network server with an OS installed

Deployment methods

Four primary deployment methods are supported:

IMPORTANT:

To deploy a server blade without the HP Insight Control server deployment, create

a bootable diskette or image of a bootable diskette.

PXE deployment (on page

46

)

CD-ROM deployment (on page

46

)

Diskette image deployment (on page

47

)

SAN configuration (on page

48

)