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Press the Esc key to exit the utility.

Installing an operating system (Embedded SATA RAID)

Embedded SATA RAID is only supported with the following operating systems:

Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

For more information about supported operating systems, see the HP website
(

http://www.hp.com/go/supportos

).

To install an OS, download the HP embedded SATA RAID Controller driver and create a driver diskette

with the software and instructions from the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/support

).

SmartStart does not support assisted installation of an OS on servers configured with SATA RAID.
After inserting the SmartStart CD in the CD-ROM drive, a warning may indicate that the primary controller

is not supported by this version of the SmartStart software.

Installing HP Storage Manager

The HP Storage Manager utility enables administrators to create and manage arrays without rebooting

the server to access the BIOS utility.
For more information on embedded SATA RAID, see the HP Storage Manager HostRAID User Guide
located on the Documentation CD.

Option ROM Configuration for Arrays

Before installing an operating system, you can use the ORCA utility to create the first logical drive, assign

RAID levels, and establish online spare configurations.
The utility also provides support for the following functions:

Reconfiguring one or more logical drives

Viewing the current logical drive configuration

Deleting a logical drive configuration

Setting the controller to be the boot controller

If you do not use the utility, ORCA will default to the standard configuration.
For more information regarding array controller configuration, refer to the controller user guide.
For more information regarding the default configurations that ORCA uses, refer to the HP ROM-Based

Setup Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD.

HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack

The RDP software is the preferred method for rapid, high-volume server deployments. The RDP software

integrates two powerful products: Altiris Deployment Solution and the HP ProLiant Integration Module.