How To Install Linux On A Server When The NIC Is Not Supported By The Distribution
Article: 197
Applies to: Releases 3.81 through 3.83
Several Linux distributions do not contain a newer NIC version that supports
the NIC in some ProLiants. Linux distributions impacted are
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.7 or earlier
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 or earlier
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2 or earlier
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For information about supported software on what target servers, refer to the RDP Deployment Support Knowledge Base article.
The servers impacted are
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BL460c G6 |
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BL490c G6 |
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BL495c G5 |
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BL685c G6 |
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DL370 G6 |
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ML370 G6 |
To install Red Hat Linux:
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Download the appropriate Red Hat Linux initrd.img from the HP FTP server to the RDP FTP server, overwriting the
copy in .\lib\osdist\yyyy\images\pxeboot where yyyy
is the operating system shortcut name.
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Run the appropriate Red Hat Linux scripted install job on the target server.
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To install SUSE LINUX:
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Download the appropriate SUSE LINUX initrd from the HP FTP server to the RDP FTP server, overwriting the
copy in .\lib\osdist\yyyy\DVD1\boot\arch\loader where yyyy
is the operating system shortcut name and arch is the architecture name.
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Additionally, for RDP 3.81 and RDP 3.82, download the SUSE LINUX Driver Update Disk from the HP FTP server to the RDP FTP Server and place in
.\lib\osdist\yyyy\DVD1 where yyyy
is the operating system shortcut name. If the downloaded file is compressed, make sure to
uncompress it. RDP 3.83 and greater contains information in the control file to install the driver for the production kernel.
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Rename the DUD file to driverupdate.
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Run the appropriate SUSE LINUX scripted install job on the target server.
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