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To deploy with a boot CD:
1. Use the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable to connect a USB CD-ROM drive to the server blade. Refer to
"Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices (on page 45)."
2. Insert the boot CD into the USB CD-ROM drive.
3. Reboot the server blade.
4. After the server blade boots, follow the normal installation procedure for an OS.
Windows Server® 2003 cannot be installed from a USB CD-ROM on the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable if the
hard drive is completely blank (no partitions defined). To install Windows Server® 2003, use one of the
following methods:
• Make a partition on the hard drive that Windows Server® 2003 will be loaded on.
• Use the SmartStart CD 7.60 or later.
• Use the Rapid Deployment Pack. For instructions, see the HP website
(http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USE
N).
Diskette image deployment
To deploy with a diskette image, the user creates a DOS-based network-enabled boot diskette that executes
a script that configures the hardware and installs the OS. The diskette enables the server blade to access the
required deployment scripts and files on the network.
This method implies a deployment infrastructure that may include an administrator workstation, PXE server,
Microsoft® Windows® file share, or a Linux file share. For more information, refer to "Deployment
infrastructure (on page 49)."
Before beginning the deployment process, connect the server blade to the network.
NOTE: For more information about hardware and cabling configurations, see the documents
that ship with the enclosure.
Two methods are available for diskette image deployment:
• iLO virtual floppy (on page 54)
• PXE ("PXE deployment" on page 51)
Creating a boot diskette
The SmartStart Scripting Toolkit provides the tools and information for creating a boot diskette. For details,
refer to the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit User Guide and download the latest version of the software from the
HP website (http://www.hp.com/servers/sstoolkit).
As an alternative method, configure the hardware manually with RBSU and the iLO 2 remote console. With
this method, the disk is more generic and integrates with an existing network OS installation process. For
more information, refer to "HP BladeSystem c-Class advanced management (on page 48)."
To operate properly, the server blade must have a supported OS. For the latest information on a supported
OS, refer to the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/supportos).
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