HP ProLiant DL160 G5P - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Contents
System BIOS configuration ......................................................................................................................5
System BIOS overview.............................................................................................................................. 5
AMIBIOS software ................................................................................................................................... 5
AMIBIOS Setup Utility............................................................................................................................... 5
Accessing the Setup Utility.................................................................................................................... 6
Navigating through the Setup Utility ...................................................................................................... 7
Setup Utility menus.............................................................................................................................. 8
BIOS Summary Display screen............................................................................................................ 35
Recording custom Setup values ........................................................................................................... 36
Clearing CMOS ............................................................................................................................... 37
Power-On Self Test (POST) ...................................................................................................................... 37
POST error indicators ........................................................................................................................ 38
POST-related troubleshooting.............................................................................................................. 38
NOS installation ..................................................................................................................................40
Supported NOS..................................................................................................................................... 40
NOS pre-installation procedure ............................................................................................................... 40
Hardware setup................................................................................................................................ 40
BIOS update .................................................................................................................................... 41
Installing Microsoft Windows NOS .......................................................................................................... 41
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 41
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 41
Section1. Creating the driver diskettes ................................................................................................. 41
Section2. Installing Windows NOS ..................................................................................................... 42
Section3. Completing the installation................................................................................................... 43
Section4. Configuring the system ........................................................................................................ 44
Section5. Configuring the network ...................................................................................................... 46
Section6. Installing additional HP accessories....................................................................................... 48
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux NOS.................................................................................................... 48
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 48
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 48
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 installation ................................................................................................. 48
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation ................................................................................................. 51
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server NOS.............................................................................................. 53
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 53
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 53
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 installation ........................................................................................... 53
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation ......................................................................................... 55
Installing Sun Solaris 10 ......................................................................................................................... 56
Pre-installation instructions.................................................................................................................. 56
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 56
Sun Solaris 10 installation.................................................................................................................. 57
Server management..............................................................................................................................60
Pre- and post-installation procedures......................................................................................................... 60
Pre-installation procedures.................................................................................................................. 60
Post-installation procedures................................................................................................................. 60
Configuring the BMC ............................................................................................................................. 60