HPE Integrity MC990 X - Introduction; About Installing the Operating System Software, Foundation Software, and Optional Features

Introduction
This chapter contains the following topics:
About installing the operating system software, Foundation Software, and optional features on
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About installing the operating system software,
Foundation Software, and optional features
This guide explains how to install the operating system and Foundation Software on an HPE Integrity
MC990 X Server system. You can install the OS and Foundation Software to meet site requirements on a
new system or you can reinstall these in the event of a disaster or a system failure.
HPE Integrity MC990 X Server supports the following operating systems on the MC990 X server chassis:
• RHEL 7.1, 6.7, 6.6
• SLES 12 SP1, 11 SP4, 11 SP3
• Oracle Linux 7.1 or 7.2
• VMware vSphere 6.5
After the OS and Foundation Software are installed on your MC990 X server chassis, you can configure
Foundation Software according to your site needs. For information about Foundation Software
components and features, see the HPE Integrity MC990 X Server User Guide.
NOTE:
HPE recommends that you install new Foundation Software packages as they become available.
HPE requires you to install the Foundation Software on each Integrity MC990 X system. You can install
the Foundation Software on the MC990 X server chassis after you install the operating system software.
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