HP (Hewlett-Packard) 315379-008 User Manual

HP ProLiant Essentials

Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition

Support Matrix

April 2005 (Eighth Edition)

Part Number 315379-008

Product Version 2.10

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Abstract............................................................................................................................... 4

Related Documents ............................................................................................................ 4

Where to Go for Additional Help ....................................................................................... 4

Online Resources .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Telephone Numbers...................................................................................................................................... 5

Supported Deployment Infrastructure.............................................................................. 6

Supported Target Platforms .............................................................................................. 7

Supported Deployment Mechanisms................................................................................ 8

Preboot eXecution Environment................................................................................................................... 8

Bootworks Diskette, RILOE, and iLO with Virtual Floppy....................................................................... 11

Bootworks Partition .................................................................................................................................... 11

Supported Storage Area Network Connectivity............................................................. 14

Supported Operating Systems........................................................................................ 15

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 ........................................................................................................................ 15

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server................................................................................................................ 16

Microsoft Windows Server 2003................................................................................................................ 17

Microsoft Windows XP Professional.......................................................................................................... 18

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3 Update 4 for x86 ................................................................................19

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3 Update 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T............................................. 20

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 for x86................................................................................................ 21

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T ............................................................ 22

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 1 for x86 ........................................................................ 23

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T .................................... 24

VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 .........................................................................................................................25

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Abstract

This document provides HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition hardware and operating system support information.

Where to Go for Additional Help

Refer to the following sources for additional information about the Rapid Deployment Pack.

Online Resources

• HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack website at

http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp

• HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Knowledge Base at

http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp/kb

• HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack What’s New at

http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp

• ITRC User Forum “ProLiant Deployment & Provisioning” at

• Altiris website at

http://www.altiris.com

http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp, from the

http://forums.itrc.hp.com

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Telephone Numbers

For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller:

• In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.

• In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868.

For HP technical support:

• In North America: ⎯ Call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). This service is available 24 hours a day,

7 days a week. For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

⎯ If you have purchased a Care Pack (service upgrade), call 1-800-633-3600. For more

information about Care Packs, refer to the HP website at

• Outside North America, call the nearest HP Technical Support Phone Center. For telephone numbers for worldwide Technical Support Centers, refer to the HP website

http://www.hp.com.

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Supported Deployment Infrastructure

The Deployment Server can be installed on the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

NOTE: The operating systems that can be deployed on a target server are listed in the “Supported Operating Systems” section.

The NFS server can be installed on Red Hat Linux or SUSE LINUX.

For more details about requirements, refer to Chapter 2 of the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Installation Guide.

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Supported Target Platforms

The Rapid Deployment Pack supports deployment to the target platforms listed in Table 1.

Table 1: Supported Target Platforms

HP blade PC bc1000 ProLiant DL360 G4 (SCSI)4 ProLiant ML330 ProLiant BL10e ProLiant DL360 G4p (SATA)4 NEW ProLiant ML330e ProLiant BL10e G2 ProLiant DL360 G4p (SCSI)4 NEW ProLiant ML330 G2 (ATA)2 ProLiant BL20p ProLiant DL380 ProLiant ML330 G2 (SCSI) ProLiant BL20p G21 ProLiant DL380 G2 ProLiant ML330 G3 (ATA)2 ProLiant BL20p G3 ProLiant DL380 G2 Packaged Cluster ProLiant ML330 G3 (SCSI)1 ProLiant BL25p ProLiant DL380 G31 ProLiant ML350 ProLiant BL30p ProLiant DL380 G3 Packaged Cluster1 ProLiant ML350 G2 ProLiant BL35p ProLiant DL380 G44 ProLiant ML350 G31 ProLiant BL40p1 ProLiant DL380 G4 Packaged Cluster ProLiant ML350 G4 ProLiant BL45p NEW ProLiant DL385 ProLiant ML350 G4p (SATA) NEW ProLiant DL1402 ProLiant DL5601 ProLiant ML350 G4p (SCSI) NEW ProLiant DL1452 ProLiant DL580 ProLiant ML370 ProLiant DL320 (ATA) ProLiant DL580 G21 ProLiant ML370 G2 ProLiant DL320 (SCSI) ProLiant DL580 G3 NEW ProLiant ML370 G31 ProLiant DL320 G2 (ATA) ProLiant DL320 G2 (SCSI)1 ProLiant DL7401 ProLiant ML530 ProLiant DL320 G3 (SATA)3 ProLiant DL760 ProLiant ML530 G2 ProLiant DL320 G3 (SCSI) ProLiant DL760 G21 ProLiant ML570 ProLiant DL360 ProLiant ML310 (ATA) ProLiant DL360 G21 ProLiant ML310 (SCSI)1 ProLiant ML570 G3 ProLiant DL360 G31 ProLiant ML310 G2 (SATA)3 ProLiant ML750 ProLiant DL360 G4 (SATA)4 ProLiant ML310 G2 (SCSI) VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 virtual

After certain deployment operations, the MAC address of the server might be set to 0. To resolve this issue, apply

SoftPaq SP26187. Refer to Table 2 when applying this update to any ProLiant server with the NC7770 stand-up NIC.

Disk drive size must be smaller than 137 GB to successfully complete image capture and deploy with ATA RAID.

RAID set through the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) is not supported.

The server might stop responding when loading the Q57.DOS network driver. To resolve this issue, apply SoftPaq

SP26187.

1, 2

ProLiant DL5854 ProLiant ML370 G4

1, 2

ProLiant ML570 G2

machine

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Supported Deployment Mechanisms

The Altiris Deployment Solution has several mechanisms for deploying target servers. All methods use the Altiris Deployment Agent for DOS. Table 5 displays a matrix of supported target servers and the supported deployment mechanisms available for each server.

Preboot eXecution Environment

Target servers can connect to the Deployment Server by performing a Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot and receiving a boot image over the network. The boot image is analogous to a boot diskette. PXE provides the most automated, hands-free bootstrap method for server deployment.

All newer ProLiant servers ship with PXE-enabled embedded NICs or PXE-enabled stand-up NICs. Some older servers that do not have PXE support can obtain support with a PXE-enabled stand-up NIC. Refer to Table 2 for a list of stand-up NICs with PXE support.

Table 2: Stand-Up NICs with PXE Support

NIC Model Minimum Option ROM Version

NC1020 N/A

NC31231 N/A

NC7170 1.2.11

NC7770

NC77713 6.2.11

You must flash NC3123/Rev. I to enable PXE support. The IBAUTIL.EXE

Only NC7770/Rev. E or later is flash upgradeable. You must move the

For Wake-on-LAN (WOL) support with stand–up NICs, WOL must be

2, 3

3.2.2

utility that updates the PXE firmware is available in SP23495.exe.

EPROM WRITE jumper on the board to enable. A firmware update is available in SP24987.exe.

enabled on the NIC by the driver and ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

Some servers require a firmware upgrade to use PXE in the Rapid Deployment Pack. Refer to Table 4 for details on required upgrades.

The boot images used by the Altiris PXE Server are DOS-based. By default, these images use the Universal Network Driver Interface (UNDI) driver for network connectivity. The UNDI driver functions with any PXE-enabled NIC.

It is possible to re-create the boot images so that they use an NDIS2 driver. However, these images only function with servers in your environment that have NICs supported by that NDIS2 driver.

IMPORTANT: HP strongly recommends that you use the default UNDI driver in your PXE boot images.

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