HP Tc4100, P5389A, UnitedLinux 1.0 Installation Notes

UnitedLinux 1.0 Installation Notes for HP
Servers

(This document is only available in English.)

March 10, 2003

Introduction

This document was created by Hewlett-Packard for the purpose of providing you with
installation procedures that are unique to the installation of UnitedLinux 1.0 on HP
Server tc2110, HP Server tc3100, and HP Server tc4100. Review these installation notes
before beginning installation of UnitedLinux 1.0.

UnitedLinux 1.0 is the engine that powers Linux products distributed by these four
companies: Conectiva S.A., The SCO Group, SuSE Linux AG, and Turbolinux, Inc.
Installation documentation is provided by each of these Linux distributors for released
UnitedLinux 1.0 based products:

http://www.conectiva.com/
http://www.sco.com/
http://www.suse.de/en/
http://www.turbolinux.com/

Use the installation documentation provided by these Linux distributors in combination
with the procedures documented here to successfully install UnitedLinux 1.0 on your HP
Server.

Also additional information about UnitedLinux 1.0 can be found on the UnitedLinux
website at:

http://www.unitedlinux.com

Installing the UnitedLinux 1.0 Installation Update Disk

The UnitedLinux 1.0 Installation Update Disk must be installed if installing UnitedLinux

1.0 on a server configured with more than one disk controller.
installed the OS will fail to boot with a kernel panic caused by the inability to mount root.
An error message stating this will be displayed as well.

1. Download the UnitedLinux1.0 Installation Update Disk from HP.com:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Product.jsp?locale=en_US
&prodTypeId=15351. Choose the HP Server you are installing on and then

choose “Download Drivers and Software”.

If this Update Disk is not

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2. Download and extract the Update Disk to a flexible diskette.

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3. After booting to the UnitedLinux 1.0 installation CD, at the installation mode
menu (Installation, Installation – Safe Settings, Installation – APIC Enable, etc.)
press the ALT key.

4. Follow all on screen instructions to continue with the installation of the Update
Disk.

Installing HP supported UnitedLinux 1.0 drivers

HP Supports the following drivers for use with UnitedLinux 1.0 on HP Servers.

Component Name Product Number UnitedLinux 1.0

Driver Name

NIC

HP 10/100 TX PCI LAN AdapterD5013B e100.o 2.1.15
Intel 10/100 Dual Port Network

P2511A e100.o 2.1.15
Interface card
HP Gigabit Fiber Adapter P2512A e1000.o 4.3.15
HP Gigabit Copper Adapter P3482A bcm5700.o 4.0.2
HP IPSec 3DES Network

P3492A e100.o 2.1.15
Interface card
HP Gigabit Fiber Network

P5451A bcm5700.o 4.0.2
Interface card
HP Gigabit Copper Network

P5545A e1000.o 4.3.15
Interface card
HP Server Embedded Network

/A e100.o 2.1.15

Interface card

SCSI

HP Ultra3 SCSI HBA P3413A, P7692A aic7xxx.o 6.2.8
Embedded SCSI (tc3100/tc4100)N/A sym53c8xx.o 2.1.17a

NOTE: The correct IDE controller drivers are installed by default.

If the drivers listed above are not installed by default during the installation process, the
default driver should be removed and the HP supported driver listed above should be
installed. The drivers listed above are located on the UnitedLinux 1.0 CD.

Please consult the HP Server accessories compatibility matrix, located at the link below,
to verify which servers support the accessories listed in the above table:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=lpn14732
&locale=en_US&prodSeriesId=75195&prodTypeId=15351

UnitedLinux 1.0
Driver Version

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