HP Blade Server BH Series
Operating System Guide
July 2002
Manufacturing Part Number:
Version: First Edition
USA
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Preface
Overview
Blade servers are comprehensive computing systems that include processor, memory,
network connections, and associated electronics, all on a single motherboard called a
blade. This high-density technology addresses the current trend among large computing
centers to reduce space requirement while lowering their total cost of ownership and
getting a higher return on their IT investments.
The server blade, along with storage, networking and other blades, are typically installed
in a rack-mountable enclosure that houses multiple blades that share common resources
such as cabling, power supplies, and cooling fans. With its modular, hot-pluggable
architecture, the easily accessible blade server offers increased computing density while
ensuring both maximum scalability and ease of management.
HP Blade Servers offer a wide variety of unique features and functionality that will help
you to align your IT infrastructure with your business needs. HP's blade server
architecture is particularly well suited for Internet access layer computing, including
applications such as streaming video, security and web hosting and caching.
Blade Server Models Covered in this Guide
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Specific BH series models covered in this guide are:
o bh7800
o bh3710
o bh3700
Reader Expectations
This OS guide is not intended to be a comprehensive system administrators guide for any
one particular operating system. Please consult additional documentation addressing
ongoing system administration for your operating system choice. This guide is not
designed to cover the BL series blade servers. Please see the appropriate BL
documentation for the server you have.
This guide is intended to provide you with the necessary information needed to boot a
server blade and configure that blade when received initially and installed in the
computer server room. Based on the OS you have selected to use, separate chapters are
provided for each operating system and cover Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000 and HP-
UX 11i.
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1 Using Linux-Based Server Blades
Overview
The information in this chapter was previously contained in the HP Blade Server bh7800
Installation Guide and comes from chapter two of the guide. Please see the HP Blade
Server bh7800 Installation Guide for detailed information as to what has happened prior
to this point.
The quick overview up to this point is that server power source has been determined to be
within specifications as determined in chapter one of the HP Blade Server bh7800 Site
Preparation Guide. The power source has been plugged into both the power supplies for
the blade server as outlined in the HP Blade Server bh7800 Installation Guide and the
system has been powered up to a state that requires OS intervention. This OS
intervention is described below for blades running the Linux OS.
NOTE:
Information in this chapter applies exclusively to the bh7800 series
blade servers. Linux will be introduced on the bh37xx series blade
server in the future.
Procedure
1. The server blades power on and begin their initialization process. Let the
initialization proceed, without responding to any prompts until the Linux “login:”
prompt appears on your display. During initialization, you see the following:
a.
The amber and red LEDs on the server blades go ON. These LEDs are visible
through the two USB ports. They indicate that power to the server blade is ON.
b.
green.
After a few seconds, the amber LED on your monitor power switch should turn
Soon, your monitor should display BIOS messages. Power-on selftests are
c.
performed. When the blade successfully completes selfest, the monitor displays the
BIOS version number and a prompt such as “Press F2 for SETUP…”. Do not respond to
the prompt for now.
d.
After the BIOS boot-up screen, you see messages about PXE if PXE boot is
turned on in BIOS. If both PXE boots are turned on (on Ethernet 0 and 1), you see two
sets of these messages.
e.
Under the PXE messages, the screen displays messages about the Remote
Management Card (RMC), including a prompt to enter RMC setup. Do not respond to
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the prompt for now.
f.
You see a blinking underscore for less than a minute, as the blade tries
unsuccessfully to boot from a “Removable Device” (this is the factory default setting).
g.
The server blade now boots from hard disk. The pre-loaded Debian distribution
of Linux is booted and eventually the “login:” prompt appears.
2. At the login prompt, log in as root, using the factory default password, which is
password. For example:
Login: root
Password: password
CAUTION
For security reasons, HP suggests that you change the root
password to a more secure password.
3. You can change the password using the passwd command:
# passwd
4. The next steps configure the LAN on each server blade to bring them up on the
customer payload network. For each blade do the following:
NOTE
Configure the LAN on the server blade in front slot 1 last (the blade
you are plugged into), otherwise you will lose the internal LAN
connectivity and be required to plug the VGA and keyboard into
each server blade.
a.
Telnet to each server blade using the IP addresses in the following table. For
example:
# telnet 192.168.1.2 (for the server blade located in rear slot 2)
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Table 1-1: Pre-configured Server Blade IP Addresses
Blade location in bh7800 chassis
Rear slot 2
Front slot 3
Rear slot 4
Front slot 5
Rear slot 6
Front slot 7
Rear slot 8
Front slot 10
Rear slot 11
Front slot 14
Rear slot 15
Front slot 16
Rear slot 17
Front slot 18
Rear slot 19
Front slot 1 (Reconfigured last)
IP Address
192.168.1.2
192.168.1.3
192.168.1.4
192.168.1.5
192.168.1.6
192.168.1.7
192.168.1.8
192.168.1.10
192.168.1.11
192.168.1.14
192.168.1.15
192.168.1.16
192.168.1.17
192.168.1.18
192.168.1.19
192.168.1.1
b.
At the login prompt, log in as root, using the factory default password, which is
password For example:
Login: root
Password: password
CAUTION
For security reasons, HP suggests that you change the root
password to a more secure password.
c.
d.
You can change the password using the passwd command:
# passwd
Configure the server blade for the payload network with the command:
# /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure etherconf
This command prompts you for network information.
Reboot by entering the following command:
# reboot
e.
You lose your Telnet connection from server blade in slot 1, but now have access
via the configured LAN address.
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f.
You return to the Linux prompt for the server blade located in front slot 1.
g.
Repeat steps 4a. through step 4f. for the remaining server blades, except the blade
in front slot 1.
h.
After you have re-configured all blades except the blade in front slot 1, you re-
configure it without using Telnet – you are already logged on to the blade in front
slot 1.
CAUTION
Root access to Telnet has been enabled to make it easy to
configure the server blades. Because Telnet has security problems
surrounding password encryption, HP advises the local customer
IT engineers to turn off root access to Telnet after the server blades
have been configured for the site network and the customer has
customized the Debian Linux OS for their particular needs
including the creation of user accounts.
i
To turn root Telnet off, edit the /etc/pam.d/login file as follows:
# vi /etc/pam.d/login
Un-comment the following line, so it appears as:
auth requisite pam_securetty.so
Next, refer back to chapter two in the HP Blade Server bh7800 Installation Guide. Begin
with step three, entitled, “LAN connectivity to the bh7800” in chapter two to continue
with the installation.
Additional Linux Resources
Documentation available at this Web site includes the following.
o Different Ways to Install Linux
o Downloading and Copying Linux OS Images (deploying an HP-provided
image based on Red Hat)
o Creating Your Own Linux OS Image (installing Red Hat or SuSE
distributions of Linux from scratch)
o
bh7800 Terms
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Manuals for the bh7800 are available online at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/hw/
For information on the Toptools agents for bh7800, see the Web site at
For general information on Toptools, see the Toptools CD-ROM that accompanies
Linux source code is available at:
RedHat: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/
Download software and firmware for the HP Blade Server bh7800 including the
§ Debian
§ Red Hat
§ SuSE
§ Troubleshooting Tools
§ Firmware
o Upgrading the BIOS for the bc1100 Server Blade
o Upgrading Firmware on the Remote Management Card (RMC)
o Upgrading Firmware for the Management Blade
o
Upgrading Firmware for the Network Blade (Procurve)
Linux Installation and Recovery CD for HP Blade Servers
The “Linux for HP Blade Servers Installation and Recovery CD (1.0 release)” and
Linux for HP Blade Servers Installation and Recovery CD (1.1 release)
for these documentation manuals.
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2 Using Windows-Based Server Blades
Before You Begin
Make sure you have the following items before you begin the installation process:
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD-ROM
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack (latest edition)
Computer with network access
Driver diskettes
Microsoft Windows 2000 product license number
Overview
Microsoft Windows 2000 will be loaded on a server blade using a Remote Install Server
(RIS). Below, is a graphical overview of what will be accomplished during this
procedure.
NOTE:
Information in this chapter currently applies exclusively to the
bh7800 series blade servers. Microsoft Windows will be
introduced on the bh37xx series blade servers in the future.
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Procedure
Create a Stand-alone Microsoft Windows 2000 Remote Install Server
Requirements
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A stand-alone server connected to the blade LAN. The selected system must have
two (2) unallocated physical drives. One drive will be used for the operating
system and the second drive will be used for the RIS.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD
Latest Service Pack for Advanced Server
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10/100 Mbps NIC card
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A. Install the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server to Create a RIS and
DHCP Server
Booting the System
Boot the system using the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD. You will
see a message that reads, "Setup is inspecting your hardware configuration." Then
the setup screen will be displayed.
Installing Drivers
1. If you do not have additional drivers to add, skip to Continue the Installation below.
Otherwise: press F6 to add OEM SCSI, DAC when the message appears at the
bottom of the screen.
2. Press S to select additional hardware.
3. Select Otherand press Enter.
4. If you have no other drivers that you need to install, press Enter to continue with the
installation.
Continue the Installation
1. Press Enter to continue at the "Windows 2000 Server Setup. Setup Notification…"
screen.
2. Press Enter to continue at the "Windows 2000 Server Setup. Welcome to Setup…"
screen.
3. Press C to continue setup at the "Setup has determined that your computer's startup
hard disk is new…" prompt.
4. Press F8 to accept the licensing agreement.
Create a Partition
1. At the drives partitioning screen, select the target drive and create a 4GB partition.
Press C to create a drive and a partition. Type 4096 and press Enterat the Create
partition size prompt.
2. Select the target drive to be used to install Microsoft Windows 2000. Press Enter.
3. Select Format the partition using the NTFS file system and press Enter.
4. The installer will format and copy files to the hard drive. The system will then
reboot.
Personalize Your Software
1. Click Next to continue at the Setup Wizard first dialog box.
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2. The Installing Devices screen will be shown with a progress bar on the display. This
may take 10 to 15 minutes.
Note:
If you see a dialog box titled "Digital Signature Not Found,”
disregard and click "Yes" to continue the installation.
3. Click Next at the regional Settings screen.
4. At the Personalize Your Software screen, enter a name and organization. Then click
Next.
Enter the Product Licensing Key
1. Enter the product license key.
2. At the Licensing modes screen, select the Per Seat radio button and click Next.
3. At the Computer Name and Administrator Password type in your computer name,
administrator password and password confirmation. Click Next.
4. Click Next at the Microsoft Windows 2000 Component screen to accept default
values.
5. Enter the proper date and time and click Next.
Setup the Network Connections
1. The Networking Setting screen starts with a progress bar chart.
2. Click Next to accept the default Typical settings.
3. Click Next at the Workgroup or Computer Domain to accept the default:
"No, This computer is not on a network, or is on a network without a domain…
4. "Workgroup or computer domain: WORKGROUP."The Installing Components
screen starts with a progress bar chart. It takes about 20 minutes to complete this
section. The wizard will then start the "Performing Final Tasks" section to complete
the installation.
5. Click Finish to complete the installation. Remove the CD from the drive. The
system will then reboot from the hard drive.
NOTE:
There may be a period of time with no apparent activity after it
displays a message that reads "OS Loader Version 5.0". Be patient.
6. Follow screen instructions to logon. Enter user-id and password.
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Install the Service Pack
7. REQUIRED - Apply Service Pack 2 (or later). Failure to perform this step, may
cause RIS to fail later in this procedure.
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B. Initialize Storage Drive (This is the drive being used to store the RIS image)
To start the disk administrator use the following procedure.
1. Click Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | ComputerManagement.
2. Expand the Storage folder if necessary.
3. Double click Disk Management.
4. The "Write signature and Upgrade" wizard will start if you have new hard drives
with no signatures on them. Follow the instructions provided by the wizard to
create the new hard drive signature.
5. Perform formatting and partitioning. A suggested name is Storage Drive.
NOTE:
There are two types of hard drive configuration: Dynamic and
Basic. Select the appropriate type by right clicking on the drive
icon on the screen. Dynamic drives are used to create volumes that
can contain more than one physical hard drive. Basic drives are
used to create primary or locally partitioned drives. Use basic
drives in this procedure.
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C. Setup NIC to use a Static IP Address
1. Right-click on My Network Places | Properties.
2. Right-click on Local Area Connection | Properties.
3. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
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4. Select the “Use the following IP Address” radio button. Enter appropriate IP
address and subnet mask (e.g. IP: 100.1.1.l, Subnet: 255.255.255.0)
5. Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.
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D. Promote System to Domain Controller.
1. Click Start | Run and enter the command: dcpromo.
2. Click Next at the "Active Directory Installation Wizard". (default)
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3. Domain Controller Type: accept default "Domain Controller for a new Domain".
Next. (default)
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4. Create Tree or Child Domain: accept default "Create a new domain tree. Select
Next. (default)
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5. Create or Join Forest: accept default "Create a new forest of domain trees" and
click Next. (default)
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6. New Domain Name: "Full DNS name for new domain:" type in the assigned DNS
name for your server (For example, win2kris.com).
7. Click Next. (default)
NOTE
The system will take a few minutes and show the hour clock on the
display before moving to next screen (This is normal behavior).
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8. NetBIOS Domain Name: accept default "Domain NetBIOS name”. Click Next.
(default)
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9. Database and Log Locations: accept default values: Database Location:
C:\WINNT\NTDS Log Location: C:\WINNT\NTDS. Click Next. (default)
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10. Shared System Volume: accept default values: Folder Location:
C:\WINNT\SYSVOL. Click Next. (default)
11. The system will display a dialog box that reads, "The Wizard can not contact the
DNS Server… Confirm your DNS configuration, or install and configure a DNS
server on this computer.” Click OK.
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Configure DNS Server
12. Configure DNS: Select the “Yes, Install and configure DNS on this computer”
radio button. Click Next to continue. (default)
13. At the Permissions: window Select the “Permissions compatible with pre-
Windows 2000 Server” radio button. Click Next to continue. (default)
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14. Enter the Administrator password and click Next to continue.
NOTE:
If you get an error message stating that system cannot connect to
domain, temporarily connect the NIC to a network hub, return to
this screen, and then click Next. Once active directory begins
configuring, you can disconnect NIC cable.
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15. Review the Summary display and click Next to continue (default)
16. The system will start configuring the active directory display. This will take a
few minutes to complete.
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17. If prompted, insert Microsoft Windows 2000 CD-ROM and click OK to
continue.
18. Configuring the active directory display shows again. Click Finish to close the
Wizard utility. This completes the active directory installation.
19. Click Restart Now to reboot the system. Remove CD-ROM if present.
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E. Install DHCP and Remote Installation Services Components.
1. Click Start | Settings | Control Panel.
2. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon in the control panel folder.
3. Click on Add/Remove Windows Components icon (located on left panel). This
displays the “Windows Components Wizard”.
4. Deselect Networking Services and Re-select Networking Services. Next, select
Remote Installation Services. Click Next.
NOTE
The reason for deselecting Network Services in the above step is
to insure that this module is installed on your system. It could
appear that it is already installed if the checkbox is already selected
and yet it isn’t actually installed.
5. After the two services are installed, close all windows related to Add/Remove
Programs
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Download and Install the Microsoft Patch for RIS
NOTE
Step 6 and step 7 are required with the installation of Service Pack
2. These two steps allow for the creation of an Advanced Server
image on the secondary hard drive. Microsoft tends to incorporate
patches in their next Service Pack release. It is anticipated (based
on the file name shown in step 7) that these two steps will not be
necessary when Service Pack 3 is available. Please check the
Microsoft release notes for Service Pack 3 when Service Pack 3
becomes available to see if this problem has been addressed.
6. To create a RIS server image that handles Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
Server, install the Microsoft patch. See the Web site at:
This Web page contains a detailed description of the Advanced Server situation.
7. Assume that the downloaded patch is stored at C:\temp (it could be any directory
of your choosing) with the filename as follows:
Q308508_W2K_SP3_X86_EN.exe
Use Microsoft Windows Explorer to move to C:\temp (if this is the folder you
selected) and execute the above file.
8. Reboot the system.
NOTE:
If you did not previously setup the NIC to use a Static IP, the
system will advise you to change from DHCP to static. Insert the
Microsoft Windows 2000 CD if prompted. Select Finish, then
reboot.
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NOTE:
The three Windows screens on this page will be seen only if you
did not previously configure the NIC with a static IP address.
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F. Configure DHCP.
1. Click Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | DHCP.
2. Click on your server name. Click on Action| New Scope. This displays the
“New Scope Wizard”. Click Next.
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3. For the Scope Name window, enter a name and description. Click Next.
4. IP Address Range: Specify a Start IP Address and End IP Address. Click Next.
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5. Add Exclusions: Click Next. (default)
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6. Lease Duration: Click Next. (default)
7. Configure DHCP Options: Select No (default is yes). Click Next.
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8. Click Finish
9. Click on your server name. Click on Action| Authorize.
10. Click on your Scope. Click on Action| Activate.
11. Click on your Server name.
NOTE
It will take a few moments to complete activation. Select F5 to
refresh.
12. Close the DHCP config screen when the server becomes “active”.
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G. Configure Remote Installation Services
NOTE
Read entire section before proceeding.
OVERVIEW
Remote Installation Services is designed to install Microsoft Windows 2000 products
onto clients using a network install method.
PROCEDURE
1. Click Start | Settings | Control Panel.
2. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
4. Click Configure button in Configure Remote Installation Services window.
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5. Remote Installation Services Setup Wizard: Click Next. (default)
NOTE
The remote installation services must reside on a different physical
drive than the operating system. For example, assume the first
physical disk is called the C: drive and only has one partition. The
second physical drive is called the D: drive and has only one
partition. With these assumptions follow the next step below.
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6. For the remote installation folder location, do not place the path on the root drive
(i.e. C: drive). that has the OS already on it. The best place to put the image is on
the second physical disk. For example, storagedrive:\RemoteInstall. In our
example, this would be the D: drive. Thus the folder location would be
D:\RemoteInstall. Click Next.
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7. Initial Settings: Check “Respond to client computers requesting service”. Click
Next.
8. Installation Source Files Location: Assuming the CD-ROM is device E:, set the
path to E:\I386 and place the Win2K Advanced media in the CD-ROM device.
Click Next.
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9. Optional- For the Microsoft Windows Installation Image Folder name, if another
Microsoft Windows product is desired, suggested names are:
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win2000.adv for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
win2000.srv for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
win2000.pro for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Then, click Next.
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10. For the “Friendly description:” and for the “Help Text:” areas, verify the
description and the text. After the patch is installed, the default message in the
“Help text:” window below will contain the words “Windows Professional
Server”. Please correct the statement to the name shown in the “Friendly
description:” window that follows. Click Next.
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11. At the “Review Settings” window, click Finish.
12. Click Done.
13. Close Add/Remove Programs window.
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H. Use RIS to install Microsoft Windows 2K Adv Server to the Blade
Server
1. Connect stand-alone RIS server to same network as the bc1100 is on. If possible,
disconnect all other systems from network. This will ensure that there are no possible
network conflicts. Connect a USB keyboard and mouse to the bh7800. Also connect
a VGA monitor to the bh7800.
2. Remove all mass storage devices from the blade server including the USB floppy
drive, the USB CD-ROM drive and any storage blades currently installed.
NOTE:
This process cannot be completed using the RMC text console
because the Microsoft Windows installation changes to a Graphical
User Interface (GUI) after the reboot. The text console is not a
GUI device. Thus, a local VGA monitor, USB keyboard and
mouse are required for these steps.
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Verify the bc1100 will start-up using the Intel Boot Agents Version 3.0.03
3. Press the F2 key at start-up.
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4. The window below is the “System Configuration Summary” after selecting the F2
key. Select F4-BOOT OPTIONS to continue.
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5. Change the boot order so “Intel ® Boot Agent Version 3.0.03” is at the top of the list
as shown below in the “Boot Options Configuration Utility” screen.
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6. Press the ESC key to return to the left hand menu. Select F10-EXIT. Press ENTER
This action displays the following dialog box. Press ENTER to save and exit.
NOTE
This causes the system to reboot.
NOTE
As the new boot starts, watch for the assignment of a DHCP IP
address. Subsequently, the bc1100 PXE code will broadcast for a
RIS server.
7. Press the F12 key when you see "Press F12 for network boot" on the screen. You
only have a few seconds to do this.
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8. When the bc1100 server blade connects to the RIS, you will see the following
Microsoft Windows RIS installation screen, “Client Installation Wizard”. Press
Enter to continue.
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9. Next, log into the RIS server. Change fields using the Tab key.
NOTE: The username discussed on this screen is the username that you use
to login to the RIS server. By default, that is Administrator. Since
the RIS server is on the same subnet as the bc1100, it is not
necessary to supply a domain name. The user name and password
are not case sensitive on this display.
NOTE
Select Windows 2000 Advanced Server, if prompted. This will
only happen if you have placed multiple operating systems on the
RIS server. Once logged in, the Windows 2000 Advanced Server
download will begin.
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10. Below is the first of several screens to appear during the RIS Windows 2000
Advanced Server install. Press Enter to continue.
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11. At the screen below, press Enterto continue.
Soon the installation will start formatting the bc1100 disk. You will see the standard
Microsoft Windows screen progress during the installation process.
12. Click Finish at the final Microsoft Windows screen. When you click the Finish
button, the bc1100 server blade will automatically reboot. This completes the
download of the OS from the RIS server.
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System Administration Configuration Checklist
13. During the reboot, use the F2 key to enter the bc1100 BIOS setup screens to change
the boot order to the hard drive setting.
14. Press the F4-BOOT OPTIONS key to change the BOOT ORDER to put “+Hard
Drive” at the top of the list.
NOTE
If this is not done, the bc1100 server blade will connect again to the
RIS server using the PXE process, which leads to a new download.
15. After making the boot order changes, use the F10 key to exit. The system will reboot
off the bc1100 hard disk installation of the Window 2000 Advanced Server.
NOTE
At the completion of this reboot, the standard GUI login screen will
appear. Like all initial installations there is no password assigned
to the Username "Administrator". Click the OK button on the GUI
to continue configuration for the environment.
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16. Install the latest Service Pack and the latest upgrades pertinent to your environment.
17. Insert the storage blade into the chassis. Microsoft Windows 2000 should
automatically detect the new hardware, prompting the user for the appropriate driver.
18. There are there are a number of other system administration tasks that must be
considered.
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Add a password to the administrator account
Add additional user accounts to this server
Initialize and format the disks on the storage blade
Partition these additional disks on the storage blade
Check the "Local Area Connection Properties" window for proper "Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties" window (e.g. static IP, subnet mask, gateway,
DNS server addresses)
19. There maybe more system administration tasks that need to be done so this blade
server works well in the environment.
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Establishing a Remote GUI Session
The Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system is loaded. Next, set up a remote
Graphical User Interface (GUI) so the blade server can be controlled remotely. Two
methods are discussed here. The first method is using Terminal Services and the second
method is using Symantec’s pcAnywhere software.
Terminal Services Installation Overview
Terminal Services provides access to Windows-based applications for a variety of client
hardware devices. Applications are installed on the server and accessed by clients
through terminal emulation.
Requirements
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Advance Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advance Server or Server CD
External USB Floppy Drive (Imation: FD-05PUB)
External USB CD-Rom Drive (Sony: CRX85U)
Two (2) blank 3.5" floppy disk
NOTE
Instructions are intended for the hp server bc1100 blade. USB
floppy and USB CD-ROM drives are not required, if the machine
has internal floppy and CD-ROM drives.
The setup process is the same for both Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft
Windows 2000 Advance Server.
Server Setup
The server must have Terminal Services installed. To install, login as "Administrator"
and perform these steps.
1. Click Start | Settings | Control Panel Double click the Add/Remove Programs
icon.
2. Click on "Add/Remove Windows Components" on the left
3. Scroll down, check the "Terminal Services" box . Click Next.
4. Select "Remote Administration Mode" Click Next.
5. Connect the USB CD-Rom Drive. Insert the Microsoft Windows CD. Select the
"I386" directory. Open. Click OK.
6. When the installation is completed, click Finish to reboot.
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7. Login as "Administrator" after the system has rebooted.
8. You must create installation disks for the Terminal Services client.
9. Click Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Terminal Services Client
Creator
10. Select "Terminal Services for 32-bit x86 Windows". Do not click OK. Go to the
next step.
11. Connect the USB Floppy Drive. Insert a 3.5" floppy disk. Select destination
drive "B:" Go to next step.
12. Click on "B:" (not the scroll up-scroll down buttons) to highlight it.
13. Check "Format Disk" box. Click OK.
14. An "Insert Floppy" will pop up, make sure it refers to DISK1 in drive "B:" and
not A: Click OK.
15. Click Yes to confirm formatting the floppy.
16. Insert the second floppy when prompted. Click OK -> Yes
17. Click OK and Cancel once the process has completed.
Client Setup
1. Connect the USB floppy drive to the client system.
2. Insert "Disk1" from the Server Setup instruction mentioned above.
3. Login as "Administrator".
4. Run "setup.exe" from DISK1 in the USB floppy drive.
5. Select "Continue".
6. Fill in "Name" & "Organization" information. Click OK. Click OK
7. Follow the on-screen instructions for the license agreement.
8. Select the installation location or use the default.
9. Click on the large Terminal Services button to install.
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10. Follow the on-screen instruction, insert Disk2 when prompted to do so.
11. Click OK when done.
Establishing Terminal Services Connection
1. On the client machine select Start | Programs | Terminal Services Client ->
Terminal Services Client
2. Select the "Server" and the "Screen Area".
3. Click Connect to connect.
4. Login to the target server.
5. Within the Terminal Services Client window, youshould see the target server's
desktop shown below.
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Symantec pcAnywhere Installation Overview
pcAnywhere uses a server-client relationship. It supports several connection types such
as network, modem, and direct connections. The software is also separated into server
(host) and client (remote) packages. The user may choose to install either one or both
parts of the software.
The software requires initialization configuration on both the server and client. Once
the configuration is completed, the software must be executed on the server to answer the
client calls. There is an option to have pcAnywhere started automatically with Microsoft
Windows 2000. On the client machine, the user will specify where and how to connect to
the server.
For documentation, start with the pcAnywhere User's Guide. Complete documentation
for Symantec pcAnywhere is on the Web at http://www.symantec.com/pcanywhere/
Also, check the Symantec Web site for answers to frequently asked questions,
troubleshooting tips, online tutorials, and the latest product information.
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J. Disable Hibernation Mode
After the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system is installed, the hibernation mode
must be turned off.
1. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel.
2. Right double click the Power Options icon.
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3. Select the Hibernate tab as shown below.
4. Ensure that the check box under Hibernate is blank as shown in the screen capture
shown above.
5. Click OK and close the Control Panel window.
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K. Microsoft Windows 2000 RMC Driver Installation
1. Go to Start | Setting | Control Panel
2. Double click on System
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3. Select Hardware tab
4. Click onDevice Manager
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5. Double click on the Unknown PCI Device
6. Select Driver tab
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7. Click on Update Driver
8. An “Upgrade Device Driver Wizard” will open, click Next
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9. Do not let Microsoft Windows search for the driver. Select “Display a list of known
drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver”, click Next
10. In the Hardware Type menu, scroll down to "Other devices". Select it and click
Next
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11. In the “Select a Device Driver Wizard”, scroll down the Manufacturers list until you
find Hewlett-Packard. There will be 2 entries for HP, select the second one.
12. In the Models menu, scroll down to the end of the list, and find "HP TopTools
Remote Control". Select it and click Next (see above picture).
13. Microsoft Windows will prompt a warning screen about it does not recommend this
driver because it cannot verify the hardware compatibility. Ignore it and click Yes to
continue.
14. Click Next to start the driver installation.
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15. Click Finish.
16. Click Close to close the device property menu.
17. Notice that the unknown PCI Device is now named "HP TopTools Remote
Control." You will have to do the same for all 3 unknown PCI Devices.
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General Notes
Multi Step Process for Individual Server Blade Shutdown
1. Shutdown the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system. Select Start |
Shutdown.
2. Ensure Shut down is selected from the drop down window menu that
appears. See below. Click OK.
3. Connect to the management blade menu via a Telnet session to the
management blade or using a local serial cable connection to the
management blade port on the bulkhead of the card.
4. Go to Hardware Install -> select your blade according to the slot number ->
Go into More Info. There is a section named Power State, which should say
Automatic -> hit Enter-> select Cycle to power cycle the blade.
Upgrading the BIOS on the bc1100 Server Blade
The bc1100 Server Blade contains BIOS firmware that can be upgraded. For the
FW button found on this Web page to download the most recent version of BIOS
firmware. Instructions for the installation procedure are also located on this Web
page.
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3 Using HP-UX-Based Server Blades
OVERVIEW
HP-UX information for blade servers is contained in documentation released prior to this
book. This chapter will primarily consist of pointers to the HP-UX information already
written.
NOTE:
At this time, HP-UX 11i is shipping only on the bh37xx series
blade servers. Information in this chapter applies exclusively to the
bh37xx series blade servers. HP-UX will be introduced on the
bh7800 blade server in the future.
select the “Systems Hardware” link. You will then see a link at the top of the Web page
for bh3710. Select the “bh3710” link and you will be taken to the documentation page.
Select the “Documentation” link and at this page, you will find these manuals:
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Safety & Regulatory Information
Site Preparation Guide
Installation Guide
Rack Mounting Guide
Service Guide
You will need an active Internet connection to view these documents:
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HP-UX 11i Operating Environments
HP-UX 11i Operating Environment LPs
Networking and I/O Documentation
Diagnostics
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