Preparing the Server Hardware

This section describes how to set up the server hardware for OS installation, set up the boot drive, and set up the CD or DVD drive.

Setting Up the Boot Drive

The OS installs through the boot controller that is detected as adapter zero and then to the drive detected as drive zero.




	CAUTION: HP recommends that only the target OS drive be connected during installation. This ensures that the OS is installed on the correct drive.

To set up the boot drive, performing the following steps:

Power down the server.
Make a list of all device connections so you can reconnect them after the installation is completed.
Disconnect all mass storage devices from all controllers except the boot controller.

Configure the boot controller and boot drive.




	NOTE: If you are using an HP SmartArray controller, see the Controller's User Guide. You can interrupt the boot process to invoke the EFI-based SmartArray configuration utility, ORCA. To invoke this utility press F8 on the VGA console or Esc–8 on the serial console.

Accessing the Removable Media Devices Using EFI

When hardware (for example, a hard disk drive, a USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) device, or a CD or DVD drive) is added to a system after the system has booted to EFI, the EFI shell environment does not automatically detect the new device. You must reconnect the device driver for the EFI shell to recognize the device.

Additionally, the EFI shell environment creates default mappings for all the device handles that support a recognized file system. After you change the system configuration or add a new device, you must regenerate these mappings.

Enabling a CD/DVD Device

To access a CD/DVD, you must enable the EFI shell to detect it, and then access it using the following steps:

From the EFI shell, enter the following:
Shell> reconnect -r
The reconnect command reconnects one or more drivers from a device, disconnecting all the drivers from all the devices and then reconnecting them. If a device handle is not specified, the reconnect operation is performed on all the handles in the system. If a device handle is specified, only the device handle and the devices below it are reconnected.

Regenerate all mappings:

Shell> map -r

The -r option regenerates all the mappings in a system. The EFI shell displays a device mapping table similar to the following example:

fs0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry1)blk0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,1)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)blk1 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)blk2 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry1




	TIP: The map command displays or defines a mapping between a user-defined name and a device handle. The most common use of this command is to assign drive letters to device handles that support a file system protocol. After these mappings are created, the drive letters can be used with all the file manipulation commands. It can also be used to create new mappings and delete existing mappings using the `-d` option. If the map command is used without any options, all the current mappings are listed. If the `-v` option is used, the mappings are shown with additional information on each mapped handle.

Record the device name of the CD/DVD device, fs0, in this example. Use this device name to explore the contents of the removable media.
Go to the CD/DVD file system:
# fsnumber:
Change directories to \EFI\boot, and then enter the following:
# bootia64.efi
The Smart Setup EBSU entry is created in the EFI Boot Manager as a selection for booting to launch the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility.

Enabling a USB Device

To access a USB HDD device, you must enable the EFI shell to detect and then access it using the following steps:




	IMPORTANT: The USB HDD device must be formatted with a FAT32 file system.

From any Linux system, go to the http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinuxessentials website, and click on the Download for HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux link.
Click the link for the HP Smart Setup tar file to download the file to a local folder.
Connect the USB HDD device, and then mount it if the OS does not do so automatically.
Extract the contents of the HP Smart Setup tar file to the USB HDD device, making sure that the EFI folder structure is in the root directory.
# tar zxvf ebsu-version.tgz –C /mnt/usb
Unmount the USB device:
# umount /mnt/usb
CAUTION: Failure to unmount the USB device will result in data loss.
Connect the USB device to the intended server.
From the EFI shell, enter the following:
Shell> reconnect -r
The reconnect command reconnects one or more drivers from a device, disconnecting all the drivers from all the devices and then reconnecting them. If a device handle is not specified, the reconnect operation is performed on all the handles in the system. If a device handle is specified, only the device handle and the devices below it are reconnected.