Using the Linux Media to Install the OS

You can install Linux on your server using the distribution media for one of the supported OSs. This activity is considered a “cold installation”. The installation process is very similar to the standard cold installation with these three configuration exceptions:

Firewall configuration
Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
Package group selection

The instructions for the supported OSs are detailed in the following documents:

For RHEL4— See Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Installation Guide for x86, Itanium™, AMD64, and Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T):
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/index.html
For RHEL5— See Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Installation Guide):
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/index.html
For SLES9— See Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on the Intel Itanium Processor Family:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-5302/
For SLES10— See Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 on HP Integrity Servers:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-6394/index.html

To install the OS, follow these steps:

Begin the OS installation as described in the installation guide for the OS you are installing.
Select the defaults (or configure as needed) until the Firewall Configuration screen appears.
Modify the selections offered as follows:
1. Click the No firewall radio button to disable the firewall.
2. For RHEL4 or RHEL5, set Enable SELinux to Enable to use a security policy.
  HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux supports the use of SELinux with RHEL4 and RHEL5 only.
Continue the installation using the defaults provided (or configure as needed) until the Package Group Selection screen appears.
Modify the selection by clicking Everything to install all packages included with RHEL.
Continue the installation using the defaults provided (or configure as needed).

The Linux OS installation completes. HP recommends that you run the HP Support Pack installer immediately after the installation of the OS is complete as described in Chapter 5.

Using the Linux Media to Install the OS

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