topic Installation of RHEL4 on ML370 G6 in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

Installation of RHEL4 on ML370 G6

Sanaullah — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:16:40 GMT

Hi All,

Q: How do i install RHEL4 on ML370 G6?

Hp website(www.hp.com/#Support) have Smart Array Controller P410i driver rpm is available. I downloaded the same driver, but

Q: how do i locate the rpm during installation when i boot the server from RHEL4 1st CD?

Q: Is there any floppy disk required to locate driver for O/S? If Yes, kindly provide procedure.

Kindly reply with valueable suggestion / Procedure. Wait for your urgent responses.

Regards,
Sanaullah Shah

Re: Installation of RHEL4 on ML370 G6

PEDRO J. RAMON — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:26:51 GMT

G6 IS ONLY SUPPORT ON RED HAT 4,7 VERSION AND MOST RECENTLY VERSIONS.

Re: Installation of RHEL4 on ML370 G6

Sanaullah — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:54:55 GMT

Well, I have downloaded rpm from hp website. which is compatible for Smart Array P410i Controller.

But How do i locate rpm when installing RHEL 4.7 / RHEL4.8?

Regards,
Sanaullah Shah

Re: Installation of RHEL4 on ML370 G6

Sanaullah — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:38:22 GMT

Hi all,

I got solution from my Colleague having hardware knowledge not a vendor of hp.

I log a case in hp to help me out in this regard, but hp reject my request and reply to purchase Linux deployment kit licence. A very bad response from hp support team.

Anyway about the solution,

You have to use the following driver image for installation,

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=3883890&swItem=MTX-bf2bb84d110d4776bc95274ab5&prodNameId=3883931&swEnvOID=2025&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=1

Download file (cpq_cciss-2.6.20-23.rhel4.i686.dd.gz) and then on
any linux system,

1- Uncompress the driver image,
gunzip cpq_cciss-2.6.20-23.rhel4.i686.dd.gz

2- Copy uncompressed image to USB,
cp cpq_cciss-2.6.20-23.rhel4.i686.dd /dev/sdb1

(/dev/sdb1 is the device name for USB)

OR If you're using floppy then STEP-2 will be as,

dd if=cpq_cciss-2.6.20-23.rhel4.i686.dd of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k

After this your driver disk will be ready, boot the server using Redhat
EL4 CD1 and on the input prompt type,

linux dd

Then you'll be asked to enter the device name of the driver disk, in
case of USB you'll have to select sda or sdb etc. and for floppy select
fd. After that it will load the driver from the disk and
installation will start.

Regards,
Sanaullah Shah

Re: Installation of RHEL4 on ML370 G6

Sanaullah — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:41:55 GMT

I have found solution steps from non hp Colleague.
HP reject my request and reply "Purchase Linux deployment kit licence, if you need solution steps."
I very bad response from hp support team.

Hope that someone will be analyze my comments.