HP Integrity Superdome X
Installation Kit

version

1.0

details

This installation kit is designed for installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on HP Integrity Superdome X servers The installation kit contains updates to the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel and Xen hypervisor as well as updated device drivers required for installation.

platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3

architectures

  • x86_64

media


Installation Kit ISO Image
File: hp_integrity_superdome_x-sle11sp3-x86_64-1.0.iso · [download]
Size 543 MB
MD5 Checksum 8c38afaee6334da6e7e29df7324c8a4f
SHA256 Checksum 3afa9f86bbdc677f054e2b5adb15f89807c08c3d742a832185d65d7e633891ac

installation

Media installation

  1. Burn the ISO image above to an empty CD/DVD media.
  2. Start the installation using the new CD/DVD media, having the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise media at hand or a URL to a network installation server.
    • If doing a network install, enter the URL of the network install source on the boot command line using the 'install=' option.
    • If doing installation from optical media the installer will first boot from the installation kit and then ask to insert CD1 of the SUSE Linux Enterprise product.
  3. An initrd containing updated drivers will be used for installation.

PXE boot installation

  1. Download the ISO image above.
  2. Mount the ISO image for access to the contents.
  3. Copy the kernel and initrd images from the installation kit iso image to the appropriate location on your tftp boot server. The initrd and kernel image are found under the ./install/boot/x86_64/loader directory. Download links for the kernel and initrd images can also be found in the table below.
  4. Copy the contents of the ISO image to a location on your installation server. (The /boot directory may be omitted)
  5. Add the URL of the installation kit location on the installation server to the boot command of the pxelinux config file using the 'addon=' option.
  6. An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.

Example pxelinux config file section: 

# Install SLES 11 SP3 with installation kit
label install-kit
kernel linux-kit
append initrd=initrd-kit splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-11-SP3-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/kit
Kernel Image
Name linux · [download]
Size 3.78 MB
MD5 Checksum 64316422f069e49ef8babbc2f6d6ae7b
SHA256 Checksum f812383bd377838344a20b7649ecf079c10c0abe4baadc96cae88d352beff6ff
Initrd Image
Name initrd · [download]
Size 37.9 MB
MD5 Checksum d96471aad81164f41887e14e4bf419fe
SHA256 Checksum 75e06c1d827f0eeb077da585c50f99faf4b64a2545a50e8c4559ea4f67a00a91

package names and versions

The following packages are provided with this installation kit:

updates

Updates to this installation kit can be found at: updates-readme.html