HPE ProLiant M300
Installation Kit
version
1.0
details
This site contains an installation kit for use with installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant m300 Servers.
platforms
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3
architectures
- x86_64
media
| Name | Size | MD5SUM | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| hp_proliant_m300-sle11sp3-x86_64-1.0.iso | 53.7 MB | ca9d2ab8e14c03fb78215c57931190d4 | download |
installation
Media installation
- Burn the ISO image above to an empty CD/DVD media.
- 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.
- An initrd containing updated drivers will be used for installation.
PXE boot installation
- Download the ISO image above.
- Mount the ISO image for access to the contents.
- 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.
- Copy the contents of the ISO image to a location on your installation server. (The /boot directory may be omitted)
- 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.
- An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.
Example pxelinux config file section:
# Install SLES 11 SP3 with InstallationKit
label install-m300
kernel linux-m300
append initrd=initrd-m300 splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-11-SP3-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/m300-kit
| File | Size | MD5SUM | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kernel Image | 3.76 MB | bee7187b3b0d706c3baa9968db452698 | linux |
| Initrd Image | 34.1 MB | 6edecf088fed25ba0608d4ea1be22b95 | initrd |
package names and versions
The following packages are provided with this installation kit:
- intel-igb-5.0.5-5.1.x86_64.rpm
- intel-igb-kmp-default-5.0.5_3.0.76_0.11-5.1.x86_64.rpm
- intel-igb-kmp-trace-5.0.5_3.0.76_0.11-5.1.x86_64.rpm
- intel-igb-kmp-xen-5.0.5_3.0.76_0.11-5.1.x86_64.rpm
updates
Updates to this installation kit can be found at: updates-readme.html