HPE ProLiant m710
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 m710 Servers. The installation kit enables the following:

  • Proper initialization of network during PXE installation.
  • Support for the integrated GPU (Intel® Iris™ Pro 5200).

platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

architectures

  • x86_64

media

Name Size MD5SUM Download
hp_proliant_m710-sle11sp3-x86_64-1.0.iso 110 MB ef1642ec53be82886fce6072e04e129d download

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-m710
kernel linux-m710
append initrd=initrd-m710 splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-11-SP3-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/m710
File Size MD5SUM Download
Kernel Image 3.77 MB 612404192fd157d842c3516f1227a471 linux
Initrd Image 34.9 MB d308388825f9f54d00bcd71e4949cded initrd

package names and versions

The following packages are provided with this installation kit: