HPE Servers Gen10
Installation Kit

version

3.0

details

This site contains an installation kit for use with installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Hewlett Packard Enterprise Gen10 Servers. The installation kit contains driver updates required to enable the HPE systems.

The installation kit is supported on the following HPE systems:

  • ProLiant BL460c Gen10
  • ProLiant DL360 Gen10
  • ProLiant DL380 Gen10
  • ProLiant DL560 Gen10
  • ProLiant DL120 Gen10
  • ProLiant DL160 Gen10
  • ProLiant DL180 Gen10
  • ProLiant DL580 Gen10
  • ProLiant ML110 Gen10
  • ProLiant ML350 Gen10
  • Synergy 480 Gen10
  • Synergy 660 Gen10
  • XL230k Gen10 (Apollo 6000)
  • XL2x260W Gen10(Apollo W6000)
  • XL170r/190r (Apollo 2000)
  • XL450 (Apollo 4510)

platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4

architectures

  • x86_64

media


Installation Kit ISO Image
File: hpe_servers_gen10-sle11sp4-x86_64-3.0.iso · [download]
Size 394 MB
MD5 Checksum 3ea8165053a0f51383e3c8f20299d953
SHA256 Checksum 8b66da03d00131b4075d0c51f53018713c51b2dca1d69881baa12f34e05bb8a8

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 driver 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 driver 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 driver 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 SP4 with Installation Kit
label install-kit
kernel linux-kit
append initrd=initrd-kit splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-11-SP4-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/kit
Kernel Image
Name linux · [download]
Size 3.81 MB
MD5 Checksum 4fb4d06ae662fee60b345b9834b55e8d
SHA256 Checksum 239eeb65247c3d8e125506c122501007e0bebe56d211fe1fa2a982b7117e5695
Initrd Image
Name initrd · [download]
Size 42.1 MB
MD5 Checksum d2d714c9e21c9a6213679cf09014f5e9
SHA256 Checksum 461af59fd38494f0bb3a8911761a9dc21b8409c34084d20d323715d58169f6d5

package names and versions

The following packages are provided with this installation kit: