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4. The blade power-on initialization process proceeds to look for a DHCP server using PXE.
Upon successful discovery of DHCP server, it allows you to select the appropriate
operating system to install. The installation menu in Figure 6-24 is a custom menu and can
also be implemented differently in your environment.
At the boot prompt, we selected RHEL 4 U3 x86_64.
Figure 6-24 Select the operating system version and release to install over the network
5. The installation proceeds. Figure 6-25 shows the installer is loading the ts_srp_host driver
correctly.
Figure 6-25 Loading SRP driver on the blade
6. Next, select the language type and then the keyboard type.
7. Configure storage partitioning by selecting the Fibre Channel-attached boot LUN. You can
select auto partitioning or manual. Then, click Next to proceed with storage partitioning.
Enter number of the Operation System you wish to install:
0. Local Machine
20. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 GA i386 Advanced Server
21. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 i386 Advanced Server
22. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 x86_64 Advanced Server
23. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 i386 Advanced Server
24. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 x86_64 Advanced Server
25. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 i386 Advanced Server
26. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 x86_64 Advanced Server
27. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 i386 Advanced Server
28. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 x86_64 Advanced Server
29. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.5 i386 Advanced Server
30. Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.5 x86_64 Advanced Server
Welcome to SC Lab Network Installer!
[F1-RHEL3] [F2-RHEL4] [F3-RHEL5] [F4-SLES] [F5-OSuse] [F6-Fedora] [F7-Other]
boot: 26_
Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Loading SCSI driver
Loading ts_srp_host driver...
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