This section details the ServerGuide typical operating-system
installation.
The ServerGuide program can reduce the time for installing
an operating system. It provides the device drivers that are required
for your hardware and for the operating system that you are installing.
Refer to the following list for a typical operating-system installation
by using ServerGuide:
- After you have completed the setup process, the operating-system
installation program starts. (You need your operating-system disc
to complete the installation.)
- The ServerGuide program stores information about the server model,
service processor, hard disk drive controllers, and Ethernet controllers.
Then, the program checks the CD for any updated device drivers. This
information is stored and then passed to the operating-system installation
program.
- The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options
that are based on your operating-system selection and the installed
hard disk drives.
- The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system
CD and restart the server. At this point, the installation program
for the operating system takes control to complete the installation.