HP ProLiant Support Pack for Windows and Linux Ver

HPProLiantSupportPackforWindowsandLinuxVersion8.70UserGuideAbstractThisguideisintendedforindividualswhoarefamiliarwiththeconfigurationandoperationofMicrosoft®Windows®,WindowsServer®2003,WindowsServer®2008,Linux,smartcomponents,anddeploymentoffirmwareandsoftwaretosystemsandoptions.PartNumber:376482-404April2011Edition:13©Copyright2000,2011Hewlett-PackardDevelopmentCompany,L.P.Confidentialcomputersoftware.ValidlicensefromHPrequiredforpossession,useorcopying.ConsistentwithFAR12.211and12.212,CommercialComputerSoftware,ComputerSoftwareDocumentation,andTechnicalDataforCommercialItemsarelicensedtotheU.S.Governmentundervendor’sstandardcommerciallicense.Theinformationcontainedhereinissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.TheonlywarrantiesforHPproductsandservicesaresetforthintheexpresswarrantystatementsaccompanyingsuchproductsandservices.Nothinghereinshouldbeconstruedasconstitutinganadditionalwarranty.HPshallnotbeliablefortechnicaloreditorialerrorsoromissionscontainedherein.Microsoft,Windows,WindowsServer,andWindowsVistaareU.S.registeredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation.IntelisatrademarkofIntelCorporationintheU.S.andothercountries.AMDisatrademarkofAdvancedMicroDevices,Inc.Contents3ContentsIntroduction..................................................................................................................................4PSPoverview............................................................................................................................................4BenefitsofPSP..........................................................................................................................................4ComponentsinthePSP..............................................................................................................................5Newfeatures............................................................................................................................................7ObtainingthePSP.....................................................................................................................................7ObtainingPSPfromHPSmartStartCD...............................................................................................7HPwebsite.....................................................................................................................................8UpdatingaPSP.........................................................................................................................................8Subscriber'sChoice.........................................................................................................................8Versioncontrol................................................................................................................................8Creatingacentralized,network-basedsoftwarerepository.............................................................................8DeployingPSPs..........................................................................................................................10PSPdeploymentscenarios........................................................................................................................10DeploymentforMicrosoftWindows...........................................................................................................10MinimumrequirementsforMicrosoftWindowsPSP......................................................................................10InstallingthePSPforWindows..................................................................................................................11Servervirtualizationdetectionandsupport........................................................................................13DeployingPSPsforLinux..........................................................................................................................13MinimumrequirementsforLinuxPSP..........................................................................................................13InstallingthePSPforLinux........................................................................................................................17Advancedtopics.........................................................................................................................19Command-lineinstallation........................................................................................................................19Command-linesyntax...............................................................................................................................19Command-linearguments.........................................................................................................................20Inputfiles...............................................................................................................................................24Command-lineusageofinputfile..................................................................................