Setup and configuration overviewThis information provides and overview for setting up and configuring the server.When you use the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, you do not need setupdiskettes. You can use the CD to configure any supported IBM server model. Thesetup program provides a list of tasks that are required to set up your servermodel. On a server with a ServeRAID adapter or SAS/SATA controller with RAIDcapabilities, you can run the SAS/SATA RAID configuration program to createlogical drives.Note: Features and functions can vary slightly with different versions of theServerGuide program.Typical operating-system installationThis information provides an overview of a typical ServerGuide operating-systeminstallation.The ServerGuide program can reduce the time it takes to install an operatingsystem. It provides the device drivers that are required for your hardware and forthe operating system that you are installing. This section describes a typicalServerGuide operating-system installation.Note: Features and functions can vary slightly with different versions of theServerGuide program.1. After you have completed the setup process, the operating-system installationprogram starts. (You will need your operating-system CD to complete theinstallation.)2. The ServerGuide program stores information about the server model, serviceprocessor, hard disk drive controllers, and network adapters. Then, theprogram checks the CD for newer device drivers. This information is storedand then passed to the operating-system installation program.3. The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that arebased on your operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives.4. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CDand restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operatingsystem takes control to complete the installation.Installing your operating system without using ServerGuideThis information describes how to install the operating system without using theServerGuide program.About this taskIf you have already configured the server hardware and you are not using theServerGuide program to install your operating system, you downloadoperating-system installation instructions for the server from http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.Chapter 3. Configuration information and instructions 141
