You've got a brand-new G5 server, IMO you're best off running what HP supports. Even if you don't have to call HP for support, you will have issues with the kernel revision if you try to install the PSP or many of the packages separately. I'm not a fan of the PSP myself because both the 7.7 and the 7.8 release had issues (like overwriting stock kernel drivers with non-functional ones), but it is the easiest way to get the iLO drivers/System Management Homepage, etc, etc. and as a new user you prolly want to investigate what HP offers for Linux. I tend to avoid the NIC and HBA drivers (unless some other HP hardware [SAN] requires it) but the RAID utilities and the iLO/system management bits are good to install.
If you've got the spare cycles to play with the beta it might be worth trying, but if this is to end up as a production server know that it's likely to be some months before HP support catches completely up with what will be U1. JMO Don http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/family/model/6213.html ?submit.y=10&submit.x=10&lang=en&cc=us [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > thanks ! >> On a DL380G5? > > yes, with Modular Smart Array G2. > >> Why exactly are you hesitating between RHEL5 and RHEL5u1b? > > I am a newbie in this; what I saw on the web is that there is > a driver for the Smart Array Driver named : cciss . > Am I right about this ? > what I am not sure is about this driver: does it work with > RHEL5 with hardware such as I have ? or maybe it will work > only in RHEL 5.1 beta ? from where should I get this cciss driver ? > > Another thing is: I saw a couple of time talks about > Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) virtual-cdrom; what is this ? > when installing from the dvd drive in the HP machine - am I > using it ? as I said, I am a newbie in this ; sorry for my ignorance. > > Regards, > Ian > > > > On 8/28/07, Sharpe, Sam J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 28 Aug 2007, at 11:21, Ian Brown wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> - I need to install RHEL on HP DL380 machine; >>> >>> - I hesitate between RHEL 5 and RHEL 5.1 beta. >>> >>> - does anybody have any experience with this ? is RHEL 5.1 beta a >>> must ? >> >> On a DL380G5? You can install RHEL3u8, RHEL4u4, RHEL5u0 and later >> according to HP Support and my own experience. >> >> Why exactly are you hesitating between RHEL5 and RHEL5u1b? If it's >> from a feature point of view, then fine - use 5u1b, but it's not an >> HP Supported Configuration (yet). If it's to actually use the server >> for something specific, then any of the versions I mentioned above >> is possible. >> >> -- >> Sam _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
