Setup a HP ProLiant Linux server

Again a little reminder for me. 😉

Install CentOS/RHEL 5.x

Update the system with yum update

Reboot

# yum install expect
# yum install libnl
# yum install net-snmp

Download HP System Health Application and Command Line Utilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (AMD64/EM64T). You get a file like hp-health-8.6.0.24-25.rhel5.x86_64.rpm. Install this package:

# rpm -ivh /home/locadm/hp-health-8.6.0.24-25.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
# service hp-health start
# service hp-asrd start
# chkconfig hp-health on
# chkconfig hp-asrd on

Download HP SNMP Agents for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (AMD64/EM64T). You get a file like hp-snmp-agents-8.6.0.18-17.rhel5.x86_64.rpm. Install this package:

# rpm -ivh /home/locadm/hp-snmp-agents-8.6.0.18-17.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
# /sbin/hpsnmpconfig
# service hp-snmp-agents start
# chkconfig hp-snmp-agents on

Download HP SmartStart CD x64. You get a file like smartstart-8.60-0-x64.zip. Install this file:

# unzip smartstart-8.60-0-x64.zip
# mount -o loop SS860.2010_0909.41-x64.iso /mnt
# /mnt/autorun

Software -> Install ProLiant Support Pack -> …

Reboot

Modify iptables firewall

# vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
...
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 2301 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 2381 -j ACCEPT
...
# service iptables restart

Get Multi-path Device Mapper for Linux Software. Go to hp.com -> Support & Drivers -> Download drivers and software (and firmware) -> For product: Linux

Select Multi-path Device Mapper for Linux Software

Select Device Mapper Multipath Enablement Kit for HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays

Download HPDMmultipath-4.4.1.tar.gz

# tar zxvf HPDMmultipath-4.4.1.tar.gz
# cd HPDMmultipath-4.4.1
# ./INSTALL
# reboot

Enable Multipathing

# chkconfig multipathd on
# service multipathd start