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Chapter 6. Installing the operating system The blade workstation comes with Microsoft Windows Vista Business Blade PC (64-bit) installed on it. To install a different supported operating system on a blade workstation, download the latest operating-system installation instructions from http://www.ibm.com/ systems/support/ and install the operating system. Go to http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for a list of supported operating systems for the blade workstation. Important: The operating system in the blade workstation must provide USB support for the blade workstation to recognize and use the removable-media drives and front-panel USB ports. Downloading installation instructions To download operating-system installation instructions, complete the following steps. Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. The actual procedure might vary slightly from what is described in this document. 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/. 2. Under Product support, click BladeCenter. 3. From the menu on the left side of the page, click BladeCenter support search. 4. From the Task menu, select Install. 5. From the Product family menu, select BladeCenter HC10. 6. From the Operating system menu, select your operating system, and then click Search to display the available installation documents. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 43

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Chapter
6.
Installing
the
operating
system
The
blade
workstation
comes
with
Microsoft
Windows
Vista
Business
Blade
PC
(64-bit)
installed
on
it.
To
install
a
different
supported
operating
system
on
a
blade
workstation,
download
the
latest
operating-system
installation
instructions
from
systems/support/
and
install
the
operating
system.
Go
to
for
a
list
of
supported
operating
systems
for
the
blade
workstation.
Important:
The
operating
system
in
the
blade
workstation
must
provide
USB
support
for
the
blade
workstation
to
recognize
and
use
the
removable-media
drives
and
front-panel
USB
ports.
Downloading
installation
instructions
To
download
operating-system
installation
instructions,
complete
the
following
steps.
Note:
Changes
are
made
periodically
to
the
IBM
Web
site.
The
actual
procedure
might
vary
slightly
from
what
is
described
in
this
document.
1.
Go
to
2.
Under
Product
support
,
click
BladeCenter
.
3.
From
the
menu
on
the
left
side
of
the
page,
click
BladeCenter
support
search
.
4.
From
the
Task
menu,
select
Install
.
5.
From
the
Product
family
menu,
select
BladeCenter
HC10
.
6.
From
the
Operating
system
menu,
select
your
operating
system,
and
then
click
Search
to
display
the
available
installation
documents.
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2007
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