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SLES 10 Enterprise Installation Checklist

Dr. Nikolai Bezroukov

(version 3.0,  Created May 18, 2007; Last modified Aug 22, 2009)

Server: ______________________________

  1. Configure RAID and Create Dell Service Partition
  2. Boot from Suse SP2 Installation DVD or Other Medium
  3. Partition the Harddrives
  4. Select set of packages to be installed
  5. Configure root and Perform network configuration
  6. Reboot the system and perform post-install configuration
  7. Harden the server

Before You Begin

Before you install a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 verify the following:

  1. You have Dell Installation and Server management disk

  2. You have a registration number from Novell

  3. DRAC card is configured and you can access it from your PC. 

  4. You are using Suse 10 installation the DVD with  SP2 not the original GA release.

  5. Server IP addresses corresponds to those in DNS.

  6. Network masks and gateway information that you have are correct.

Note: Make sure you are using Suse 10 installation the DVD with  SP2 not the original GA release.  Mistakes happen...



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Last modified: August 21, 2009