Nguyen Hai Chau wrote: > Hi All > > > > I will need to install CentOS 5.3 on HP DL380 R05 server with RAID-1 > required. I am a newbie to CentOS / HP servers, need your help: The specs look like a DL380 G5, perhaps that is the same as the "R05". As another poster mentioned it should work fine. I used CentOS 4.4 on DL380G5s about a year and a half ago without issue either. My only suggestion is to either install over a serial connection with the iLO or configure a serial console after you install as the iLO 2 standard license does not allow VGA connectivity after the bios POSTs, unlike previous iLOs. Remote serial console is unrestricted however. Of course this is a non issue if you don't use iLO or have an advanced license key. You can get free 30 day iLO license keys from HP's website. Also at least at the time remote VGA console was not available via SSH, only remote serial console. iLO 1 provided limited remote VGA in text modes via SSH. So that's another reason to stick to serial, faster to get to the console via ssh than it is via a web browser typically. And by all means stick to the HP hardware RAID, especially if you have the battery backed cache, much better than software raid. The DL380G5s are great boxes, I do miss mine(had them at my previous company, new company is Dell..) nate