HP 124708-001 - ProLiant Cluster - 1850 Implementation Manual

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Implementing Microsoft Windows Server2008 on HP ProLiant serversintegration note, 2nd editionAbstract.............................................................................................................................................. 3Introduction to Windows Server 2008.................................................................................................... 3Server Core Installations ................................................................................................................... 4Server Roles .................................................................................................................................... 4Read-Only Domain Controllers........................................................................................................... 5Networking requirements .................................................................................................................. 5TCP/IP ........................................................................................................................................ 5NDIS 6.0 .................................................................................................................................... 5IPv6 ............................................................................................................................................ 5Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) .................................................................................. 5Supported configurations .................................................................................................................. 6Recommended system configuration ................................................................................................... 7Recommended ProLiant server platforms ................................................................................................. 8Supported components for ProLiant servers ........................................................................................... 10Software drivers............................................................................................................................. 10Management software .................................................................................................................... 10Storage options ............................................................................................................................. 11Tape options ................................................................................................................................. 13Network interface controllers ........................................................................................................... 14IPMI and WS-Management ................................................................................................................. 15IPMI and WS-Management for the HP ProLiant 100 Series servers ....................................................... 16HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers ......................... 16Failover Clustering ............................................................................................................................. 16Storage requirements...................................................................................................................... 17Configuring EVA host connections.................................................................................................... 17Windows Server 2008 installation for 32-bit and 64-bit editions on ProLiant servers.................................. 18Pre-installation tasks........................................................................................................................ 18Installation procedure ..................................................................................................................... 18Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 .......................................................... 19Application requirements for Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 upgrades ...................... 19Upgrade policies ........................................................................................................................... 20Installing the ProLiant Support Pack ...................................................................................................... 20Getting PSP updates ....................................................................................................................... 20NIC Teaming driver........................................................................................................................ 20Appendix A: known issues and workarounds ........................................................................................ 23ProLiant servers with Windows Server 2008 ..................................................................................... 23Windows Server 2008 ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) ........................................................................... 24