HP BL680c Implementing Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 (R - Page 1

Implementing Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 on HP ProLiant servers integration note Abstract...2 Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 3 Terminology ...3 Applicable environments...3 New in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 4 Obtaining Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 4 Guest Operating Systems Supported with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 4 Configuration requirements ...5 Recommended system configurations 5 Microsoft recommendations ...5 HP recommendations ...6 Processor requirements...6 Supported HP ProLiant servers ...7 Supported ProLiant components ...8 Software ...8 Storage options...8 Network interface controllers ...11 Deploying Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 on ProLiant servers 13 Pre-installation tasks...13 Enable support for hardware assisted virtualization in the RBSU 14 ProLiant servers with Intel Processors 14 ProLiant servers with AMD processors 16 Install Windows Server 2008 ...17 Install the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP 18 PSP requirements ...18 Installing the PSP ...19 Install Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 server role 20 Appendix A: Known issues and workarounds 21 Support delivery ...23 For more information...23 Call to action ...23