IBM 887022X User Manual - Page 41
Installing, operating, system, without, ServerGuide
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The following table contains information about the supported operating systems. Note: All listed operating systems are supported by the Remote Supervisor Adapter. Table 1. Supported operating systems and the configurations they support Operating system ServerGuide Maximum memory and SMP support support Hot-plug PCI support Microsoft Windows NT® No Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition 4 GB, Single SMP Expansion No module only (2-way with Intel Xeon DP microprocessors, 4-way with Intel Xeon MP microprocessors) Microsoft Windows 2000 Yes 4 GB, 4-way Yes Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Yes 8 GB, 8-way Yes Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 No 32 GB, 16-way Yes Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows Server Yes 4 GB, 4-way Yes 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server Yes 32 GB, 8-way Yes 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server No 64 GB, 16-way Yes 2003 Datacenter Edition Novell NetWare 6.5 No 64 GB, 8-way Yes Red Hat Linux Advanced No 16 GB, 8-way Yes Server 2.1 SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 No 64 GB, 8-way No SuSE Linux Enterprise No 32 GB, 8-way Yes Server 8 VMware ESX Server 2.0 No 64 GB, 16-way No Memory hot-add support No Hyperthreading support No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No RSA II-EXA support No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Installing your operating system without ServerGuide If you have already configured the server hardware and you decide not to use the ServerGuide program to install your operating system, complete the following steps to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the IBM Support Web page: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. 2. In the Learn section, click Online publications. 3. On the "Online publications" page, in the Brand field, select Servers. 4. In the Family field, select xSeries 445. 5. Click Continue. 6. In the View by document type field, select OS installation. 7. Select the instructions for your operating system. Chapter 2. Configuring the server 29