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Microsoft Updates The following issues are documented on the Microsoft® Help and Support website at support.microsoft.com: • Systems running Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 or Windows Server 2008 cannot be set to hibernation if they have more than 4 GB of memory installed. For more information about enabling hibernation on systems with more than 4 GB of memory, see the knowledge base article KB888575 at microsoft.com. • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot be installed or run on systems with 1 TB of system memory and cannot resume from hibernation mode. This issue may occur either in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) or in legacy BIOS modes. For more information, see the knowledge base article KB980598 at microsoft.com. • Systems running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 do not support iSCSI boot when they have an SD card installed in the internal SD module. In addition, iSCSI boot does not work when an external USB storage device is plugged into the system. For more information, see the knowledge base article KB968410 at microsoft.com. Flash Memory The VFlash media provided by Dell is not partitioned to support the iDRAC6 Enterprise virtual flash feature. When you use the virtual flash feature for the first time, you are prompted to format the media using the iDRAC GUI. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Address Limitation With 1 TB (When Memory RAS Mode is Not Used) Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.4 has an address limitation with 1 TB of system memory. To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, use the mem= 1024M boot time switch. The system does not boot to the operating system unless a boot time switch mem=1024G is used. For more information, see the knowledge base article at kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-25412. Information Update 3

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Information Update
3
Microsoft Updates
The following issues are documented on the Microsoft
®
Help and Support
website at
support.microsoft.com
:
•
Systems running Microsoft Windows Server
®
2003 or Windows
Server 2008 cannot be set to hibernation if they have more than 4 GB of
memory installed. For more information about enabling hibernation on
systems with more than 4 GB of memory, see the knowledge base article
KB888575 at
microsoft.com
.
•
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot be installed or run on systems
with 1 TB of system memory and cannot resume from hibernation mode.
This issue may occur either in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI) or in legacy BIOS modes. For more information, see the knowledge
base article KB980598
at
microsoft.com
.
•
Systems running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 do not support iSCSI
boot when they have an SD card installed in the internal SD module. In
addition, iSCSI boot does not work when an external USB storage device is
plugged into the system. For more information, see the knowledge base
article KB968410 at
microsoft.com
.
Flash Memory
The VFlash media provided by Dell is not partitioned to support the iDRAC6
Enterprise virtual flash feature. When you use the virtual flash feature for the
first time, you are prompted to format the media using the iDRAC GUI.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Address Limitation
With 1 TB (When Memory RAS Mode is Not Used)
Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
5.4 has an address limitation with 1 TB of
system memory. To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, use the
mem=
1024M
boot time switch. The system does not boot to the operating system
unless a boot time switch
mem=1024G
is used. For more information, see the
knowledge base article at
kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-25412
.