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Introduction The HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack enables the installation of supported operating systems using either a scripted or an imaged installation. Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3 list the platforms supported by the Rapid Deployment Pack and the supported operating systems for each platform. Accessing additional information Before using RDP to perform an operating system installation: 1. Review and implement any predeployment steps for the hardware configuration or operating system as described in the "Predeployment configuration" section of the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack-Windows Edition User Guide. 2. Verify that the minimum firmware requirements for target platforms are met. To determine minimum firmware requirements, see the Rapid Deployment Pack Knowledge Base article, "Minimum Firmware Requirements for Target Servers," Article #200, at http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp/kb. 3. Verify that any special instructions are completed. To locate any special instructions, search for the server model name, NIC name, or operating system in the Rapid Deployment Pack Knowledge Base at http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp/kb. Supported operating systems The following operating systems are supported for deployment using the Rapid Deployment Pack: • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and Advanced Server Service Pack 4 • Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Service Pack 1, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Web Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition and Enterprise x64 Edition (scripted installation and Sysprep imaging only) • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition and Enterprise x64 Edition (scripted installation and Sysprep imaging only) • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Computer Cluster x64 Edition (For a list of supported servers see http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/windows/index-all.html ) NEW • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise IA64 Edition (scripted installation and Sysprep imaging only) • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition (imaging only) • Microsoft Windows Vista ™ (imaging only) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 Update 4 for Intel Itanium (IA64) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 Update 4 for x86 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 Update 4 for AMD64 and Intel® EM64T (x86-64) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86 (scripted installation only) NEW • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T (x86-64) (scripted installation only) NEW • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T (x86-64) • VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 (scripted installation only) • VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 (scripted installation only) IMPORTANT: Not every disk storage controller and processor configuration is supported with VMware ESX Server. For supported server configurations, see the ProLiant Server VMware Support Matrix at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware/hpvmwarecert.html. Introduction 4