HP NetServer AA 4000 HP AA HP Netserver 4000 Reference Guide - Page 14

Windows NT and Application Licensing

Get HP NetServer AA 4000 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP NetServer AA 4000 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 14 highlights

HP NetServer AA Windows NT and Application Licensing The HPAA based on the AA 4000 software requires four Windows NT licenses. The CEs must have two licenses of Windows NT Server or Windows NT Enterprise Edition and the two IOPs must have two licenses of any of the Windows NT products (technically, the IOPs will work with Windows NT Workstation). Given these parameters, it is recommended to have four Windows NT Server licenses. Windows NT Enterprise Edition is rarely needed since the HPAA only supports a single CPU and the MS clustering service is not used. Windows NT Workstation is not recommended for the IOPs since future upgrades will not support NT workstation. Windows NT Installations There are three actual installations of Windows NT, one for each IOP and one for both CE's. Because there are four servers each with its own memory and therefore a copy of the NT Kernel, Microsoft requires four total NT licenses. Localized language versions of Windows NT can be installed; however, the AA 4000 software itself is only available in English and Japanese versions. When installing the AA 4000 software, Windows NT must have Service Pack 3 or greater. Application Licensing Though the array is comprised of four NetServer each running their own kernel of Windows NT, the array is only presented as one server to the network. Clients only have one attachment point at any given moment. This combined with the fact that the CEs are only running one copy of Windows NT (in lockstep on two NetServers), means there is only a need for one application server license per array. For example, if the HPAA is going to be an MS Exchange Server for the network, there is only one Exchange Application server license needed. Client licenses are unaffected. The client license requirements would be the same as if there was only one physical server running an application. 1-8 Hewlett-Packard Company

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
HP NetServer AA
Hewlett-Packard Company
1-8
Windows NT and Application Licensing
The HPAA based on the AA 4000 software requires four Windows
NT licenses.
The CEs must have two licenses of Windows NT
Server or Windows NT Enterprise Edition and the two IOPs must
have two licenses of any of the Windows NT products (technically,
the IOPs will work with Windows NT Workstation).
Given these
parameters, it is recommended to have four Windows NT Server
licenses.
Windows NT Enterprise Edition is rarely needed since the
HPAA only supports a single CPU and the MS clustering service is
not used.
Windows NT Workstation is not recommended for the
IOPs since future upgrades will not support NT workstation.
Windows NT Installations
There are three actual installations of Windows NT, one for each
IOP and one for both CE’s.
Because there are four servers each with
its own memory and therefore a copy of the NT Kernel, Microsoft
requires four total NT licenses.
Localized language versions of
Windows NT can be installed; however, the AA 4000 software itself
is only available in English and Japanese versions.
When installing
the AA 4000 software, Windows NT must have Service Pack 3 or
greater.
Application Licensing
Though the array is comprised of four NetServer each running their
own kernel of Windows NT, the array is only presented as one server
to the network.
Clients only have one attachment point at any given
moment.
This combined with the fact that the CEs are only running
one copy of Windows NT (in lockstep on two NetServers), means
there is only a need for one application server license per array.
For
example, if the HPAA is going to be an MS Exchange Server for the
network, there is only one Exchange Application server license
needed.
Client licenses are unaffected.
The client license
requirements would be the same as if there was only one physical
server running an application.