HP ProLiant DL280 Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant se - Page 1

Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers integration note, 2nd edition Abstract...3 Introduction to Windows Server 2008...3 Server Core Installations ...4 Server Roles ...4 Read-Only Domain Controllers...5 Networking requirements ...5 TCP/IP ...5 NDIS 6.0 ...5 IPv6 ...5 Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA 5 Supported configurations ...6 Recommended system configuration 7 Recommended ProLiant server platforms 8 Supported components for ProLiant servers 10 Software drivers...10 Management software ...10 Storage options ...11 Tape options ...13 Network interface controllers ...14 IPMI and WS-Management ...15 IPMI and WS-Management for the HP ProLiant 100 Series servers 16 HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers 16 Failover Clustering ...16 Storage requirements...17 Configuring EVA host connections...17 Windows Server 2008 installation for 32-bit and 64-bit editions on ProLiant servers 18 Pre-installation tasks...18 Installation procedure ...18 Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 19 Application requirements for Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 upgrades 19 Upgrade policies ...20 Installing the ProLiant Support Pack ...20 Getting PSP updates ...20 NIC Teaming driver...20 Appendix A: known issues and workarounds 23 ProLiant servers with Windows Server 2008 23 Windows Server 2008 ProLiant Support Pack (PSP 24