HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release Notes v6.2

NOTE: The Intel Dual Core Itanium processor (Intel Itanium 90xx and 91xx family) is supported

by the sx2000 chipset used in the rx8640, rx7640, and Superdome SX2000.

Software Requirements

In addition to the software included from HP, the following software is required.

Web Browser

The browser-based interface to the HP Smart Setup and Smart Update CDs requires Internet

Explorer version 5.1 or higher. The latest version of Internet Explorer is available from the

Microsoft download site at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx.

NOTE: System Management Homepage (SMH) version 3.0 on SSM 6.2 supports Internet

Explorer up to version 7.0. A future version of SMH will support Internet Explorer 8.

TCP/IP and SNMP

HP Insight Management Agents require installation and configuration of TCP/IP and SNMP.

You must configure this feature through the Server Manager. See the Windows Server 2008 Server

Manager Technical Overview at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/

18dd1257-2cd1-48f0-91f1-3012cf0fcc831033.mspx?mfr=true.

Utility Meter

Pay Per Use (PPU) 7.1 software requires Utility Meter software version 7.3 or higher.

Supported Components

The following tables list the components that are supported on each server:

Superdome (with sx2000 chipset)

Table 1-1 Components supported with Superdome SX2000

• Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based SystemsOperating System

• HP PCI-X Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet SX adapter (A9899A)

• HP PCI-X Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet TX adapter (A9900A)

• HP PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter (AD385A)

• HP PCIe Gigabit Ethernet adapter SX 2P (AD338A)

• HP PCIe Gigabit Ethernet adapter TX 2P (AD337A)

LAN Adapter

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