Installing Windows Server 2003 on HP Integrity Systems (for Windows Server 2008 v6.1 License Holders)

InstallingWindowsServer2003onHPIntegritySystems
(forWindowsServer2008LicenseHolders)
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MicrosoftnowofferslicensesforonlythelatestversionofWindowsServeronIntegrity
(WindowsServer2008forItanium‐basedSystems).However,Microsoftgivescustomerswho
purchasealicenseforWindowsServer2008forItanium‐basedSystemstherightto
“downgrade”andinstallWindowsServer2003DatacenterEditionforItanium‐basedSystems.
Foracompletelistingofthesedowngraderights,refertothechartonMicrosoft’swebsite:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/downgrade‐right
s.aspx
DowngradingtoWindowsServer2003onIntegritysystemsrequiresthefollowing:
 purchaseofaWindowsServer2008license
 theWindowsServer2003installationmedia
 the25‐digitProductKeyfromtheMicrosoftWindowsServer2003DatacenterEdition
forItanium‐BasedSystemsCertificateofAuthenticity(COA)
YourWindowsServer2003do
wngradeinstallationoptionsinclude:
1. UsingyourpreviouslypurchasedinstallationmediaforWindowsServer2003for
Itanium‐basedSystemsandtheassociatedProductKey.Theinstallationmediaand
ProductKeymustbothcomefromthesamevendor,eitherHewlett‐Packard,or
Microsoft,orsomeotherMicrosoftAuthorizedReseller.Ifyouusemediathatisnot
suppliedbyHewlett‐Packard,HPrecommendsusingtheHPSmartSetupmediaandHP
SmartUpdatemediaaftertheOSinstallation,inordertoobtainthelatestHPvalue‐
addedsoftware(drivers,tools,utilities,manageabilityagents)forHPIntegrityServers
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2. UsingtheMicrosoftWindowsServer2003,DatacenterEditionwithSP2forItanium‐
basedSystemsReinstallationmediaincludedinthiskit.FortheProductKey,youcan
either:
a. ReuseanexistingHewlett‐PackardOEMProductKeyfromanyWindowsServer
2003DatacenterEditionforItanium‐basedSystemsCOA,or
b. ObtainaWindows2003OEMProdu
ctKeyfromHPbysendingarequestto
[e-mail].Pleaseprovidecompletecontactinformationandacopyof
yourWindowsServer2008invoice.
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PartNumber:5992‐5597 *5992-5597*