Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 R2, Standard, Enterprise, and Web Editions With SP2 (32-Bit, x86) for Dell™ PowerEdge™ Systems Important Information
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Contents Minimum Supported BIOS, System Firmware, and RAID Controller Driver Versions . . . . . . . . . Adding Trusted Sites to Your Browser . . . . . . . . . Hardware Management Component in Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard and Enterprise x86 Editions With SP2 . . . . 5 12 . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Windows Activation Requirements . Known Issues Index . . . .
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This document provides important information about Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 R2, Standard, Enterprise, and Web x86 Edition with SP2 operating systems.
If your system is not listed in either Table 1-1 or Table 1-2, see your system documentation to determine whether SP2 is a supported operating system. Table 1-3 lists the minimum BIOS requirements for Execute Disable (XD) and Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) support. PowerEdge systems with Intel EM64T technology support the following features in SP2: • Data Execution Prevention (DEP), which requires XD-supported processors that are shipped with supported PowerEdge systems since October 2004.
Table 1-1. Minimum Supported BIOS/BMC Versions (continued) PowerEdge System Supported BIOS/BMC Version 2950 1.2.0/A04 or later 2970 1.0.0/A00 or later 6800 A04/A09 or later 6850 A04/A09 or later 6950 1.1.2/A02 or later SC420 A02 or later SC430 A04 or later SC440 1.2.0 or later SC1420 A04 or later SC1425 A03/A07 or later SC1430 1.1.0 or later SC1435 1.0.
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Table 1-2. Minimum Supported Versions of System Firmware and RAID Controller Driver Product and Supported Platforms Supported Firmware Version Supported Driver Version Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 5/E 00.10.49.00.06.12.02.00 1.24.04.00 or later or later SAS 5/i 00.10.49.00.06.12.02.00 1.24.04.00 or later or later SAS 5/iR on PowerEdge 840, 860, 1900, 2900, 2970, 6950, SC440, SC1430, SC1435 00.10.49.00.06.12.02.00 1.24.04.00 or later SAS 5/iR on PowerEdge 1955 00.10.49.00.06.12.02.00 1.24.04.
Table 1-2. Minimum Supported Versions of System Firmware and RAID Controller Driver (continued) Product and Supported Platforms Supported Firmware Version Supported Driver Version PERC 2/Si (PE2400) 2.8.1.6098 or later 2.8.0.6085 or later PERC 2/SC 3.13 or later 6.46.2.32 or later PERC 2/DC on PE 2300, 4300, and 6300 1.06 or later 6.46.2.32 or later PERC 2/DC on PE 2400, 4400, and 6400 1.06 or later 6.46.2.
Table 1-3. Minimum BIOS Requirements for XD and EIST Support on Dell PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge System Minimum BIOS Revision Required for XD Support Minimum BIOS Revision Required for EIST Support 830 A04 A04 840 A02 A02 850 A04 A04 860 A02 A02 1800 A07 A07 1850 A06 A06 1855 A05 A05 1900 1.2.0 1.2.0 1950 1.2.0 1.2.0 1955 1.1.0 1.1.0 2800 A06 A06 2850 A06 A06 2900 1.2.0 1.2.0 2950 1.2.0 1.2.0 6800 A04 A04 6850 A04 A04 SC430 A04 A04 SC440 1.2.0 1.2.
Adding Trusted Sites to Your Browser Due to enhanced Microsoft security standards, you may be prompted to add an Internet or intranet site to the trusted sites zone when you initially access the site. To add trusted sites to your browser 1 In the Tools menu, click Internet Options. The Internet Options window appears. 2 Click the Security tab. The Security tab menu appears. 3 Click Trusted sites→ Sites. The Trusted sites window appears.
For detailed instructions on installing the additional R2 components, see the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard, Enterprise, and Web x86 Editions with SP2 for Dell PowerEdge Systems Installation and Setup Guide located on the User Guides website at www.dell.com/ostechsheets.
Table 1-4 provides the support matrix for the R2 IPMI driver and the Dell OpenManage IPMI driver on PowerEdge systems. Table 1-4.
Table 1-4.
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Known Issues This section contains known issues related to Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard, Enterprise, and Web x86 Editions with SP2 operating system. • Assigning static IP addresses to virtual bus driver network interfaces fails during an unattended installation of the operating system All the parameters that are specified in the TcpipParams.AdapterX section in the unattended file are restored to the default values after the operating system installation is complete.
• Windows Deployment Services (WDS) installation of the x64 operating system on an x64-based client computer fails to start If you install an x64 operating system from a Windows Server 2003- based computer running WDS, the following error messages may appear: PXE-T01: File not Found and PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - File not Found This issue occurs because the client computer reports an incorrect architecture to the WDS. To work around this issue, use the Wdsutil.
• Compatibility issues with third party HyperTerminal Compatibility issues exist between Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard, Enterprise, and Web x86 Editions with SP2 and certain terminal emulation programs such as Hilgraeve HyperTerminal v6.3. It is not possible to establish a serial connection between the two systems. • Onboard SATA controller on the PowerEdge systems that have ICH5R or ICH6R as Intel I/O Controller Hub (south bridge) are shown as Ultra ATA controllers.
To change the current language setting, run the following command from the command prompt muisetup.exe /i To remove the current language setting, run the following command from the command prompt muisetup.exe /u NOTE: You can find the list of language IDs in the help file. For information about the issues in other versions of Windows Server 2003 R2 With SP2, see the corresponding Important Information document located on the Dell documentation website at www.dell.
Index B K BIOS minimum requirements for EIST support, 10-11 minimum requirements for XD support, 10-11 System, 5 known issues and problems IPMI driver appears as a yellow bang, 18 M Microsoft, 12 D Device Manager yellow bang, 17 T trusted sites adding to browser, 12 E EIST, 10-11 H W Windows Server 2003 R2 Important Information, 12 Hardware Management, 12 X I Important Information Windows Server 2003 R2, 12 IPMI device, 13 drivers, 13 XD, 10-11 Y yellow bang, 17 Index 21
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