HP Integrity Servers with Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2008 Overview HP Part Number: 5992-4502 Published: September 2008 Edition: 2
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About This Document This document introduces the Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2008 for HP Integrity servers products and describes the structure of the documentation. In addition, it provides recommended reading paths through the documentation. Intended Audience This document is intended for IT professionals who install, configure, and manage HP Integrity servers that run the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
1 Introduction The HP Windows Solution Release 6.1 is a tested set of HP manageability software, I/O card drivers and firmware, the Windows Server operating system, and Microsoft QFEs. This set has been tested with each HP Integrity platform supported in this release. Release 6.1 supports both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
NOTE: For Integrity servers that come with the Windows Server operating system preloaded, you are prompted to update the Support Pack from the Smart Setup CD to get the latest versions of the Smart Components. HP recommends that you update the Support Pack. Windows Solution Documentation The documentation for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 for HP Integrity servers is comprehensive and varied. It is delivered on the web at http://docs.hp.com.
Cards installed in PCIe slots Cards installed in mezzanine slots Network Cards Generic PCIe Guide Network Cards Generic Mezzanine Guide Installing SCSI controllers To install a SCSI controller, see the following guide: A7173A A7173A PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide for HP Integrity Servers Installing RAID SmartArray Controllers To install a RAID SmartArray controller, see the following guides for your specific controller: E500 HP Smart Array E500 Controller for Integr
Installing the software To install the Windows Server operating system on your HP Integrity server, see the following documents: • • Installation Guide for Windows Server 2003 Installation Guide for Windows Server 2008 In addition, the following installations are supported: • Cluster installations • SAN installations • Installations to multiple systems using Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) • Installations to multiple systems using the Smart Setup Scripting Toolkit (SSTK) • Installations using the 1068 control
Performing administrative tasks After installing the Integrity Support Pack and HP Integrity Management Agents, you can perform the following additional tasks: • Add and remove PCI cards (hot-plug operations) on HP Integrity servers.
Windows Server from the Smart Setup CD. For additional information about HP SMH, see the following documents: • • • System Management Homepage Release Notes System Management Homepage Installation Guide System Management Homepage User Guide For information about the management agents, see the Installation Guide for Windows Server 2003 or Installation Guide for Windows Server 2008 and the HP SMH online help.
