HP Integrity rx8640, HP 9000 rp8440 Server User Service Guide

4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
This chapter presents procedures for booting an operating system (OS) on an nPartition (hardware
partition) and procedures for shutting down the OS.
Operating Systems Supported on Cell-based HP Servers
HP supports nPartitions on cell-based HP 9000 servers and cell-based HP Integrity servers. The
following list describes the OSes supported on cell-based servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset.
• HP 9000 servers have PA-RISC processors and include the following cell-based models based
on the HP sx2000 chipset:
— HP 9000 Superdome (SD16B, SD32B, and SD64B models)
— HP rp8440
— HP rp7440
These HP 9000 servers run HP-UX 11i Version 1 (B.11.11). See “Booting and Shutting Down
HP-UX” (page 86) for details on booting an OS on these servers.
• HP Integrity servers have Intel® Itanium® processors and include the following cell-based
models based on the HP sx2000 chipset:
— HP Integrity Superdome (SD16B, SD32B, and SD64B models)
— HP rx8640
— HP rx7640
All HP Integrity servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset run the following OSes:
— HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23) – See “Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX” (page 86) for
details.
— Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 – See “Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows”
(page 101) for details.
HP Integrity servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset run the following OSes only in nPartitions
that have dual-core Intel® Itanium® processors:
— HP OpenVMS I64 8.3 — Supported only in nPartitions that have dual-core Intel® Itanium®
processors. Prior releases of OpenVMS I64 are not supported on servers based on the HP
sx2000 chipset.
See “Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS I64” (page 97) for details.
— Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4— On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset, is
supported only in nPartitions that have dual-core Intel® Itanium® processors. Prior releases
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not supported on servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset.
NOTE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will be supported soon after the release of cell-based HP
Integrity servers with the Intel® Itanium® dual-core processor. It is not supported on these
servers when they first release.
See “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” (page 106) for details.
— SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 — On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset, is supported
only in nPartitions that have dual-core Intel® Itanium® processors. Prior releases of SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server are not supported on servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset.
NOTE: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 is supported on HP rx8640 servers, and will be
supported on other cell-based HP Integrity servers with the Intel® Itanium® 2 dual-core processor
(rx7640 and Superdome) soon after release of those servers.
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