HP Advanced Services zl Module with Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Installation and Getting Started Guide

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Hardware Installation

Overview

The HP Advanced Services zl Module with Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008

R2 (J9666A) is a zl switch module with integrated Windows Server 2008 R2,

Standard Edition, software. The module has a 250GB hard disk drive (HDD)

and 4GB of DDR3 memory. The server software on the HDD is prelicensed.

You install the Advanced Services Module with Microsoft Windows Server

2008 R2 in an HP E5400 zl or E8200 zl Series switch. The module automatically

boots to the Windows Server 2008 R2 OS.

The software license allows you to run one instance of the server in the

physical operating system environment (POSE) and one in a virtual operating

system environment (VOSE). However, if you are running an instance in the

VOSE, the instance in the POSE can do nothing but manage the instance in

the VOSE. For more information on using virtualization with Windows Server

2008 R2, see the Microsoft web site at http://www.microsoft.com/

windowserver2008.

Because the server is headless, you access it through a Remote Desktop

Protocol (RDP) connection. You can then manage the server just as you would

a server that runs on traditional server hardware. You can also manage the

module itself with an easy to use Command Line Interface (CLI) that is

accessed through the CLI for the switch that houses the module.

Table 1-1 lists the tasks that you will perform to get your module up and

running.

Important HP zl switch software version K.14.65 or later is required. Version K.15.03 or

later is recommended because this version allows an E8200 zl switch with dual

management modules to gracefully shut down and restart the module in case

of a management module failover. Earlier software versions power down the

module without the graceful shutdown. For more information, see Appendix