Implementing Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers

Table 4. Supported ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet NICs available on PSP 8.11 and the Windows media

Gigabit NIC Driver

NC371i BXVBDA.SYS

NC373T/F/M/i BXVBDA.SYS

NC374M BXVBDA.SYS

NC380T BXVBDA.SYS

NC6170 N1G5132E.SYS

NC7170 N1G5132E.SYS

NC7761 Q57AMD64.SYS

NC7771 Q57AMD64.SYS

NC7781 Q57AMD64.SYS

NC7782 PCI-X Q57AMD64.SYS

Deploying Windows Essential Business Server 2008 on

ProLiant servers

Pre-installation tasks

To prepare for installation, ensure that the following conditions are met:

• The server selected for installation is listed in Table 1 as having the necessary support.

• Ensure the latest ROM is installed on the server.

• Any additional storage options added to the server are listed as supported ProLiant storage options.

• Any additional NICs added to the server are listed as supported ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet NICs.

• Go to the support and drivers page at

www.hp.com/support to obtain the supported ROM for

Windows Server 2008 installations for the server.

• Use the RBSU to set date/time and configure the boot controller order (if necessary).

• Use the Online RAID Configuration Utility (ORCA) to configure the RAID settings for the server.