Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers

IPMI and WS-Management for the HP ProLiant 100 Series servers

The HP ProLiant 100 Series servers listed in Table 6 contain a Baseboard Management Controller

(BMC).

Table 6. Supported ProLiant 100 Series Servers with Baseboard Management Controller

Server platform ROM family Minimum ROM date

ProLiant DL140 G2 DL140G2 03/31/06

ProLiant DL140 G3 DL140G3 06/18/06

ProLiant DL145 G2 DL145G2 03/23/06

ProLiant ML110 G3 ML110G3 02/13/06

ProLiant ML110 G4 ML110G4 06/05/06

HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500

Series servers

For HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers that do not contain IPMI

hardware, the IPMI Provider is required for IPMI functionality. The HP IPMI Provider emulates the

Microsoft IPMI Provider by collecting IPMI data from the HP System Management Controller Driver

and making it available through the “root\hardware” WMI namespace.

ProLiant 300 and 500 Series G4 servers and older require the IPMI Provider that is included in the

Windows Server 2008 PSP 8.00.

Failover Clustering

Failover clustering is available in the Enterprise and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2008.

Installed through the Add Features menu in Server Manager, failover clustering allows multiple servers

to work together to increase the availability of applications and services. Windows Server 2008

failover clustering does not support parallel SCSI-based storage solutions. Only SCSI-3 command-

capable storage functions with Windows Server 2008 failover clustering.

HP delivers intelligent fault resilience with its High Availability Clustering product solutions and kits

built on industry standard ProLiant servers running Windows Server 2008 and Smart Array Cluster

Storage, or StorageWorks platforms integrated with HP management tools.

Administrators should review the Microsoft documentation for failover clustering at:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/3ce5c4f2-558d-4daf-ae86-

54c9734a53bf1033.mspx?mfr=true.

NOTE

Storage that was compatible with server clusters in Windows

Server 2003 might not be compatible with failover clusters in

Windows Server 2008.