Implementing Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers

Table 1. Recommended system configuration

Requirement

Component

Management Server Security Server Messaging Server

NICs One, 100 Mbps

(minimum)

Two, 100 Mbps (minimum) One, 100 Mbps

(minimum)

DVD-ROM DVD-ROM drive that can boot from the system BIOS or a peripheral connection such as

a USB port

Failover drive Dedicated hot swap hard disk drive configured for RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume failover

Power Redundant power supply for each server

Supported ProLiant platforms

Table 2 lists the ProLiant servers that support Windows Essential Business Server 2008. ROM version

and ROM date are included. Refer to the following web resources to assist in determining the ROM

version and family of the supported ProLiant server.

• Software and drivers:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductRoot.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135.

• Windows on ProLiant support matrix:

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/605841-0-0-0-

121.html.

Table 2. ProLiant server platforms that support Windows Essential Business Server 2008

Server platform ROM family ROM date (minimum) Supports Windows

Server 2008

Hyper-V

ProLiant BL servers:

ProLiant BL260c G5 I20 02/14/08 Yes

ProLiant BL460c I15 08/21/07 Yes

ProLiant BL465c A13 09/20/07 Yes

ProLiant BL465c G5 A13G5 09/20/07 Yes

ProLiant BL480c I14 08/21/07 Yes

ProLiant DL servers:

ProLiant DL120 G5

2008.07.03 07/03/08 No

ProLiant DL160 G5

2008.08.22 10/06/08 Yes

ProLiant DL160 G5p 2008.08.22 10/06/08 Yes

ProLiant DL165 G5

2008.08.15 09/10/08 Yes

ProLiant DL180

DL180 06/18/06 No