HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release Notes v6.2

New User Interface that is fully compliant with OneVoice2—
— A new CLI tool, SMHConfig, which allows configuration of SMH from the command
line
— Support for IPv6
— Support for Kerberos authentication, which allows using Single-Sign-On to SMH in a
Kerberos environment
— Improved security
— A new localization mechanism, allowing you to add new languages (if needed). Also,
the log messages are localized.
— Session persistence. After a restart, users are redirected automatically to the page they
were on.
• Enhancements to the software installation process to help avoid inadvertent installation of
software on unsupported systems. If the software is not supported on the target system, the
installer warns you with the option to either cancel or continue the installation. Continuing
with the installation results in an unsupported software configuration.
• Various documentation updates.
• Various defect fixes.
System Configurations
Windows Server 2008 may be licensed for up to 64 processors. A processor can contain one or
multiple cores, and each core can be multi-threaded.
Configurations can include:
• HP Super-Scalable Processor Chipsets (sx2000)
• HP mx2 dual-processor modules, with Intel® Itanium® processors
• Intel Itanium processors
• Intel Dual Core Itanium processors
HP Integrity servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 deliver high performance, great
flexibility, and simplified management with exceptional value, and include the following models
and feature sets.
FeaturesModel
• 2-64 Itanium processors with the HP mx2 dual processor module in one cabinet, 2-64
Itanium processors in two cabinets, or 2-64 Intel Dual Core Itanium processors in two
cabinets
• 2 TB memory capacity
• Up to 8 hardware partitions (nPartitions) per cabinet
• 96 Hot-plug PCI-X slots or mixed PCI-X and PCI-Express slots (Up to 192 slots with I/O
Expansion Cabinets)
• Hyper-threading support
• vMedia
• vKVM support
Superdome
(sx2000 chipset)
• 2-16 Itanium processors with the HP mx2 dual-processor module or 2-16 Intel Dual Core
Itanium processors (including 91xx series)
• 512 GB memory capacity
• Up to 4 hardware partitions (nPartitions) with a Server Expansion Unit
• 16 hot-plug PCI-X slots or mixed PCI-X and PCI-Express slots (up to 32 with optional
Server Expansion Unit)
• One 1-Gb LAN port
• Hyper-threading support on Dual Core Itanium processors
• vMedia
• vKVM support
rx8640
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