Setting Up Or Updating Multiple Servers - IBM eServer 445 xSeries Hardware Maintenance Manual And Troubleshooting Manual

Table 1. Supported operating systems and the configurations they support
Operating system
®
Microsoft Windows NT Server
4.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000
Server
Microsoft Windows 2000
Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000
Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Datacenter Edition
Novell NetWare 6.5
Red Hat Linux Advanced
Server 2.1
SCO UnixWare 7.1.3
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
8.0
VMware ESX Server 2.0

Setting up or updating multiple servers

You can use the ServerGuide program to create diskettes that help you set up or
update multiple servers. You can modify information on the diskettes as you use
them to set up or update other servers.
Note: Availability and function can vary by server model and by the hardware that
You can create a setup-replication diskette, which contains your hardware
configuration selections. Use this diskette to replicate selections to other servers
that are of the same model.
You can create an operating-system replication diskette, which contains information
that you need to complete multiple installations. Not all operating systems support
operating-system replication diskettes.
Maximum
ServerGuide memory and
support SMP support
No 4 GB, Single SMP
Expansion module
only (2-way with
Intel Xeon DP
microprocessors,
4-way with Intel
Xeon MP
microprocessors)
Yes 4 GB, 4-way
Yes 8 GB, 8-way
No 32 GB, 16-way
Yes 4 GB, 4-way
Yes 32 GB, 8-way
No 64 GB, 16-way
No 64 GB, 8-way
No 16 GB, 8-way
No 64 GB, 8-way
No 32 GB, 8-way
No 64 GB, 16-way
is installed.
Hot-plug Memory Hyper-
PCI hot-add threading
support support support
No No No
Yes No No
Yes No No
Yes No Yes
Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes
Yes No Yes
No No Yes
Yes No Yes
No No No
Chapter 2. Configuration
RSA II-EXA
support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
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