Setting Up Or Updating Multiple Servers - IBM xSeries 445 8870 User Manual

3. With some operating-system installations, you can create an operating-system
4. The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that are
5. If you are installing the operating system from diskettes, the ServerGuide
6. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD and
The following table contains information about the operating systems supported by
the server:
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 Yes
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 6.0
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
SCO UnixWare 7.1.3
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
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
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replication diskette for setting up additional servers. This diskette contains the
Internet protocol (IP) address, server name, and other selections.
based on your operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives.
program lists the diskettes that you must create and the optional device-driver
diskettes (for installed adapters or controllers) that you might want to create.
restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system
takes control to complete the installation.
ServerGuide
support
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
is installed.
Maximum Hot-plug
memory and SMP PCI
support support
4 GB, Single SMP No
Expansion module
only (2-way with
Intel Xeon DP
microprocessors,
4-way with Intel
Xeon MP
microprocessors)
4 GB, 4-way Yes
8 GB, 8-way Yes
32 GB, 16-way Yes
4 GB, 4-way Yes
32 GB, 8-way Yes
64 GB, 16-way Yes
64 GB, 8-way Yes
16 GB, 8-way Yes
64 GB, 8-way No
32 GB, 8-way Yes
64 GB, 16-way No
Memory Hyper-
hot-add threading
support support
No No
No No
No No
No Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No No