Complete The 0Perating System Setup - Dell PowerEdge DP884 Getting Started Manual

Complete the 0perating System Setup

If you purchased a preinstalled operating system, see the operating system
documentation that ships with your system. To install an operating system
for the first time, see the installation and configuration documentation for
your operating system. Be sure the operating system is installed before
installing hardware or software not purchased with the system.
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• Citrix XenServer
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• Microsoft
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web, Standard, and Enterprise
(32-bit x86) Gold editions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web, Standard, Enterprise,
and Datacenter (x64) Gold editions
• Microsoft Window Small Business Server 2008, Standard and Premium
(x64) editions.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web, Standard, and Enterprise
(32-bit x86) editions with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise (x64) editions
with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise (32-bit x86)
editions with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
(x64) editions with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard and Premium
editions with SP2
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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and AS 4.7 (x86_64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Server (x86_32)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Server (x86_64)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (x86_64)
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• VMware ESX Version 4.0 and 3.5, Update 4 (when available)
• VMware ESXi Version 4.0 and 3.5, Update 4 (when available)
NOTE:
For the latest information on supported operating systems,
see www.dell.com.
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Getting Started With Your System
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5.0 with hotfix 1 or later
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Windows Server
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2008 Hyper-V
ES and AS 4.7 (x86)