Required hardware and software
The following table lists the hardware and software required to boot from a SAN.
Table 3 Required hardware and software
Supported feature
Operating systems
RAID arrays
Fibre Channel
switches
Servers
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Boot from SAN
Requirement
Datacenter Enterprise and Standard editions of:
•
Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems.
•
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based systems.
•
Windows Server 2003 x86/x64.
•
Windows Server 2008 x86/x64
NOTE:
All operating systems requires the latest supported Microsoft Service Pack.
EVA
MSA
XP
All HP supported Fibre Channel switches, running the latest released switch firmware
are supported in a Boot From SAN configuration. For more information, see the website
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/index.html
All HP ProLiant servers, including HP ProLiant blade servers, are supported unless
otherwise noted. For more information, see the website
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/storage.html
If you are using the Rapid Deployment Pack, see the support matrix for the supported
servers on the website
http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp
NOTE:
Boot from SAN does not support the DL140 and DL145 line of servers.