Configuration Requirements; Recommended System Configurations; Microsoft Recommendations - HP BL680c - ProLiant - G5 Configuration

Configuration requirements

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 uses an advanced feature of processors known as hardware
assisted virtualization. On Intel-based ProLiant servers, this feature is referred to as Intel
Technology, or VT-x. For AMD-based ProLiant servers, this feature is called AMD-Virtualization, or
AMD-V. Since this feature is disabled by default on most ProLiant severs, it must be enabled prior to
installing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1. Refer to the section "Enabling support for hardware
assisted virtualization in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)."

Recommended system configurations

Microsoft and HP established the recommended system configurations for Windows Server 2008
base OS installations listed in this section.

Microsoft recommendations

Microsoft recommends the configurations in Table 1 for running Windows Server 2008 with
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1.
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Table . Microsoft recommended Host OS configuration
Component
Processor
RAM per processor
Maximum RAM 64-bit
systems
Monitor
Optical storage
Available disk space
NOTE
Available disk space refers to the free disk space on the
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partition to contain the system files. Additional space is
required if you copy the Windows Server 2008 CD contents
to the hard disk during installation.
Refer to the Microsoft website for any system requirement
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updates.
Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more
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disk space for paging and dump files.
Requirement
Minimum: 1 GHz
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Recommended: 2 GHz
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• Optimal: 3 GHz or faster
Minimum: 512 MB
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Recommended: 2 GB
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• Optimal: 2 GB (Full) or 1GB (Core)
• 64 GB (Standard edition)
2 TB (Enterprise or Data center systems)
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SVGA resolution (800x600) or higher
DVD drive
• Minimum: 10 GB
Recommended: 40 GB or greater
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Virtualization
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