Supported Hp Proliant Servers - HP BL680c - ProLiant - G5 Configuration

NOTE
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 supports 16 physical
processor cores. A maximum of four virtual processors can be
assigned to a single guest OS.
See the installation instruction section of this paper for steps on
how to enable Hardware Data Execution Prevention and
virtualization in the HP ROM for your server.

Supported HP ProLiant servers

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 should successfully install and run on any ProLiant server listed in
Table 4 when the server meets the recommended hardware configuration established by Microsoft or
HP. However, it is not possible for HP engineers to test all hardware and software configurations
during the early release phase of the OS. Listing a particular system or option as supported does not
mean that all of the subsystems embedded in that system are fully tested or that all systems and
options have undergone extensive functional testing.
Carefully review this document for the recommended system configuration and possible issues you
might encounter. Do not use this paper as your sole source of information. In addition to the websites
mentioned throughout this paper, visit the Windows Server 2008 Home page:
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx.
Due to the hardware requirements for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1, not every ProLiant server
platform will support Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1. HP highly recommends that administrators
review the information below before attempting an installation of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
RC1.
Table 4 lists the ProLiant servers with processors containing support for hardware-assisted
virtualization and the minimum ROM revision required to support Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
RC1.
Table 4. ProLiant server platforms that support Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1
Server platform
ProLiant BL servers:
ProLiant BL260c G5
ProLiant BL460c
ProLiant BL465c
ProLiant BL465c G5
ProLiant BL480c
ProLiant BL680c G5
ProLiant BL685c
ProLiant BL685c G5
ROM family ROM date (minimum)
I20 04/15/08
I15 08/21/07
A13 09/23/07
A13 02/14/08
I14 08/21/07
I17 08/09/07
A08 09/23/07
A08 03/27/08
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