Prerequisites; Network Infrastructure Requirements; Deployment Server Requirements - HP BL860c User Manual

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Network infrastructure requirements

If you use Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) to remotely deploy servers, then Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) must be installed and accessible on the network.

Deployment Server requirements

Hardware:
For a new installation, a HP ProLiant server with at least a 2.0 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM or
an equivalent virtual machine
The correct date and time
Microsoft® Windows® operating system:
Microsoft Windows Server™ ®2003 x86 and x64 (SP1, SP2, and R2) Standard and Enterprise
Editions
Microsoft Windows Server™ ®2008 x86 and x64 Standard and Enterprise Editions
NOTE:
Available disk space: 2 GB for the base installation, plus space for each distribution, and space for
each captured disk image
A network connection configured with a static IP address
NOTE:
before beginning the installation.
Microsoft .NET Frameworks 1.1 and 2.0
Microsoft SQL Server: (installed either locally or remotely and configured according to Altiris KB article
#2044)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Standard, and Enterprise Editions
Microsoft WAIK 1.1, also known as the "Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and
Windows Server 2008". It is available at
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To use the Deployment Server Web Console, you must install IIS with ASP.NET.
To deploy VMware ESX or Linux, you must install an FTP server. For more information, see the Microsoft
documentation on how to install IIS with FTP.
For more information about requirements for the Deployment Server, see the Altiris Deployment Solution
Deployment and Migration Guide at http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp.
The server must not be a domain controller.
Changing the IP address configuration after installation is difficult. Therefore, set the IP address
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
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