Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 service Pack 2 on HP servers.pdf

Implementing Microsoft? Windows? Server 2008 Service Pack 2 on HP servers integration note Abstract 2 Introduction to Windows Server 2008 2 Server Core Installations 3 What’s New in Service Pack 2 3 Supported configurations 4 Recommended system configuration 4 Recommended ProLiant server platforms 5 Recommended Integrity server platforms 8 Supported components for ProLiant servers 9 Software drivers 9 Management software 9 Storage options 9 Tape options 12 Network interface controllers 13 IPMI and WS-Management 14 IPMI and WS-Management for HP ProLiant 100 Series servers 15 HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers 15 Failover Clustering 15 Storage requirements 16 Configuring EVA host connections 16 Windows Server 2008 installation for 32-bit and 64-bit editions on ProLiant servers 17 Pre-installation tasks 17 Installation procedure 17 Upgrading ProLiant Servers from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 Service Pack2 18 Installing the ProLiant Support Pack 18 Getting PSP updates 18 NIC Teaming driver 19 Upgrading Integrity Servers from Windows Server 2008 20 Appendix A: known issues and workarounds 22 Known issues and workarounds with HP ProLiant servers 22 Known issues and workarounds with Integrity servers 23 Known issues and workarounds with the ProLiant Support Pack 24 For more information 26 Call to action 26 Abstract This integration note describes the level of support available for Microsoft? Windows? Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM on HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers. The purpose of this paper is to assist customers during installation of the Windows Server 2008 operating system (OS) and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Installation. For more information, visit the HP website: /go/ws2008. This paper addresses these key topics addressed in this paper: ? Supported configurations of ProLiant Integrity servers ? Recommended syste