Operating System Support Notes for Windows 2003 Advanced Server on the HP

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Operating System Support Notes for Windows
2003 Advanced Server on the HP Carrier Grade
Server cc3310
Announcement
The HP Carrier Grade Server cc3310 has the option to support a service partition. The service partition may
be set up using the HP Server cc3310 User Information Diagnostics and Utilities Resource CD before
installing your Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. Refer to “Setting Up a Service Partition (Optional)”
on page 4 for instructions.
NOTE Refer to the HP Carrier-Grade Server cc3310 Product Guide for timesaving hardware
configuration and installation information you should consider before installing your
operating system.
Hewlett-Packard has certified Windows 2003 AS on the HP Carrier Grade Server cc3310.
NOTE Microsoft Windows 2003 Advanced Server does not support a zero channel RAID controller or
HostRAID configuration.
Support Note Contents
1. “System Requirements” on page 3.
2. “Distributions Supported on HP Carrier Grade Server cc3310” on page 4.
3. “Setting Up a Service Partition (Optional)” on page 4.
4. “Installing The Windows 2003 AS Operating System” on page 5.
5. “Registering Windows 2003 AS” on page 5.
System Requirements
The system requirements for Windows 2003 AS on HP Carrier Grade Server cc3310 are:
• BIOS P11 or greater