Compaq ProLiant DL760 Service Overview

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Upgrade Options
ProLiant 8500 to DL760 Upgrade
For customers who have already invested in the ProLiant 8500, Compaq provides an upgrade kit
that enables them to take advantage of the features offered in the ProLiant DL760. There is also a
kit available to upgrade 8500 processors from 550MHz to 900MHz :
Upgrade Kit Part Number
ProLiant 8500 I/O Module Upgrade Kit 180592-B21
900 MHz Processor Upgrade Kit 232291-B21
At the completion of the I/O Module upgrade, the ProLiant 8500 will be renamed the ProLiant
DL760 and will carry an additional serial number. A service white paper entitled Compaq 8500
I/O Module Upgrade (April 2001) is available on the Learning Utility.
Operating Systems Supported
The following operating systems support the ProLiant 8-Way SMP servers:
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition, Terminal Server Edition
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Datacenter Server
• SCO Unixware 7.1.1, Unixware 7.1
• Novell Netware 5.x, Netware 4.2 SMP
• Linux from Redhat, SuSE, TurboLinux, Caldera
• Sun Solaris 7 and 8 Intel Platform Edition