HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Release Notes v5.5

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About This Document.........................................................................................................9

Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................9

HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................9

1 Release 5.5 Overview.................................................................................................11

System Configurations..........................................................................................................................11

What’s New in Windows Solution 5.5..................................................................................................13

Software Requirements.........................................................................................................................13

Web Browser....................................................................................................................................13

TCP/IP and SNMP...........................................................................................................................13

Utility Meter....................................................................................................................................13

Supported Components........................................................................................................................13

Superdome (with sx1000 or sx2000 chipset)....................................................................................14

rx8640...............................................................................................................................................15

rx8620 ..............................................................................................................................................16

rx7640...............................................................................................................................................17

rx7620 ..............................................................................................................................................18

rx6600...............................................................................................................................................19

rx4640...............................................................................................................................................20

rx3600...............................................................................................................................................20

rx2660...............................................................................................................................................21

rx2620...............................................................................................................................................21

rx1620...............................................................................................................................................22

BL860c and BL870c Server Blade.....................................................................................................23

Troubleshooting Common Issues.........................................................................................................23

Array Configuration Utility (ACU).................................................................................................23

verifer.exe causes ACU inaccuracies..........................................................................................23

Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU)......................................................................................................23

Uninstall feature not functional.................................................................................................23

Clustering........................................................................................................................................23

Cluster nodes unable to see messages.......................................................................................23

Device Drivers.................................................................................................................................24

Missing driver affects Virtual Machines....................................................................................24

Drivers missing from RTM media.............................................................................................24

Driver roll back causes crash......................................................................................................24

prlntss.sys installation issue.......................................................................................................24

Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and EFI-based Setup Utility (EBSU)......................................25

I/O card firmware values display as unknown..........................................................................25

QLogic HBA firmware and EFI driver revisions display incorrectly........................................25

EBSU displays incorrect CPU version........................................................................................25

EBSU displays incorrect firmware version................................................................................25

EBSU changes EFI Boot menu....................................................................................................26

Foundation Agents..........................................................................................................................26

Memory leak generated by Foundation Agents........................................................................26

Hard Disk Configuration.................................................................................................................26

Disk configuration lost after reboot...........................................................................................26

HP c-Class Blade System Infrastructure..........................................................................................26

Onboard Administrator displays wrong CPU...........................................................................26

BL870c SAS controller supports only one mirror......................................................................26

Fibre Channel..................................................................................................................................27

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