HP Integrity Servers with Windows Server® 2008 Release Notes HP Part Number: 5992-4477 Published: September 2008
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Table of Contents About This Document.........................................................................................................7 Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................7 HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................7 1 Release 6.1 Overview.................................................................
2 Installing Windows Server 2008...............................................................................23 Preinstallation Tasks.............................................................................................................................23 Installation Tasks...................................................................................................................................23 Reinstallation Tasks.............................................................................
List of Tables 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 Components supported with Superdome SX1000 or SX2000.......................................................12 Components supported with rx8640.............................................................................................13 Components supported with rx8620.............................................................................................14 Components supported with rx7640..............................................................
About This Document This document provides information to install and use Release 6.1. Audience These release notes are for the person who installs the product and for anyone using the product following installation. Organization This document is organized as follows: Chapter 1 (page 9) Provides overviews of the Windows Server® 2008 edition and supported configurations.
1 Release 6.1 Overview This chapter provides the following information: • Changes introduced in Release 6.1 • An overview of the Windows Server 2008 edition and supported configurations • Software requirements • Supported components • Troubleshooting common issues NOTE: For the latest release notes, see the http://docs.hp.com/en/windows.html website. HP recommends you verify that you have the latest Windows Server 2008 drivers. You can download them from the http://www.hp.
• • • • HP Super-Scalable Processor Chipsets (sx1000 and sx2000) HP mx2 dual-processor modules, with Intel® Itanium® processors Intel Itanium processors Intel Dual Core Itanium processors HP Integrity servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 deliver high performance, great flexibility, and simplified management with exceptional value, and include the following models and feature sets.
Model Features rx7640 • 2-8 Itanium processors with the HP mx2 dual processor module or 2-8 Intel Dual Core Itanium processors (including 91xx series) • 256 GB memory capacity • Up to 2 hardware partitions (nPartitions) • 15 Hot-plug PCI-X slots or mixed PCI-X and PCI-Express slots • One 1-Gb LAN port • Hyper-threading support on Dual Core Itanium processors • vMedia • vKVM support rx6600 • • • • • • • • 1-4 processors 192 GB memory capacity 8 PCI-X slots or 4 PCI-Express x8 slots and 4 PCI-X slots Tw
NOTE: Each HP mx2 dual processor module is equal to two processors. The HP mx2 dual processor module is supported by the sx1000 chipset used in the rx8620, rx7620, and Superdome SX1000. The Intel Dual Core Itanium processor is supported by the sx2000 chipset used in the rx8640, rx7640, and Superdome SX2000. Software Requirements In addition to the software included from HP, the following software is required.
Table 1-1 Components supported with Superdome SX1000 or SX2000 (continued) RAID Controller • • • • • VGA Graphics • HP USB/VGA card (A6869A) (in the I/O chassis, attached to the root cell only) (supported in Superdome with sx1000 chipset only) • HP USB/VGA card (A6869B) (in the I/O chassis, attached to the root cell only) • HP Lights Out Advanced KVM Card (AD307A) 3 Keyboard • Only HP keyboards are supported.
Table 1-2 Components supported with rx8640 (continued) VGA Graphics • HP USB/VGA card (A6869B) (in the I/O chassis, attached to the root cell only) • HP Lights Out Advanced KVM Card (AD307A) Graphic Console • TFT7600 Rack Mount Keyboard Monitor (all versions) 1 2 3 If you have the A7061A, A7073A, or AD144A in your server configuration, replace them with supported hardware before installing Windows Server 2008. They do not support the new Microsoft Storport driver architecture or the new NDIS 6.
rx7640 Table 1-4 Components supported with rx7640 Operating System • Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems LAN Adapter 1 • • • • SCSI Adapter 2 • HP PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter (A7173A) HP PCI-X Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet SX adapter (A9899A) HP PCI-X Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet TX adapter (A9900A) HP PCIe Gigabit Ethernet adapter SX 2P (AD338A) HP PCIe Gigabit Ethernet adapter TX 2P (AD337A) (supported as accessory card and as embedded core I/O) SCSI /LAN Combination Adap
Table 1-5 Components supported with rx7620 (continued) SCSI Adapter 2 • HP PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter (A7173A) SCSI/LAN Combination Adapter 3 • None Fibre Channel Adapter • HP StorageWorks 2 Gb Fibre Channel HBA (AB232A) • HP StorageWorks 2 Gb, 64-Bit/133 MHz PCI-X-to-Fibre Dual Channel HBA (AB466A) • HP StorageWorks 2 Gb, 64-Bit/133 MHz PCI-X-to-Fibre Single Channel HBA (AB467A) • HP StorageWorks 4 Gb Single Port Fibre Channel HBA (AD167A) • HP StorageWorks 4 Gb Dual Port Fibre
Table 1-6 Components supported with rx6600 (continued) RAID Controller • • • • Management Processor • Integrity Integrated Lights-Out (iLO 2) • Integrity iLO Advanced Pack Graphic Console • TFT7600 Rack Mount Keyboard Monitor (all versions) 1 HP PCI-X Single Channel Smart Array P600, SAS 3.
Table 1-8 Components supported with rx2660 (continued) SCSI Adapter • HP PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter (A7173A) Fibre Channel Adapter • • • • • • • • • HP StorageWorks 4 Gb Dual Port 64-bit 266 MHz Fibre Channel HBA (AB379A) HP StorageWorks 4 Gb Dual Port 64-bit 266 MHz Fibre Channel HBA (AB379B) HP StorageWorks 4 Gb Single Port 64-bit 266 MHz Fibre Channel HBA (AB429A) HP StorageWorks 4 Gb Single Port 64-bit 266 MHz Fibre Channel HBA (AD167A) HP StorageWorks 4 Gb Dual Port 64-bit 26
Workaround These event log messages do not indicate a problem. The underlying hardware is operating correctly. Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and EFI-based Setup Utility (EBSU) EBSU cannot change MPS settings if EFI password is set Issue Servers Workaround If the Administrator password is set in EBSU, the SFW recipe integrated in EBSU block the MPS Setting . HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade Do either of the following: • Unset the Administrator password.
Data Controller If you are using the AH400A or AH401A as a data controller, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Check the EDC on your controller before installing into an Integrity server running Windows Server 2008. If it is A-4832 or newer, go to step 6. Download the ASPM/MSI-X Vector update utility to a USB flash drive from ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/servers/software/WindowsIntegrity/. See the latest version of the Release Notes at http://docs.hp.
Device manager error after kit update Issue After updating the HP Storageworks Fibre Channel Adapter Kit for the Emulex Storport driver and HBAnyware utility from the in-box version to the version on the Smart Setup CD, when viewing the controller in the device manager, yellow exclamations marks (!) appear next to the Emulex controller with the following error message: This device cannot start (Code 10) Servers Workaround All Integrity The controllers start up normally and function properly after rebooti
Servers Workaround it identifies the installed driver is same as the available version and does not execute the installation. All Integrity Run HPSUM with force option. See the Installation Guide.
2 Installing Windows Server 2008 This chapter provides an overview of the Windows Server 2008 installation on HP Integrity servers using the HP Smart Setup CD and your licensed copy of Windows Server 2008. It is intended for system administrators with experience performing Windows installations. A more detailed description of the installation process is in the Installation Guide located on the HP Smart Setup CD. The operating system can be installed from either a GUI or headless console.
Reinstallation Tasks If your HP Integrity server was purchased with a factory-installed operating system, HP provides an HP Reinstallation CD, which allows you to restore the server to its factory condition if necessary. Use this CD to perform the reinstallation. • Reinstall from a headless console — — • Load the system image Specify server settings Reinstall from a GUI console — — Load the system image Specify server settings Post-Installation Tasks Perform the following tasks in the order shown.
• Disconnect all drives except the boot drive prior to OS installation Only the target operating system drive should be connected during installation. This ensures that the operating system is installed on the correct drive. Make sure that the Z: drive letter is free. Windows Server 2008 with SP1 creates the EFI partition here. HP recommends that you install the boot controller in the root cell.
3 Product Support This chapter points you to documentation to help you work with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP Integrity servers and to obtain the system firmware, drivers, and utilities applicable to Windows Server 2008. Technical Documentation Technical documentation for HP Integrity servers running Windows Server 2008 includes the following manuals in English and Japanese. These manuals are available on the HP Smart Setup CD and from the following websites: • http://www.hp.
Technical Support To keep your server up to date with the latest firmware, drivers, and utilities, visit the HP technical support web site periodically. Get Windows-specific firmware, drivers, and utilities To obtain the system firmware, drivers, and utilities applicable to Windows Server 2008: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Go to http://www.hp.com/. Click Software & Driver Downloads.
