Installation Guide, Windows Server 2008 SP2 v7.0

About This Document
This document describes how to install and configure the operating system and HP software on
HP Integrity servers running Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) for
Itanium™-based Systems.
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Intended Audience
This document is intended for system administrators and HP support personnel responsible for
installing, configuring, and managing HP Integrity servers. This document is not a tutorial.
New and Changed Information in This Edition
This document includes the following changes since its last release:
• About This Document section: new URL
• Related Information: minor changes, new URLs
• Publishing History: changes
• Chapter 1: changed links in section, Set Cell Local Memory to 100% (Cell-Based Servers Only)
• Chapter 1: removed Step #1 in section, Verify Hardware Compatibility
• Chapter 2: replaced image file ebsu-7.png in section, Install from a Headless Console
• Chapter 2: deleted Step #12 (MSDATA partition) from section, Install from a GUI Console
• Chapter 2: replaced image file ebsu-7.png in section, Install from a GUI Console
• Chapter 2: new Note to Step 3 in section, Reinstall from a Headless Console > Load the System
Image to the Boot Disk
• Chapter 2: changed wording Step 5 in section, Reinstall from a Headless Console > Load the
System Image to the Boot Disk
• Chapter 2: new Steps 15, 17, and 18 in section, Reinstall from a Headless Console > Load the
System Image to the Boot Disk
• Chapter 2: removed text from Step 21 in section, Reinstall from a Headless Console > Load the
System Image to the Boot Disk
• Chapter 2: changed wording Step 2 in section, Reinstall from a GUI Console > Load the System
Image to the Boot Disk
• Chapter 2: new Steps 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in section, Reinstall from a GUI Console > Load the
System Image to the Boot Disk
• Chapter 2: new section, Booting Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) from the Hard
Drive Diagnostic Partition
• Chapter 2: removed section, Installing a Windows Guest on an HPVM Host
• Chapter 3: new URLs in section, Install the Integrity Support Pack (ISP)
• Chapter 3: new URL in section, Verify Installation of the nPartition Management Tools
• Appendix B: changed list item, Maintain Firmware, in section, EFI-Based Setup Utility
• Appendix C: new URL in section, nPartitioning
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