Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2000
The following restrictions apply to upgrades:
Cross-architecture (for example, x86 to x64) and cross-language upgrades are not supported.
There are no supported upgrade paths for Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation to Windows
Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems edition or Windows Web Server 2008 R2 edition.
Supported configurations
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation should load and run on any HP server listed in “Recommended
ProLiant server platforms
” section of this document when the server meets the recommended hardware
and software configuration established by Microsoft.
Carefully review this document for the recommended system configuration and possible issues that
might be encountered. Do not use this paper as the sole source of information. In addition to the
websites mentioned throughout this paper, visit the Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation support
page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/foundation.aspx.
Recommended system configuration
The recommended system configurations listed in this section are established by Microsoft for
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation base OS installations is listed in Table 2.
IMPORTANT
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation uses DVD media and requires a
server configured with either a USB DVD-ROM or an IDE DVD-ROM for
local installations.
IMPORTANT
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation supports only a single processor
socket.
Table 2. Recommended system configuration as established by Microsoft
Component Requirement
Processor
Minimum: 1.4 GHz
Recommended: 2 GHz or faster
Memory
Minimum: 512 MB
Recommended: 2 GB or RAM or greater
Maximum (64-bit systems): 8 GB
Available disk space
Minimum: 10 GB
Recommended: 40 GB
Drive
DVD drive
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