Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Appendix A: Known issues and workarounds

Table A-1 lists the known issues with ProLiant servers and Hyper-V.

Table A-1. Known issues on ProLiant servers

Issue Details

1 Description: Stop 0x0000007E blue screen displays after initial reboot when Hyper-V is installed

on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Solution: Microsoft has published a KB Article and a Hot Fix to prevent the issue from occurring;

Article ID: 974598 - You receive a "Stop 0x0000007E" error on the first restart after

you enable Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer. Refer to the

instructions provided in the KB Article and apply the Hot Fix that is available on the

Microsoft website at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974598.

2 Description: After enabling the Hyper-V server role on an HP ProLiant DL785 G5 Server, a black

screen displays after the system reboots.

Solution: Upgrade the ProLiant DL785 G5 server to version A15 of the System ROM dated

08/14/2009 (or later).

3 Description: The virtual machine network is not working when the external virtual network is

connected to 1-Gbps NC375i NIC Port 3 or 4 on an HP ProLiant ML370 G6 Server.

Workaround: To workaround this issue onnect the the external virtual network to NC375i NIC Port

1 or 2.