Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 on HP ProLiant and Integrity servers

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Table 2. Recommended system configuration as established by Microsoft
Component
Requirem
ent
Processor
 Minimum: 1.4 GHz
 Recommended: 2 GHz
 Supports up to 256 Logical Processors
RAM per processor (socket)
 Minimum: 512 MB
 Maximum:
– 32 GB (Standard)
– 2 TB (Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium)
 Recommended: 2 GB
Monitor
SVGA resolution (800x600) o
r higher
Optical storage
DVD
-
ROM drive
Peripherals  Keyboard

Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Available disk space*
 Minimum: 10 GB
 Recommended: 40 GB
*Available disk space is the free disk space on the partition that will contain the syste
m files. Additional space
is required to copy the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 CD contents to the disk during installation. Computers
with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging and dump files.
Recommended ProLiant servers
Table 3 lists the servers and minimum ROM version required to run Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
For additional ROM information, see the following HP websites:
 Business Support Center at www.hp.com/go/bizsupport
 Windows on ProLiant support matrix at http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/windows/index.html
Table3. ProLiant server platforms tested with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Server platform
ROM Fa
mily
ROM date (minimum)
BL2x220c G5 I19 9/10/2009
BL2x220c G6 I26 6/24/2010
BL2x220c G7 I29 1/30/2011
BL260c G5 I20 9/10/2009
BL280c G6 I22 6/24/2010
BL460c G5 I23 9/10/2009
BL460c G6 I24 6/24/2010