Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers

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Table 1 Recommended system configuration as established by Microsoft
Component Requirement
Processor Minimum: 1.4 GHz
Recommended: 2 GHz
Windows Server 2012 Foundation supports a single processor socket only.
RAM per processor (socket)* Minimum: 512 MB
Maximum: 4 TB
Recommended: 4 GB
Monitor SVGA resolution (800x600) or higher
Optical storage DVD-ROM drive
Windows Server 2012 Foundation uses DVD media and requires a server configured with
either a USB DVD-ROM or an IDE DVD-ROM for local installations.
Peripherals Keyboard
Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
Available disk space†‡
Minimum: 10 GB
Recommended: 40 GB
**MB = 1024^2 bytes; GB = 1024^3, and TB=1024^4
†MB = 1000^2; GB=1000^3; TB=1000^4
‡Available disk space is the free disk space on the partition that will contain the system files. Additional space is required to copy
the Windows Server 2012 DVD contents to the disk during installation. Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM require more disk
space for paging and dump files. In addition, if using a logical drive for booting, it must be less than 2 TB.
Supported ProLiant servers
Table 2 lists the ProLiant servers and minimum ROM version that we tested and recommend for Windows Server 2012
Foundation.
You can download ROM updates from the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (HP SPP), which is available at
www.hp.com/go/spp or the HP Support Center at www.hp.com/go/suppor . t
Table 2. Recommended ProLiant servers
Server platform ROM family ROM date (minimum)
ProLiant DL servers:
ProLiant DL120 G7 J01 08/10/12 or later
ProLiant DL320e Gen8 J05 05/26/12 or later
ProLiant ML servers:
ProLiant ML110 G7 J01 08/10/12 or later
ProLiant ML310e Gen8 J04 09/22/12 or later
ProLiant MicroServer
ProLiant MicroServer O41 08/29/11 or later