QuickSpecs

HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem Servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series Servers

For HP BladeSystem Servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series Servers that do not contain IPMI

hardware, the IPMI Provider is required for IPMI functionality. The HP IPMI Provider emulates the

Microsoft IPMI Provider by collecting IPMI data from the HP System Management Controller Driver

and making it available through the “root\hardware” WMI namespace.

ProLiant 300 and 500 Series Servers Generation 4 and older require the IPMI Provider Bundle, which

is included in Version 7.50 (or later) of the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) for Microsoft Windows Server

2003, to support the R2 Hardware Management feature.

Supported configurations

Windows Server 2003 R2 should load and run on any ProLiant server that meets the recommended

hardware configuration established by Microsoft.

Carefully review this document for the recommended system configuration and possible issues you

might encounter. Do not use this paper as your sole source of information. In addition to the websites

mentioned throughout this paper, you might also want to visit the Windows Server 2003 R2 support

page at

www.hp.com/go/windows and the Microsoft website at www.microsoft.com.

Recommended system configuration

Table 2 lists the recommended minimum system configuration established by Microsoft for Windows

Server 2003 R2. The recommendations listed here pertain to the Windows Server 2003 R2 operating

system only and do not include the requirements for software applications that run on your system.

Please check your application requirements to make certain your system can run both the operating

system and your software. Most software vendors have this information posted to their website.

Table 2. Recommended minimum system configuration

Parameter Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition

Processor 550 MHz 550 MHz 733 MHz

RAM per processor 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB

Monitor VGA or higher resolution VGA or higher

resolution

VGA or higher resolution

Available disk space

1.5 GB 1.5 GB 1.5 GB for x86-based

computers

Note 1: Available disk space refers to free disk space on the partition to contain the system files.

Additional space is required if you copy the Windows Server 2003 R2 CD contents to the hard disk during

installation.

Note 2: For the latest system requirements for each of the four editions of the Windows Server 2003 R2

family, visit