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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix April 2005 (Eighth Edition) Part Number 315379-008 Product Version 2.10[...]

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    © Copyright 2002-2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Docume ntation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are license d to the U.S. Government under vend[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 3 Contents Abstr act ....................................................................................................................... ........ 4 Related D ocuments .....................................................................................................[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 4 Abstract This document provides HP ProLiant Esse ntials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition hardware and operating syst em support information. Related Documents HP recommends reviewing the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Planning Guide before reading t[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 5 Telephone Numbers For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller: • In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518. • In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868. For HP technical support: • In North America: ⎯ Call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). This service is available[...]

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    6 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Supported Deployment Infrastructure The Deployment Server can be installe d on the following operating systems: • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition • Microsoft Windows Ser[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 7 Supported Target Platforms The Rapid Deployment Pack supports deployment to the target platforms listed in Table 1. Table 1: Supported Target Platforms HP blade PC bc1000 ProLiant DL360 G4 (SCSI) 4 ProLiant ML330 ProLiant BL10e ProLiant DL360 G4p (SATA) 4 NEW ProLiant M[...]

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    8 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Supported Deployment Mechanisms The Altiris Deployment Solution has several mech anisms for deploying target servers. All methods use the Altiris Deployment Agent for DOS. Table 5 displays a matrix of supported target servers and the supported deployme nt mechanisms ava[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 9 The default location of PXE or network boot in the bo ot order varies based on the server and the options installed. For the servers listed in Table 3, PXE or network boot must be placed first in the boot order to support the server. Table 3: Servers Requiring PXE or Ne[...]

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    10 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Table 4: Required ROM Updates for PXE continued ProLiant Server Minimum System ROM Date Minimum NIC Option ROM Version Reason ProLiant DL580 P20 ROM Family 02/14/2002 (1) ProLiant DL580 G2 P27 ROM Family 11/18/2003 3.2.2 (2)(4) ProLiant DL585 A01 ROM Family 01/27/2005 [...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 11 Bootworks Diskette, RILOE, a nd iLO with Virtual Floppy As an alternative to PXE, target servers can connect to the Deployment Server by creating a physical Bootworks diskette with networ king support. When booted, the diskette automatically connects to the Altiris Dep[...]

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    12 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Table 5: Deployment Mechan isms for Supported Platforms Supported Platforms PXE- Enabled Embedded NIC PXE- Enabled Stand-Up NIC Bootworks Diskette RILOE with Virtual Floppy iLO with Virtual Floppy Bootworks Partition HP blade PC bc1000 X X X ProLiant BL10e X X X ProLia[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 13 Table 5: Deployment Mechanisms for Supported Platforms continued Supported Platforms PXE- Enabled Embedded NIC PXE- Enabled Stand-Up NIC Bootworks Diskette RILOE with Virtual Floppy iLO with Virtual Floppy Bootworks Partition ProLiant DL560 X X X X X ProLiant DL580 X X[...]

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    14 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Supported Storage Area Network Connectivity Storage Area Network (SAN) driver support for deploying servers that connect to a SAN and servers that boot from a SAN is provided for the following operating systems: • Windows 2000 Server • Windows Server 2003 • Red H[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 15 Supported Operating Systems The Rapid Deployment Pack jobs in the Altir is Deployment Server Console enable the installation of supported operati ng systems, using either scrip ting or imaging, on supported platforms using the supported deployment m echanisms. The foll[...]

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    16 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server are supported. These operating systems can be deployed to the platforms listed in Table 8. Table 8: Platforms Supporting Microsoft Windows 2000 Ser ver Deployment ProLiant BL10e ProLiant DL[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 17 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Editio n, Enterprise Edition, and Web Edition are supported. These operating systems can be deployed to the platforms listed in Table 9. IMPORTANT: If you plan to perform scripted installation s with[...]

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    18 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Professional can be de ployed using only im age install to the platforms listed in Table 10. Scripted install is not supported. Table 10: Platforms Supporting Micros oft Windows XP Professional Deployment HP blade [...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 19 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3 Update 4 for x86 These operating systems can be deployed to the platforms listed in Table 11. Table 11: Platforms Supporting Red Hat Enterpri se Linux AS/ES 3 Update 4 for x86 Deployment ProLiant BL10e ProLiant DL360 G4 (SATA) ProLiant [...]

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    20 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3 U pdate 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T These operating systems can be deployed using onl y scripted install to the platforms listed in Table 12. Image install is not supported. Table 12: Platforms Supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ ES[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 21 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 for x86 These operating systems can be deployed using onl y scripted install to the platforms listed in Table 13. Image install is not supported. Table 13: Platforms Supporting Red Hat Enterpri se Linux AS/ES 3 Update 4 for x86 Deployme[...]

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    22 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ ES 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T These operating systems can be deployed using onl y scripted install to the platforms listed in Table 14. Image install is not supported. Table 14: Platforms Supporting Red Hat Enterpri se Linux AS/ES 3 Update[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 23 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Ser vice Pack 1 for x86 This operating system can be deployed to the platforms listed in Table 15. Table 15: Platforms Supporting SUSE Linux Ente rp rise Server 9 Service Pack 1 for x86 Deploymen t ProLiant BL10e ProLia nt DL360 G4 (SATA)[...]

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    24 HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Ser vice Pack 1 for AMD64 and I ntel EM64T This operating system can be de ployed using only scripted install to the platforms listed in Table 16. Image install is not supported. Table 16: Platforms Supporting SUSE LINUX Enterprise Ser ve[...]

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    HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Support Matrix 25 VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 This operating system can be de ployed using only scripted install to the platforms listed in Table 17. Image install is not supported. Table 17: Platforms Supporting VM ware ESX Server 2.5.1 Deployment ProLiant BL20p ProLiant DL360 G4 (SCSI) Pr[...]