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The
following
table
contains
information
about
the
supported
operating
systems.
Note:
All
listed
operating
systems
are
supported
by
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter.
Table
1.
Supported
operating
systems
and
the
configurations
they
support
Operating
system
ServerGuide
support
Maximum
memory
and
SMP
support
Hot-plug
PCI
support
Memory
hot-add
support
Hyper-
threading
support
RSA
II-EXA
support
Microsoft
Windows
NT
®
Server
4.0
Enterprise
Edition
No
4
GB,
Single
SMP
Expansion
module
only
(2-way
with
Intel
Xeon
DP
microprocessors,
4-way
with
Intel
Xeon
MP
microprocessors)
No
No
No
No
Microsoft
Windows
2000
Server
Yes
4
GB,
4-way
Yes
No
No
Yes
Microsoft
Windows
2000
Advanced
Server
Yes
8
GB,
8-way
Yes
No
No
Yes
Microsoft
Windows
2000
Datacenter
Server
No
32
GB,
16-way
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft
Windows
Server
2003
Standard
Edition
Yes
4
GB,
4-way
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft
Windows
Server
2003
Enterprise
Edition
Yes
32
GB,
8-way
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft
Windows
Server
2003
Datacenter
Edition
No
64
GB,
16-way
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Novell
NetWare
6.5
No
64
GB,
8-way
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Red
Hat
Linux
Advanced
Server
2.1
No
16
GB,
8-way
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SCO
UnixWare
7.1.3
No
64
GB,
8-way
No
No
Yes
No
SuSE
Linux
Enterprise
Server
8
No
32
GB,
8-way
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
VMware
ESX
Server
2.0
No
64
GB,
16-way
No
No
No
Yes
Installing
your
operating
system
without
ServerGuide
If
you
have
already
configured
the
server
hardware
and
you
decide
not
to
use
the
ServerGuide
program
to
install
your
operating
system,
complete
the
following
steps
to
download
the
latest
operating-system
installation
instructions
from
the
IBM
Support
Web
page:
1.
Go
to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
2.
In
the
Learn
section,
click
Online
publications.
3.
On
the
“Online
publications”
page,
in
the
Brand
field,
select
Servers.
4.
In
the
Family
field,
select
xSeries
445.
5.
Click
Continue.
6.
In
the
View
by
document
type
field,
select
OS
installation.
7.
Select
the
instructions
for
your
operating
system.
Chapter
2.
Configuring
the
server
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