HP Integrity rx2660 Server

[swtw]

Hi all,

Would like to find out whether Windows Server 2003 64-bit can be installed directly on the Integrity rx2660 server?

Otherwise, can it be run as a virtualized OS on HPUX?

Pls advise. TIA.

[Torsten.]

Here is the list:

HP-UX 11i v2 and v3 with HP Virtual Server Environment (choice of Mission-Critical, Enterprise, Technical Computing, or Foundation Operating Environment);
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions;
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
OpenVMS v8.3 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)


http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/cache/452201-0-0-0-121.html

You can run hp-ux, linux and windows also inside a HPVM guest.

[YAQUB_1]

Hi,

HP Integrity rx2660 Server Support following OS:-

==> Four Operating System support:
HP UX 11i version 2 (September 2006 Update required for dual core processors);
HP-UX 11i version 3;
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition; Linux RHEL 4 U4 AS and ES, and
SLES 10;
OpenVMS (V8.3 minimum version required).

BR/
Yaqub

[YAQUB_1]

Hi,

U can also check the below URL site:-

http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/cache/331424-0-0-0-121.html

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BR/
Yaqub

[rick jones]

While it is implicit in HP-UX, for the other OSes listed previously, remember you want the _ia64_ versions, not x86_64/AMD64/EMT64/whatnot.

[Trevor Roddam_1 · Accepted solution]

Yes and Yes.

IA_64 Windows can be installed directly onto the rx2660 and can be installed as a virtual OS but only with HP-UX 11iv3 and the extra licenses for virtual servers.

Access to the console for IA_64 windows can be tricky using virtualisation.

Trevor.

[swtw]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the helpful response. Real useful.

Now if I am going to install Windows 2003 IA64 on the integrity server, has anyone tried running VPC 2007 or Virtual Server on the Windows OS? So that I can install multiple Windows guest OSes.

From my understanding, VPC/VS can only run on Intel platform.

TIA.

[kris rombauts]

Hi,

PC 2007 does not run on 64 bit Windows/Itanium :


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=04d26402-3199-48a3-afa2-2dc0b40a73b6&displaylang=en

Neither does virtual server

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/virtualserver/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

Virtual server also runs on AMD.


HTH

Kris

[Trevor Roddam_1]

The way to run multiple Windows OS's on an rx2660 is to use HP-UX 11iv3 and use the virtual server layer from HP-UX.

I would pose the question why....
No need to answer but look at http://www.hp.com/go/vse
This will explain it all, although in marketing speak.

You do not need the full VSE (Virtual Server Env) only the engine.HP Integrity virtual machine. This is a SW license on top of HP-UX.

An answer to why will enable me to explain what can/could/should be done.
Yes I was part of HP's Reseller BPSA programme.