Proliant DL585 G1 and Smartstart 7

[Scott_280]

I am looking for help loading Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition on a new DL585.

Several issues arise when I attempt to use the shipped Smartstart 7 to install Microsoft's Volume License Version of Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition on our server.

1) Smartstart tells me that the operating system does not support greater than 8GB of RAM. - We know that Win2K3EE supports 32GB or 64GB based on the processor

2) Device Manager shows no drivers are loaded for the two embedded Ethernet adapters -- WHY?

3) Device Manager shows no drivers are loaded for the 6 System Interrupt Controllers -- WHY?

Server specs:

DL-585 G1
16GB RAM
2 - 72GB HDDs
4 - 2.2GHz Opteron procs

[Vijay_44 · Accepted solution]

The drive component included in smart start doe s not support the NC7782 NIC. You would need to use the newer driver that includes the NC7782
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/networking/us/download/20321.html

The server uses the AMD 8000 series chipset. Try the ship set drivers:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9034,00.html

[Scott_280]

Just what I needed.

Thank you Vijay...