Hyper-V in a DL360 G4

[Henry Winkler]

I'm pretty sure that I am out of luck here, but wanted to post just in case. I purchased a used DL360 G4 and installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on it. Runs like a champ. I really wanted to make this a hyper-v server, but can't install the role. Reading some of the support articles here, it seems to indicate that hyper-v isn't supported on the G4 - looks like G5 is the minimum.

Can anyone confirm this, or let me know if there is any way to enable hyper-v on this server?

[P Muralidhar Kini]

Hi Henry,

You may face some problems while enable/disable/update Hyper-V on DL360 G4.
Check the following advisory -
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=397638&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c02076995

Regards,
Murali

[Igor Karasik]

You can install Hyper-V only if your G4 had 3.2GHz CPU
Earlier G4 have CPU without VT option

[Henry Winkler]

Thanks for the responses thus far. The server has 2 Xeon 3.4Ghz processors. Not the 3.2Ghz mentioned previously.

I don't see any options in the BIOS setup to enable virtualization, though. I believe I'm running the P52 version of the BIOS.

Should the 3.4Ghz procs support Hyper-V?

[Igor Karasik]

Henry,
I did mistake in my previous post
I checked now our DL360 G4, it is 3.2 GHz CPU and it doesn't have option to enable VT
I checked more and it seems that VT option available only from G5
BTW, P52 is name of BIOS family, the BIOS version must be 2007.07.16 (and not 2006.02.14)

[Henry Winkler]

Thanks for the quick response. I was afraid that was the answer.

Should I be able to swap out the 2 processors - jut purchase 2 G5 processors, and upgrade the server?

If so - what are the specs, model number, etc. that I need to look for? is it as simple as searching for a "G5 processor"?

[Igor Karasik]

>> is it as simple as searching for a "G5 processor"?

It is not simple
AFAIK, you cannot use G5 CPU in G4 - G5 use 5xxx series CPU and you cannot install them in G4
And even if it was possible - BIOS is different, and you will not have VT option in G4 BIOS

[Igor Karasik]

Henry,
Since you are new on this forum read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#22