Install Windows2003 on HP Integrity Rx8620 (Itanium)

Hello!

Is it possible to install Windows 2003 Enterprise on the server Rx8620?
This machine is a server HP, 2CPU 64bts, 16GbRam, 730GbHDD.
But there isn't any possibility to connect a monitor, only a terminal...
(obviously actually it run the OS : HP-UX 11.23).
Can anyone tell me if it's possible?
And if yes, the procedure to do it : trought EFI boot menu i guess...

Thanks

Jérôme
Belgium

"Jérôme",

I was curious as to why you might ask this question, so I double-checked by
looking at the Hewlett-Packard website. The HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server
is based on the Itanium 2 processor.
(http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/...0/index.html#g
lance) This is the standard for Hewlett-Packard these days, and Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 was shipped with 64-bit compatibility with that
processor.

As to your point on procedure, I notice that this particular server has "up
to 32 hot-plug PCI-X slots!" Why can you not have a monitor on this system?
Why can you not have a keyboard? The keyboard and mouse are USB 2.0 and HP
would probably provide this.

Having said that, yes, the EFI boot menu would allow you to stop at the
CD-Rom drive, and execute. With a proper Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
Edition (64-bit edition) CD in the drive, it should install normally. I
would imagine the HP would be happy to help you install Windows on this box.

Thank you, by the way, for your desire to install Windows Server 2003
Enterprise on your HP Integrity Server!

Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]

"DJe" <> wrote in message
news:cslmu4$h36$...
> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to install Windows 2003 Enterprise on the server Rx8620?
> This machine is a server HP, 2CPU 64bts, 16GbRam, 730GbHDD.
> But there isn't any possibility to connect a monitor, only a terminal...
> (obviously actually it run the OS : HP-UX 11.23).
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible?
> And if yes, the procedure to do it : trought EFI boot menu i guess...
>
> Thanks
>
> Jérôme
> Belgium
>
>

Thank you for your answer.

The installation is done...
There is a possibility to connect keyboard/Monitor and mouse, but thought a
special hardware that we don't have...
I found on HP website the document : "
Configuring Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 on the HP Integrity Server,
Enterprise Edition
" ( c00090141.pdf ) ...

I installed W2K3 trought lan - MP, and when i try to set the ip address i've
the message :"SAC could not set the IP Address."...
"
SAC>I
Net: 2, Ip=0.0.0.0 Subnet=0.0.0.0 Gateway=0.0.0.0
SAC>I 2 10.100.13.136 255.255.254.0 10.100.13.253
SAC could not set the IP Address.
SAC>
"
----------------------------------------------------------
and from CMD :
"
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
"
----------------------------------------------------------
I'll try a new installation, but i'm afraid to have the same msg...

Does anyone have an idea?


Sincerely,

Jérôme.



"Pat Walters [MSFT]" <a-> wrote in message
news:41f714fe$...
> "Jérôme",
>
> I was curious as to why you might ask this question, so I double-checked
> by
> looking at the Hewlett-Packard website. The HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server
> is based on the Itanium 2 processor.
> (http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/...0/index.html#g
> lance) This is the standard for Hewlett-Packard these days, and Microsoft
> Windows Server 2003 was shipped with 64-bit compatibility with that
> processor.
>
> As to your point on procedure, I notice that this particular server has
> "up
> to 32 hot-plug PCI-X slots!" Why can you not have a monitor on this
> system?
> Why can you not have a keyboard? The keyboard and mouse are USB 2.0 and
> HP
> would probably provide this.
>
> Having said that, yes, the EFI boot menu would allow you to stop at the
> CD-Rom drive, and execute. With a proper Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
> Edition (64-bit edition) CD in the drive, it should install normally. I
> would imagine the HP would be happy to help you install Windows on this
> box.
>
> Thank you, by the way, for your desire to install Windows Server 2003
> Enterprise on your HP Integrity Server!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Pat Walters [MSFT]
>
> "DJe" <> wrote in message
> news:cslmu4$h36$...
>> Hello!
>>
>> Is it possible to install Windows 2003 Enterprise on the server Rx8620?
>> This machine is a server HP, 2CPU 64bts, 16GbRam, 730GbHDD.
>> But there isn't any possibility to connect a monitor, only a terminal...
>> (obviously actually it run the OS : HP-UX 11.23).
>> Can anyone tell me if it's possible?
>> And if yes, the procedure to do it : trought EFI boot menu i guess...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jérôme
>> Belgium
>>
>>
>
>