Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Release Candidate 0 on HP ProLiant servers

Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Release Candidate 0 on HP ProLiant servers This integration note describes the level of support available for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Virtualization (Hyper-V) Release Candidate 0 (RC0), a new hypervisor-based software platform for running multiple guest operating systems on a single server. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC0 released as a part of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and will install on Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter x64 editions. The purpose of this paper is to help customers who test pre-release versions of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. The HP supported products listed herein are subject to change with future releases of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Several key topics are addressed in this paper:Recommended system configurationsHardware prerequisites for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC0Supported configurations of ProLiant serversProcedures for new installationsKnown issues and workarounds

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