NEC Express5800 Server Series
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Support Kit

The above NEC products becomes available for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 by applying the NEC Express5800 Windows Server 2008 Support Kit, which is a generic name of the module groups for supporting Windows Server 2008 and is delivered through this page.

About installing Windows Server 2008

The installation procedure is detailed in the Installation Guide downloadable from this page.
Read carefully the guide and this page before installing the Support Kit.

• Download the necessary driver modules for installing Windows Server 2008 from the tables below and expand them on a CD-R or other media.
  Refer to the Installation Guide or Readme.txt included in each module for details on how to expand the modules.
• BIOS update is required to install Windows Server 2008. Refer to the introduction shown at downloading and the Readme.txt included in the downloaded data.
• When your 120Bb-m6 default BIOS version is older than 1.0.0227, FRU update is required before Windows Server 2008 installation.
• RAID drive configuration must be completed before Windows Server 2008 installation. Refer to the User's Guide.
• Activation is required.
• Use the Support Kit for the Windows Server 2008 installation as NEC EXPRESSBUILDER bundled with the 120Bb-m6 does not support Windows Server 2008 installation.

Notes for using Windows Server 2008 Operating System

• To keep the BIOS clock correctly, connect to an NTP server.
• Use NEC EXPRESSBUILDER bundled with the 120Bb-m6 to install the Express Report Service.
• Do not allow the state of hibernation and standby to prevent the malfunction during Patrol Read, Rebuild, and Consistency Check.

Notes for using Windows Server 2008 Server Core

• AFT/ALB function is not supported.
• NEC ESMPRO Manager is not supported.
• To use NEC ESMPRO Agent on Server Core, go to Note for NEC ESMPRO Agent.
• The Express Report Service module in the EXPRESSBUILDER bundled with the 120Bb-m6 is not supported.

Notes for using Hyper-V

• Hyper-V operates only on the x64 architecture.
• Hyper-V beta version is out of guarantee by Microsoft corporation and NEC Corporation.