The DL380 G5 (and probably the DL360) have an unusual network interface. HP has an intermediate network driver and a separate low level driver. I think this is so they can do the "teaming" where both Ethernet ports are active in a redundant or parallel fashion. Because of these special drivers (and maybe special hardware?) you can only use it in Vista if HP made a special Vista 64 driver, or if you could hack their Server 2008 drivers somehow to Vista would take them. Seems easier to just put a normal network card in the machine if that was your only problem.
If you are trying to use the P200, P400 or P800 disk controller you may run into the same driver problems? -----Original Message----- From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anybody ever get Vista Ent 64 bit to run on an HP DL360 G5? Have an unfortunate request to have Vista Ent running on a G5. It installs but the Broadcom Netextreame IIs will not start. Hp of course does not support Vista. Tried the 2008 and 2003 drivers. Tried the drivers from Broadcom. Still no luck. Just the message the system could not initialize..... Am I correct to assume it will not work unless they get another NIC? Thanks! Mathew ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
