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A6.0 Server System Requirements

For Itanium-based server systems, all requirements in A5.0 are included by reference.

A6.0.1 System Exceptions and Notes for Servers

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  A1.4.2 Correct implementation of power management – for server systems, network adapters and other peripherals are not required to support wake from D3.
  
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  A1.4.5 Servers and server components are not required to follow accessibility guidelines.
  
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  A1.4.10 Servers do not have to provide "digital ready" audio.
  

A6.0.2 Device Exceptions and Notes for Servers

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  B6.1.4.10 Windows Whistler Advanced Server: Data modem supports digital connection to support host-side V.90 operation.
  
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  B7.1.4.1 Windows Whistler Server:
  

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  Adapter supports filtering for at least 32 multicast addresses.
  
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  Adapter and driver support multicast promiscuous mode.
  

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  B7.1.4.12 Windows Whistler Server: Additional adapter and driver support.
  
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  B7.1.5.3 PCI adapters to support the PCI DAC.
  
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  B10.4.4.5 Windows Whistler Server: SCSI and Fibre Channel hard drives implement complete identification strings.
  
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  B10.4.4.4 Windows Whistler Server: Hot-swappable drive, if provided, includes a local disk drive replacement indicator.
  
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  B10.7.4.3 Single-backup device meets minimum capacity requirements.
  
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  B10.9 RAID requirements.
  
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  B10.10 Fibre Channel requirements.
  

A6.1 Server System - Windows Compatibility

^A6.1.1 SEE A1.1

A6.1.2 If legacy components have been removed, system includes correct FADT table entries and necessary ISR support for boot

Legacy component include 8042 or 60h/64h keyboard controller.

A6.2 Server System - Industry Standards

A6.3 Server System - Quality

See A1.3.

A6.3.1 SEE A6.4.1

A6.3.2 Product passes related Windows Logo Program testing

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  Windows Whistler Server and Advanced Server: Pass tests in HCT 10.0 (or later), as described in detail in the WHQL Test Specification and the Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Kit 10.0 documentation.
  

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  Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0: Pass tests in HCT 9.502, as described in the HCT documentation.
  

A6.4 Server System - Windows Experience

A6.4.1 Server supports additional requirements for PCI

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  Server that supports more than 4 GB of memory supports a 64-bit PCI bus architecture. [SDG3:32]
  
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  All 66-MHz and 64-bit PCI buses in a server system comply with PCI 2.2 and other requirements. [SDG3:48]
  
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  PCI devices do not use the <1 MB BAR type. [SDG3:39]
  

A6.4.2 Server includes USB controller with at least one USB port

With firmware, device, and driver support compliant with the USB specifications.

USB hubs, if used, must be self-powered.

A6.4.3 DELETED

A6.4.4 All memory visible to the operating system as system memory is cacheable; system memory includes ECC memory protection

All system memory except for 4 MB must be completely available for the system to use at boot time and cannot be locked from use by the operating system.

A6.4.5 System that provides headless server capabilities meets minimum requirements

A6.4.6 Server system supports additional required devices and subsystem capabilities

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  Logo-compliant network adapter. [SDG3:77]
  
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  Primary graphics adapter, if present on an x86-based system, supports 800x600x256 color and VESA timing standards. [SDG3:76]
  

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  CD or DVD drive or other method for installing the operating system and emergency repair support. [SDG3:184, 74]
  
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  Parallel port design, if present on an x86-based system, provides sufficient space for connector assembly. [SDG3:207]
  

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  Windows Whistler Advanced Server: System includes SCSI or Fibre Channel host controller and peripherals. [SDG3:161]
  
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  Windows Whistler Advanced Server: System designed for deployment with MSCS clustering does not use ATA host controller or peripherals. [SDG3:175]
  

A6.4.7 Server system additional required capabilities

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  Replacement of power supplies. [SDG3:213]
  
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  Replacement of fans. [SDG3:214]
  
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  Intelligent RAID controller with adequate storage capacity, supporting at least one of RAID 1, 5, or 1/0 (for servers designed for deployment with MSCS clustering). [SDG3:217, 218]
  
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  Windows Whistler Advanced Server:
  

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  Local hot-swap power supply replacement indicators. [SDG3:215]
  
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  Support for multiple hard drives. [SDG3:216]
  
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  Protected forced dump switch or other mechanism for system diagnosis. [SDG3:222]
  
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  Alert indicators for occurrence of failure and imminent failure. [SDG3:223, 225]
  

A6.4.8 Server that supports Winsock Direct (WSD) connectivity meets requirements

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  Reliable transport through combination of WSD hardware and software.
  
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  Hardware, software, and driver support to facilitate access via fast alternate paths.
  
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  Hardware has page tables to translate user addresses to physical addresses.
  

A6.5 Server System - FAQs

A6.R Server System - Future Requirements

A6.R.1 InfiniBand fabric connections, fabrics, and devices, if present, meet requirements for device and driver support

A6.R.2 Sever: Network adapter offloads TCP/IP checksum, IP Security encryption, and TCP message segmentation

Server-side network adapters should support task-offload mechanisms to offload TCP/IP checksum calculation, IP Security encryption, and TCP message segmentation to intelligent hardware.