A reference for Designing Servers and Peripherals for the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Family of Operating Systems Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation Publication Date—June 30, 2000
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Legacy Reduction and RemovalThe PC platform that is part of the heritage of today’s server systems has evolved by adding and retaining technologies. As a result, the evolution and “history” cycle for many technologies imposes a burden that impacts cost, performance, and support—particularly in the server marketplace where PC legacy items reduce the advantages brought by newer technologies. These legacy technologies are present in hardware, firmware, BIOS code, and operating systems. The Hardware Design Guide for Windows 2000 Server continues to address the transition to newer technologies with the introduction of alternatives to serial port based debug for IA-32 platforms, Universal Serial Bus (USB), and other technologies.. In the future, more guidelines will be published to facilitate the continuing migration of older technologies out of the server platform. Intel and Microsoft welcome and invite input from the industry on legacy reduction in servers, and on issues that may need to be considered in future versions of the Hardware Design Guide. How to Use This GuideRead the first chapter for an overview, and read Chapters 2 and 3 to gain an understanding of the overall system requirements. Study the other chapters to understand details about specific device classes and issues for server hardware.
As co-authors of this design guide, Intel and Microsoft provide clarification and interpretation of the requirements and recommendations in this document. Please send questions or requests for clarification by e-mail to: designguide@intel.com
Conventional TermsAdd-on devices Devices that are traditionally added to the base server system to increase functionality, such as audio, networking, graphics, and so on. Add-on devices fall into two categories: devices built onto the system board set and devices on expansion cards added to the system through a system-board connector such as Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI). Intel Architecture, IA-64, and IA-32 Refers to computers based on 64-bit and 32 bit microprocessors that use the Intel Architecture instruction set, such as Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium with MMX technology, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium II Xeon, Pentium III, Pentium III Xeon, Itanium, or compatible processors. System devices Also on-board devices. Refers to devices on the system board set such as interrupt controllers, keyboard controller, real-time clock, direct memory access (DMA) page registers, DMA controllers, memory controllers, floppy disk controller (FDC), AT-Attachment (ATA) ports, serial and parallel ports, PCI bridges, and so on. In today’s servers, these devices are typically integrated with the supporting chipset. Windows 2000 or Windows 2000 Server Refers to the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 Datacenter operating system, including any add-on capabilities and any later versions of these operating systems. The following describes the product name changes for operating systems based on Windows NT® technology offered after Windows NT 4.0.
Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows NT Server Windows 2000 Server Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Advanced Server (no equivalent) Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Notice that for compliance testing, if a recommended feature is implemented, it must meet the requirements for that feature that are defined in this guide. Some recommended features could become requirements in the future.
In this guide, the following terms are used in regard to the requirements:
Note: It is recognized that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) supply systems with specific feature requirements to corporations, where customers integrate the desired solution on site. For example, a customer could specify a minimum configuration without disk drives. Systems designed for specific corporate customers are exempt from related minimum requirements defined in this guide. Such exemptions are noted in this document. However, for compliance testing of these requirements, the system must include at least the minimum required components. Directory: download download -> Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 May 20, 2009 Abstract download -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations download -> Bbc archives: Beyond the programme download download -> Occupational health and safety download -> Dynatest 3031 lwd light Weight Deflectometer download -> Forth coming competitive exams download -> English Olympiad Tasks: 10 th form Аудіювання, 10 клас. Текст download -> Brush High School Morning Announcements Friday, September 05, 2014 all school download -> Year 9 The Arts — Music download -> Years 7 and 8 standard elaborations — Australian Curriculum: Music draft Download 1.64 Mb. Share with your friends:
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