Dell PowerEdge 6850 - Manual (Page 17)

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NIC Device Names
In a system using the Linux operating system without an optional PCI-X NIC card installed, the
integrated NICs are assigned device names eth0 and eth1. However, if you install a PCI-X NIC card, the
card’s NIC port is assigned device name eth0 (a dual-port card will be assigned device names eth0 and
eth1) and the integrated NICs will be assigned subsequent numbers. The designations are assigned in the
order of the PCI bus scan.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Installation With More
than Eight Logical Processors
A system configured with more than eight logical processors may hang during installation of versions of
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition earlier than SP1. To avoid this issue,
temporarily disable Logical Processor in the System Setup program. (See your User’s Guide for
information on the System Setup program.)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Installation
Installation of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows 2000 Advance Server is not supported
on PowerEdge 6850 systems featuring dual-core processors with L3 cache.
NOTE: Installation of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server is
supported on PowerEdge 6850 systems featuring single-core processors (with or without L3 cache) and
dual-core processors with L2 cache only.
The processor type can be obtained by one of the following methods:
• Check your system purchase order details.
• Check the system startup screen.
• Check CPU Information in the system setup program.