Dell PowerVault DP500 - Manual (Page 37)

Upgrading Your Operating System
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Upgrading Your Operating System
NOTICE:
When you upgrade your operating system by following the procedures in
this section, only the Windows components will be upgraded. If you upgrade your
operating system by booting from the operating system CD, a clean installation will
occur and all data will not be preserved.
Operating System Upgrade Paths
Microsoft provides two upgrade paths for your operating system software.
Table 4-1 provides the supported upgrade paths for your software.
The terms "Windows Server 2003", "Windows Server 2003 R2", and
"Windows Storage Server 2003 R2" may be used interchangeably during the
upgrade procedure, within system properties, and in other areas within the
operating system. This configuration is as designed by Microsoft. See the
COA label or Microsoft Knowledge Base article 915044 located on the
Microsoft Support website at support.microsoft.com for information about
identifying the Windows operating system edition that is installed on your system.
NOTE:
When you upgrade your operating system to another edition (for example,
Workgroup Edition to Standard Edition), your system must support both editions. For
example, the Dell™ PowerVault™ 100 system supports Windows Storage Server 2003
R2 x64 Workgroup Edition, but the platform does not support the Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2 x64 Standard Edition. As a result, you cannot upgrade your system
as shown in Table 4-1. See the Platform Support Matrix in the Important Information
document for details about operating system support for each platform.
Table 4-1. Operating System Upgrade Paths
Current Operating System Supported Upgrade Kit
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
R2 With SP2 x64 Workgroup Edition Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
R2
With SP2 x64 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
R2 With SP2 x64 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
R2
With SP2 x64 Enterprise Edition