The system requirements defined in this publication provide guidelines for designing servers that deliver an enhanced user experience when implemented with Windows NT Server. These design requirements are not the basic system requirements for running the Windows NT Server operating system. In this guide, hardware features are described as Required, Recommended, or Optional as follows:
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.