HP ProLiant xw2x220c Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on HP ProLian - Page 8
Introduction, Nomenclature
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1 Introduction For an overview of the HP Blade Workstation Solution, including its architecture, HP recommends that you read the following document-it is the Read-Me-First document for the HP Blade Workstation Solution: HP Blade Workstation Solution Planning Guide This document is available at www.hp.com/support/xw460c_manuals and www.hp.com/support/xw2x220c_manuals. Also available on these websites is the document: Hardware and Software Supported by HP ProLiant Blade Workstations The above document describes the latest hardware and software supported by the blade workstations. See Section 1-3, "Blade workstation solution documents," for additional blade workstation solution documentation. This Administrator's Guide provides the information shown in Table 1-1 for Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro SP2, Microsoft Windows XP Pro x64 Edition and Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions). All seven of the procedures in Table 1-1 are supported on Windows XP Pro SP2 and SP3, while, for Windows XP Pro x64 and Windows Vista, a subset of the seven procedures is supported. Click on the links in the table for detailed information. Table 1-1 Windows-related procedures described in this document OS Windows XP Pro SP2 and SP3 Windows XP Pro x64 Edition Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Bringing up the blade workstation with the factory- installed OS Chapter 3 Not applicable- these operating systems cannot currently be ordered factory- installed Windows-related Procedures Installing and verifying RGS Creating and configuring a custom OS Restoring the OS Capturing an OS image using RDP Section 3-5 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 8 The RGS Sender is not currently supported on Windows Vista Chapter 7 Deploying an OS image using RDP Chapter 9 Unattended installation Chapter 10 1-1 Nomenclature For simplicity, the following nomenclature, shown in bold, is used to reference each Windows operating system: 1. Microsoft Windows XP • Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and SP3-Windows XP-32 • Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition-Windows XP-64 2. Windows Vista • Genuine Windows Vista Business Blade PC Edition, 32-bit version-Windows Vista-32 • Genuine Windows Vista Business Blade PC Edition, 64-bit version-Windows Vista-64 IMPORTANT: Windows Vista-32 and Windows Vista-64 recovery media (DVDs) are available to allow you to begin evaluating Windows Vista in your blade workstation environment. Prior to installing Windows Vista-32 or Windows Vista-64, it is important to understand that the RGS Sender is not yet supported on Windows Vista-see Chapter 7, "Using Windows Vista on the blade workstation," for further details. Introduction 8