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Graphics Expansion Blade Abstract This guide provides information for using Microsoft® Windows® on the HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blade with WS460c Graphics Expansion Blade. This guide is for technicians that install, administer, and troubleshoot servers and storage systems. Part Number - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 2
to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 3
hardware 10 Connecting media to the workstation blade 11 Powering on the workstation blade 11 Workstation blade sleep states...11 Configuring and verifying networking ...12 Configuring NIC 1 and NIC 2 ...12 Verifying iLO 2 network ...12 Installing, configuring, and verifying RGS 12 Verifying RGS - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 4
of Windows XP 31 Unattended installations ...31 Performing an unattended installation ...31 User information ...40 User information introduction ...40 Powering on the client...40 Changing the behavior of RGS ...40 Connecting from the client to the blade ...41 Sending Ctrl+Alt+Delete to the - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 5
documents available on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/#Support). When prompted for a product, enter WS460c. • HP ProLiant Workstation Blades • HP Remote Graphics Software User Guide • HP Workstation Blade Client Series-Embedded OS Version 9.xx Manual • Administrator guides This Administrator - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 6
dual-card mezzanine configurations. For more information, see Hardware and Software Supported by HP ProLiant Workstation Blades. HP offers the HP Graphics Expansion Blade (expansion blade), which comes attached only to the workstation blade. The expansion blade supports the installation of qualified - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 7
HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blade with WS460c Graphics Expansion Blade supports remoting protocols such as Microsoft® Remote Desktop Protocol 7.1 or later. Mode User system to install the NVIDIA graphics adapter driver. In Setup of the workstation blade power. 2. When prompted during - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 8
3. Select System Options > Remote Console Mode. The current Remote Console Mode appears. 4. To change the Remote Console Mode, when done and perform the steps indicated to exit the ROM-based Setup Utility. The workstation blade performs a reboot, and then the Remote Console Mode appears. Workstation - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 9
BladeSystem c3000 Tower Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide • HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide • HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide WS460c installation process overview This chapter describes the following process to install, power on, boot and validate the HP Workstation Blade - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 10
prepare the workstation blade infrastructure (enclosure, power supplies, Onboard Administrator modules, and networking): 1. To set up the enclosure, including wiring the PDUs, follow the instructions in the HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide. 2. Install power supplies in the - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 11
workstation blade In addition, the c3000 Enclosure supports an optional DVD drive that can be used to install the operating system or software on a workstation blade. Using the c3000 Onboard Administrator, the DVD drive can be attached to any or all workstation blades in the enclosure. Powering on - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 12
. o Use Onboard Administrator. 2. Point your PC browser window to the iLO 2 IP address (using HTTPS). The login screen appears. Installing, configuring, and verifying RGS RGS (specifically, the RGS Sender) is not factory-installed on the workstation blade. You must obtain RGS from HP, and then - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 13
establishing an RGS connection, see the Remote Graphics Software User Guide, which you can access by accessing the HP website (http://www.hp.com/#Support), and entering Remote Graphics Software. Installing applications The workstation blade might not contain any removable-media storage devices (such - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 14
each added device operates correctly with the existing solution components, HP recommends that you perform verification after each workstation blade and client computer is installed. For example, after integrating a new workstation blade into the solution, you can verify that RGS operates between - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 15
Blade This chapter describes how to create a custom Windows® image for the WS460c Workstation Blade. You must include factory-installed following files in the root directory of a diskette containing the HP Smart Array P410i SAS controller drivers: o hpcissm2.cat o hpcissm2.sys o hpcissx2.inf o - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 16
files to be extracted. • Install the HP Blade Workstation Support Pack, which includes: o ATI ES1000 graphics driver o NVIDIA graphics driver o HP NC-Series Broadcom 10GbE Multifunction driver o HP ProLiant Integrated Lights-Out 2 Management Interface driver o HP ProLiant iLO 2 Advanced and Enhanced - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 17
Blade PSP Support Pack. Make note of the IP addresses for connections through RGS and RDC. 22. Update Windows with Microsoft service packs as required. If you are prompted during the Microsoft service pack installation to override an old driver, do not enable the override, and select No. Configuring - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 18
162 - 80 443 Protocol HTTP HTTPS HTP HTTPS SSH SNMP SNMP Trap ICMP HTTP HTTPS When configuring ports for HP SMH and HP SIM, see the HP Customer Advisory HP Systems Insight Manager and HP System Management Homepage Do Not Function Properly After Upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP SP2. This advisory - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 19
88 UDP 123 UDP 135 TCP 135 UDP 137 TCP 161 TCP 162 TCP 389 UDP 401 TCP 402 TCP 445 UDP 636 TCP 750 TCP 751 TCP 752 TCP 753 TCP 754 TCP 1010 TCP 1433 TCP 1500 TCP 1758 TCP 1759 TCP 2381 TCP 2500 TCP Kerberos Insight Control server deployment Kerberos - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 20
page 16)". Deploying the Windows image 1. Run the sysprep command to generate new security IDs on each target system. For more information, see the Microsoft documentation. 2. Capture the image. 3. Deploy the image to the workstation blades. Creating a custom Windows image 20 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 21
® XP Professional x64 Edition on the workstation blade While Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition is supported on the workstation blade, this OS is not available factory-installed. Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition must be acquired, installed, and configured by your IT department. Because so many - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 22
are using. To see a list of supported operating systems, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/#Support). When prompted for a product, enter WS460c. HP recommends updating your workstation blades to the latest BIOS version available. • QFEs are OS-specific. Install the Windows® XP Professional x64 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 23
This is the slower method, and is susceptible to network issues. Installing Windows Vista® on a workstation blade 1. Install Windows Vista® according to standard Microsoft® installation instructions. 2. Install the HP Workstation Blade PSP Support Pack. Viewing the Windows Vista® desktop To view the - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 24
PC. This is the slower method, and is susceptible to network issues. Installing Windows 7 on a workstation blade 1. Install Windows® 7 according to standard Microsoft® installation instructions. 2. Install the HP Workstation Blade PSP Support Pack. Viewing the Windows 7 desktop To view the Windows - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 25
Deployment Server to run Sysprep, refer to the Deployment Solution documentation available from Altiris at http://www.altiris.com (http://www.altiris.com). Step 3: Configure the A-Client (Altiris Agent) so that it is installed on the workstation blade. If you are using Altiris to run Sysprep, you - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 26
username and password for client/s. Using an Administrative account local to target, click Next. b. Accept the default install directory path or choose your own, and then select Enable this agent to use SIDgen and/or Microsoft Sysprep. c. To configure optional settings on the A-client, click the - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 27
the computer in the Computers pane of the Altiris Console. In the right pane, you can see all running jobs and their status. Capturing a workstation blade image using HP Insight Control server deployment 27 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 28
the following steps: a. Click Tools>Remote Agent Installer. The Remote Agent Installer screen appears. Select Use this username and password for client/s. Using an Administrative account local to target, click Next. Deploying a workstation blade image using HP Insight Control server deployment 28 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 29
an Administrative account local to target, click Next. b. Accept the default install directory path, or choose your own. c. To configure option settings manually mapped for Altiris and pre-boot environment to use. Deploying a workstation blade image using HP Insight Control server deployment 29 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 30
job. This step might require a manual PXE boot, depending on whether you have configured the Altiris A-client to automate computer shutdown and PXE boot. To perform a manual PXE boot, press F12 key job and the status. Deploying a workstation blade image using HP Insight Control server deployment 30 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 31
installation files, as well as the HP-specific drivers and software for the workstation blade. a. Windows® XP Professional SP3-The $OEM$ folder is created under the i386 directory, which was originally created manually or via Remote Installation Service User Switching-In this example, Fast User - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 32
for RIS installation). The following entries are based on the example directories created in step 2, and must be adapted to your configuration if it differs from the directories shown in step 2. For more details on the creation of the unattended.txt file, see the Microsoft® documentation. a. Windows - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 33
are deactivated if NVIDIA is the primary controller. The NVIDIA driver is installed later in the installation process and activated before switching to User Mode. The ATI drivers that are downloadable from the workstation blade software and drivers web page are not Microsoft® signed. If you do not - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 34
® documentation on firewall settings). In practice, HP does not recommend disabling the Windows® firewall unless another firewall is in use. See "Configuring the operating system (on page 17)" for recommended firewall settings. - (Optional) [NetAdapters] sections-To ensure that the network card - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 35
Windows® XP Pro GuiRunOnce script The GuiRunOnce script installs the required software and drivers in the proper order, and runs after the first boot. A sample version of this script is included in the HP Workstation Blade Unattended install support Files downloaded in step 3. This script runs after - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 36
Completed Management Agent install rem Starting Management Homepage install echo. echo Starting Management Homepage install cd %systemdrive%\HP_Install\Drivers\management\SMH sp36105.exe /s rem Completed Management Homepage install rem Changing to USER mode, next reboot) rem Options on this - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 37
Management Agent install rem Starting HP Proliant iLO2 Management Controller install echo. echo HP Proliant iLO2 Management Controller install cd %systemdrive%\Drivers\HP_iLO2_Management_Controller cpqsetup.exe /s rem Completed HP Proliant iLO2 Management Controller install rem Starting HP Proliant - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 38
exe -l -fuser.dat -xconrep.xml rem Completed Changing to USER mode, next reboot shutdown -r -t 300 -f echo. echo HP Install Script Complete exit Example firewall punch holes script (firewall.cmd) netsh firewall add portopening TCP 2381 "HP SMH Secure Web Server (TCP 2381)" netsh firewall add - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 39
)" netsh firewall add portopening TCP 389 "LDAP (TCP 389)" netsh firewall add portopening UDP 389 "LDAP (UDP 389)" netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 Performing an unattended installation of Windows XP 39 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 40
controls only a single connection. The Virtual KVM allows switching between connections in situations where you have more display area on your blades than you have monitors on the client. For more information about configuring RGS, see the HP Remote Graphics User's Guide. The RGS Receiver must be in - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 41
to the blade RGS supports these basic operating modes: • The Normal Mode enables RGS to connect to a single remote computer. • The Directory Mode enables RGS to connect to multiple remote computers. For more information about RGS operation, see the HP Remote Graphics Software User Guide. Sending - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 42
the left-most monitor to view it in its entirety. Using RGS If RGS is your primary protocol, see the Using RGS chapter in the HP Remote Graphics Software User Guide ("Using RGS" on page 42, http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01883671/c01883671.pdf). User information 42 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 43
battery-backed write cache DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS domain name system HP SIM HP Systems Insight Manager iLO 2 Integrated Lights-Out 2 OA Onboard Administrator PCI Express Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PDU power distribution unit POST Power-On Self Test QFE quick fix - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 44
RIS reserve information sector SAM Session Allocation Manager SAS serial attached SCSI SATA serial ATA SIM Systems Insight Manager SMB Server Message Block SMH System Management Homepage TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol USB universal serial bus WOL Wake-on LAN Acronyms and abbreviations 44 - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 45
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Software, Windows XP-64 28 HP technical support 5 I iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) 12 iLO 2 link LED 12 iLO network 12 installation 9 installation and configuration 10 installation preparation 10 installing applications 13 introduction 5 M managing workstation blades 9 Mode, admin 6 Mode, remote - HP BladeSystem c7000 | Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on H - Page 47
mode 6 sleep states 11 spanning monitors 41 T technical support 5 telephone numbers 5 U unattended installation 31 user information 40 User mode 6 V validating the solution 14 validating the workstation blade 9 verifying network 12 video controller 6 video subsystem 6 W Windows 7 desktop, viewing
Administrator's Guide for Microsoft® Windows®
on HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blades
with WS460c Graphics Expansion Blade
Abstract
This guide provides information for using Microsoft® Windows® on the HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blade with WS460c Graphics
Expansion Blade. This guide is for technicians that install, administer, and troubleshoot servers and storage systems.
Part Number: 582461-006
June 2012
Edition: 6