HP ProLiant WS460c HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization - Page 21

Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization Required WS460c BIOS configurations Configuring Server Blade video mode The WS460c G6/Gen8 Graphics Server Blade has four distinct graphics modes that may be available. Depending on what OS is installed, different modes are used. In a nutshell, the Graphics Server Blade has an embedded graphics card as well a high end graphics card, depending on configuration, it is necessary to disable one or the other card. Table 16 shows the supported modes for each environment and the following sections describe each. Table 16. Proper use of video mode for each operating system Hardware Configuration Bare Metal Microsoft Server for RemoteFX and XenApp Citrix XenServer VMware vSphere OS setup and configuration Setup mode Setup mode Setup mode Setup mode Running in production User mode User mode Setup mode Setup mode User mode • This mode is used when it is necessary to disable the embedded graphics card because the installed operating system does not support using two different graphics architectures (Microsoft Server and Client OS's) • In this mode the add-in card is enabled and the embedded is disabled. The OS only sees the add-in card • This is the primary production mode when the following operating systems are installed: - Bare Metal Installations of Windows or Linux - Microsoft RemoteFX environments - Microsoft/XenApp environments • In this mode the iLO and front SUV console is available in POST but when control is passed to the OS, it becomes inaccessible because it uses the embedded video card to generate its video. In this mode the server console will show a message indicating it is in User mode • In this mode, once the operating system is booted, the system can be accessed via remote protocol only Setup mode • This mode has both video cards enabled but the add-in card is secondary and the embedded is primary • This mode is used in the following configurations: - Used in full production mode when the installed operating does support using two different graphics architectures at the same time. Currently the operating systems that use this mode for production include the VMware and XenServer Hypervisors. - Used during system install and configuration when the installed operating does not support using two different graphics architectures at the same time. For example, this mode is used during install, configuration and driver install for Windows 7 and Server, as well as Linux (Bare Metal). The mode is switch to "User" before going into production. • This is the primary production mode when the following operating systems are install: - Citrix XenServer - VMware vSphere • In this mode the iLO console is accessible at all times. Admin mode • This mode is used for troubleshooting only and is not used in production • This mode disables the add-in card and only the ATI is active Server mode (WS460c G6 only) • This mode is deprecated and rarely used for troubleshooting only and is not used/supported in production • This mode operates in the same way as Admin mode 21