HP Xw460c Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on HP ProLiant Blade Wor - Page 3

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Contents 1 Introduction 1-1 Nomenclature...8 1-2 Administrator's Guide organization 10 1-3 Blade workstation solution documents 11 1-4 Obtaining HP technical support 12 1-5 Customer Self Repair ...12 1-6 Ordering Windows recovery media 12 1-7 Microsoft Windows licensing 12 2 Blade workstation video subsystem 2-1 Setting Remote Console Mode 16 2-2 Admin Mode ...17 2-3 Setup Mode ...18 2-4 User Mode ...19 2-5 Summary of Remote Console Modes 20 3 Installing, powering on, booting, and validating the blade workstation solution 3-1 Setting up the client computer 22 3-2 Installing and turning on the blade workstation 22 3-2-1 Preparing the blade workstation infrastructure 22 3-2-2 Configuring the blade workstation hardware 23 3-2-3 Connecting media to the blade workstation 24 3-2-4 Powering on the blade workstation 25 3-2-5 Blade workstation sleep states 26 3-3 The OOBE screens ...26 3-4 Verifying networking ...27 3-4-1 NIC1 and NIC2 verification 27 3-4-2 iLO 2 network verification 28 3-5 Installing, configuring, and verifying RGS 29 3-5-1 Installing RGS ...29 3-5-2 Setting the RGS NIC binding order 29 3-5-3 Setting User Mode ...31 3-5-4 Verifying RGS operation ...31 3-6 Installing applications ...31 3-7 Validating the solution ...32 3-8 Integrate additional blade workstations and client computers 32 3-9 Optional: Configure network teaming 32 4 Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image 4-1 Components in the factory-installed Windows XP-32 image 34 4-2 Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image 35 4-2-1 Required components ...35 4-2-2 Optional software components 36 4-2-3 Creating the Windows XP-32 image 36 4-2-4 Configuring the operating system 45 4-2-5 Verifying the network connections 47 4-2-6 Installing and verifying RGS 47 4-2-7 Installing the applications ...47 4-2-8 Validating the solution ...47 4-2-9 Deploying the Windows image 47 5 Restoring Windows XP-32 5-1-1 Hardware configuration...48 5-1-2 Restoring Windows XP-32 from the RestorePlus! CD 48 6 Using Windows XP-64 on the blade workstation Contents 3

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Contents 3
Contents
1
Introduction
1-1
Nomenclature
......................................................................................................................
8
1-2
Administrator’s Guide organization
......................................................................................
10
1-3
Blade workstation solution documents
...................................................................................
11
1-4
Obtaining HP technical support
...........................................................................................
12
1-5
Customer Self Repair
..........................................................................................................
12
1-6
Ordering Windows recovery media
.....................................................................................
12
1-7
Microsoft Windows licensing
...............................................................................................
12
2
Blade workstation video subsystem
2-1
Setting Remote Console Mode
.............................................................................................
16
2-2
Admin Mode
.....................................................................................................................
17
2-3
Setup Mode
......................................................................................................................
18
2-4
User Mode
........................................................................................................................
19
2-5
Summary of Remote Console Modes
.....................................................................................
20
3
Installing, powering on, booting, and validating the blade workstation solution
3-1
Setting up the client computer
..............................................................................................
22
3-2
Installing and turning on the blade workstation
......................................................................
22
3-2-1
Preparing the blade workstation infrastructure
........................................................................
22
3-2-2
Configuring the blade workstation hardware
.........................................................................
23
3-2-3
Connecting media to the blade workstation
...........................................................................
24
3-2-4
Powering on the blade workstation
.......................................................................................
25
3-2-5
Blade workstation sleep states
..............................................................................................
26
3-3
The OOBE screens
.............................................................................................................
26
3-4
Verifying networking
..........................................................................................................
27
3-4-1
NIC1 and NIC2 verification
................................................................................................
27
3-4-2
iLO 2 network verification
...................................................................................................
28
3-5
Installing, configuring, and verifying RGS
..............................................................................
29
3-5-1
Installing RGS
....................................................................................................................
29
3-5-2
Setting the RGS NIC binding order
.......................................................................................
29
3-5-3
Setting User Mode
.............................................................................................................
31
3-5-4
Verifying RGS operation
.....................................................................................................
31
3-6
Installing applications
.........................................................................................................
31
3-7
Validating the solution
........................................................................................................
32
3-8
Integrate additional blade workstations and client computers
...................................................
32
3-9
Optional: Configure network teaming
...................................................................................
32
4
Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image
4-1
Components in the factory-installed Windows XP-32 image
.....................................................
34
4-2
Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image
.............................................................................
35
4-2-1
Required components
.........................................................................................................
35
4-2-2
Optional software components
.............................................................................................
36
4-2-3
Creating the Windows XP-32 image
.....................................................................................
36
4-2-4
Configuring the operating system
.........................................................................................
45
4-2-5
Verifying the network connections
........................................................................................
47
4-2-6
Installing and verifying RGS
................................................................................................
47
4-2-7
Installing the applications
....................................................................................................
47
4-2-8
Validating the solution
........................................................................................................
47
4-2-9
Deploying the Windows image
............................................................................................
47
5
Restoring Windows XP-32
5-1-1
Hardware configuration
......................................................................................................
48
5-1-2
Restoring Windows XP-32 from the RestorePlus! CD
................................................................
48
6
Using Windows XP-64 on the blade workstation