HP Xw460c Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows on HP ProLiant Blade Wor - Page 8

Introduction 8

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

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.

Windows-related Procedures

OS

Bringing up

the blade

workstation

with the

factory-

installed OS

Installing

and verifying

RGS

Creating

and

configuring

a custom

OS

Restoring

the OS

Capturing

an

OS image

using RDP

Deploying

an OS

image

using RDP

Unattended

installation

Windows

XP Pro SP2

and SP3

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Windows

XP Pro x64

Edition

Section 3-5

Chapter 6

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Windows

Vista (32-bit

and 64-bit)

Not applicable—

these operating

systems cannot

currently be

ordered factory-

installed

The RGS Sender

is not currently

supported on

Windows Vista

Chapter 7

Section	Page
Introduction	8
Nomenclature	8
Administrator’s Guide organization	10
Blade workstation solution documents	11
Obtaining HP technical support	12
Customer Self Repair	12
Ordering Windows recovery media	12
Microsoft Windows licensing	12
Blade workstation video subsystem	14
Setting Remote Console Mode	16
Admin Mode	17
Setup Mode	18
User Mode	19
Summary of Remote Console Modes	20
Installing, powering on, booting, and validating the blade w	21
Setting up the client computer	22
Installing and turning on the blade workstation	22
Preparing the blade workstation infrastructure	22
Configuring the blade workstation hardware	23
Connecting media to the blade workstation	24
Powering on the blade workstation	25
Blade workstation sleep states	26
The OOBE screens	26
Verifying networking	27
NIC1 and NIC2 verification	27
iLO 2 network verification	28
Installing, configuring, and verifying RGS	29
Installing RGS	29
Setting the RGS NIC binding order	29
Setting User Mode	31
Verifying RGS operation	31
Installing applications	31
Validating the solution	32
Integrate additional blade workstations and client computers	32
Optional: Configure network teaming	32
Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image	34
Components in the factory-installed Windows XP-32 image	34
Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image	35
Required components	35
Optional software components	36
Creating the Windows XP-32 image	36
Configuring the operating system	45
Verifying the network connections	47
Installing and verifying RGS	47
Installing the applications	47
Validating the solution	47
Deploying the Windows image	47
Restoring Windows XP-32	48
Hardware configuration	48
Restoring Windows XP-32 from the RestorePlus! CD	48
Using Windows XP-64 on the blade workstation	49
Windows XP-64 processes	49
Using Windows Vista on the blade workstation	50
Acquiring Windows Vista	50
Installing Windows Vista	50
Hardware configuration	50
Windows Vista installation steps	51
Viewing the Windows Vista desktop	51
Capturing a blade workstation image using HP RDP	52
Deploying a blade workstation image using HP RDP	55
Performing an unattended installation of Windows XP-32 and W	58
Assumptions	58
Unattended installation procedure	59
User Information	68
Introduction	68
Powering on the HP blade workstation client	68
Changing the behavior of RGS	68
Connecting from the client to the blade	69
Using Enterprise Directory	69
Using a local directory file	70
Using manual entry	70
Sending Ctrl+Alt+Delete to the blade workstation	71
Accessing blade workstation desktop windows	71
Moving desktop windows between monitors	72
Spanning multiple displays with a desktop window	72
Maximizing a window to a single display	72
Supported USB devices	73
Synchronizing a PDA	73
Adjusting audio volume on the client and blade	73
Disconnecting the client from the blade workstations	74
Reconnecting to disconnected sessions	74
Managing the blade workstation	75
Onboard Administrator	76
Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)	78
Accessing iLO 2	78
iLO 2 Remote Console	79
Viewing the Windows desktop	81
iLO 2 virtual media	82
Remote Desktop Connection	84
System Management Homepage	86
Local access to SMH	87
HP Systems Insight Manager	87
HP Rapid Deployment Pack	88
Introduction	88
HP RDP content	88
Infrastructure requirements	88
HP RDP-specific differences between server blades and blade	88
Operating system	88
Preinstalled operating system	89
Booting	89
Software tools	89
Use Rip-n-Replace and Virtual Bay features to replace failed	89
HP Insight Diagnostics	90
Key features and benefits	90
Theory of operation	90
Accessing HP Insight Diagnostics	90
Survey tab	91
Test tab	91
Status tab	92
Log tab	92
Help tab	92
Saving and printing information in HP Insight Diagnostics	92
Downloading the latest version of HP Insight Diagnostics	93
ROM-Based Setup Utility	93
Power-on Self Test	93
BIOS Serial Console	93
BIOS programming	93
Troubleshooting the blade workstation solution	94
Troubleshooting SMH problems	94
Troubleshooting HP SIM problems	94
Troubleshooting RGS problems	95
Troubleshooting Windows problems	96
APPENDIX A: Downloading and installing SoftPaqs and Smart Co	97
A-1 Downloading and installing SoftPaqs	97
A-2 Downloading and installing Smart Components	101
A-2-1 Installing Smart Components using their graphical user	101
A-2-2 Command line installation of Smart Components	103

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