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Administrator's Guide for Linux on the HP Blade Workstation Solution HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Part number: 452486-004 Fourth edition: March 2008 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 2
March 2008 Audience Assumptions This guide is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots blade workstations and client access devices. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels and - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 3
the HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade and the HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation 10 2 Hardware Support Matrix 3 Blade workstation video subsystem 3-1 Setting Remote Console Mode ...13 3-2 Admin Mode...14 3-3 Setup Mode ...15 3-4 User Mode...16 4 Installing and powering on the blade workstation - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 4
Linux desktop ...36 Figure 5-26 Operating system selection ...37 Figure 5-27 Copying of the mouse driver to the /tmp folder 38 Figure graphics adapter should both be displayed 42 Figure 5-36 RGS Sender installation files ...43 Figure 5-37 Using SSH to establish a connection to the blade workstation - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 5
c7000 enclosure front and rear views 46 Figure 6-2 Detailed blade information ...47 Figure 6-3 Blade power management ...47 Figure 6-4 Boot console display of iLO connected to a Linux blade 51 Figure 6-11 Connecting virtual media...52 Tables Table 2-1 RHEL 4.5 hardware support matrix 11 Tables 5 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 6
that you read this document: HP Blade Workstation Solution Planning Guide - HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation This document, referred to hereafter as the HP Blade Workstation Solution Planning Guide, is available at http://www.hp.com/support/xw460c_manuals. This Administrator's Guide for Linux is - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 7
on the HP Blade Workstation Solution -HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation HP RGS HP Remote Graphics Software User Guide Administrator's Guide for Linux www.hp.com/support/rgs_manuals on the HP Blade Workstation Solution -- HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation This document www.hp.com/support - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 8
complete name of the Red Hat OS supported on the HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation is: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation version 4 update 5 for AMD64/Intel EM64T This OS will be referred to as RHEL 4. RHEL 4 is not included with the blade workstation, and needs to be purchased separately. This - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 9
the RHEL 4 image you just purchased will be listed as: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4 for 64-bit AMD64/Intel EM64T) Click on this link on the web page (see Figure 1-5). The reference to "Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.5" immediately above the circled ISO images refers to version 4, update 5 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 10
blade workstation model number and serial number. 1-5 Differences between the HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade and the HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Because the HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation is based on the HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade, HP recommends that you review the server blade - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 11
ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Product Items/Features (Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported) hp blade workstation base system Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, etc. HP localization kit Software Remote Graphics Software All Supported Processors - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 12
Figure 3-1. • The Linux desktop typically runs on the high performance NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics adapter ("NVIDIA graphics adapter"). Linux supports two models of NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics adapters on the blade workstation: • NVIDIA Quadro FX 560M (single card only) • NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M (single - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 13
, and also provides direct control of the blade workstation power. 2. Restart the blade workstation. Press the F9 key on your keyboard when prompted during booting, which will bring up the ROM-based Setup Utility (see Figure 3-2). 3. Select System Options -> Remote Console Mode, which will display - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 14
graphics adapter processor Linux console Linux desktop NIC 1 NIC 2 iLO 2 In Admin Mode, the boot console, Linux console, and Linux desktop can be viewed in two ways: • Using a monitor connected to the Local I/O Connector video signal • By pointing your browser to the iLO 2 IP address Blade workstation - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 15
graphics adapter Setup Mode boot console ATI RN50 video controller (1280 x 1024) Linux desktop Dual Broadcom 5708 Ethernet controllers iLO 2 management processor NVIDIA graphics adapter (although not both simultaneously), Setup Mode is recommended for Linux blade workstations. Blade workstation - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 16
Mode video USB x 2 serial Local I/O Connector NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics adapter User Mode ATI RN50 video controller (1280 x 1024) Linux console Linux desktop Dual Broadcom 5708 Ethernet controllers iLO 2 management processor NIC 1 NIC 2 iLO 2 The ATI video controller generates only the boot - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 17
HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation does not have such a diagnostic station-the only way to power this blade and connect it to the network, is to install the blade and network interconnect devices in the c3000 or c7000 enclosure. The installation, power on, and validation procedures are based on - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 18
Guide • Power Supply Installation Instructions for HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures • HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade User Guide • HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide • Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide These documents are available at http://www.hp.com/support/xw460c_manuals - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 19
, it does not support connection to 10/100 Mb/s networks. 5. Connect power to the enclosure and turn it on. When the enclosure is powered up for the first time, Insight Display launches an installation wizard to guide you in the configuration process. Complete the configuration process and verify - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 20
1 slot should remain empty. The factoryinstalled NVIDIA graphics adapter is a mezzanine 2 card, and is the only card supported in the mezzanine 2 slot. 4-2-3 Methods to connect media to the blade workstation The blade workstation architecture supports three primary methods of connecting media to the - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 21
." Save the BIOS setting, and continue with the boot process. 4. At this point, an error will typically be displayed because no operating system is detected. Install Linux as described in Chapter 5, "Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 5." Installing and powering on the blade workstation 21 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 22
're unable to establish a connection to the blade workstation using RGS, you can use SSH to remotely access and troubleshoot the blade workstation. A free Telnet/SSH client, called PuTTY, can be downloaded from the following website. The Windows XP executable is putty.exe. http://www.chiark.greenend - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 23
this installation is performed using iLO 2, the first step is to establish a connection to the iLO 2 subsystem. This is accomplished by opening a browser window on the Local Computer, and entering the iLO 2 IP address using https. For example: https://10.10.42.78 This displays the iLO 2 login - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 24
iLO 2 Virtual Media is used to mount the Local Computer CD drive to the blade workstation. On the Status Summary page, click on the Virtual Media tab, and then will begin the process of downloading a JavaScript applet, during which a number of dialogs are displayed (see Figure 5-3). Click Yes or Run, - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 25
This will mount the Local Computer CD drive to the blade workstation. Figure 5-4 Mounting of the Local Computer CD drive (D:) to the blade workstation Figure 5-5 shows the Virtual Media window after the D: drive is mounted to the blade workstation. This allows the Local Computer D: drive to be used - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 26
should be the default setting). Then click Apply. If this selection isn't made, iLO 2 will not display a cursor in the Remote Console window. Figure 5-6 Disabling the high performance mouse 6. Select Information on the left, and then select Integrated Remote Console (see Figure 5-7). This will bring - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 27
. If the blade workstation is powered down (as indicated at the bottom of the Integrated Remote Console window), click Momentary Press once to turn power on. If the blade workstation is already powered, click Momentary Press to turn power off and, after the blade workstation is powered down, click - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 28
this example) to Setup Mode. Note that your blade workstation may already be in Setup Mode. Figure 5-11 Switching from User Mode to Setup Mode Prior mode IMPORTANT: Before exiting the ROM-Based Setup Utility, insert CD1 of RHEL 4. Confirm your BIOS settings (to save Setup Mode as the Remote Console - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 29
disks must be inserted prior to rebooting the blade workstation. 1. After the blade boots, you'll see the initial Red Hat screen in Figure 5-12. For this example installation, ENTER is pressed to perform the installation in graphical mode. Figure 5-12 Initial RHEL 4 screen Installing Red - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 30
/iLO 2 cursor tracking problem for the subsequent installation steps. Installation of this mouse driver is described in Section 5-4, "Optional: Installing the HP iLO 2 High-Performance Mouse for Linux." 4. After several minutes, the Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS screen is displayed (see - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 31
Disk Partitioning Setup: Automatically partition • Automatic Partitioning: Remove all partitions on this system. • Warning (for the previous dialog): Yes • Disk Setup: Next (to accept the current partition settings) • Boot Loader Configuration: Next (to use the default GRUB boot loader) 6. The next - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 32
screens of this installation, the following is set: • Additional Language Support: English (USA) • Time Zone Selection: America/Denver - Mountain Time clicking Next. In the Package Group Selection window, Everything is selected at the bottom of the window (see Figure 5-17), followed by clicking - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 33
: • Formatting / file system... • Formatting /boot file system... • Transferring install image WS CD 4, and press OK. d. When prompted, insert RHEL WS CD 5, and press OK. e. When prompted, re-insert RHEL WS CD 1, and press OK. Dialogs will be displayed indicating "Perform post install configuration - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 34
13. Click Reboot in the installation complete screen of Figure 5-19, which will initiate a reboot of the blade workstation. Figure 5-20 shows one of the Linux boot screens. Figure 5-20 Linux boot screen 14. After booting of Linux is complete, the Welcome screen is - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 35
blade workstation, and click Next. c. Select the display resolution and color depth that you wish to use, and click Next. For this example installation, the default resolution of 800x600 is retained. 16. Next, you'll be prompted to login into Red Hat to register your product System User - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 36
(see Figure 5-25). Figure 5-25 The Red Hat Linux desktop At this point, installation of RHEL 4 is complete. Next, the HP iLO2 high-performance mouse driver can be optionally installed, followed by installation of the HP Installer Kit for Linux. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 5 36 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 37
Section 5-7, "Rebooting the blade workstation"). After rebooting, the Linux desktop will be generated by the NVIDIA graphics adapter using RGS (not by the ATI video controller using iLO 2). The combination of NVIDIA/RGS does not exhibit the cursor tracking problem, so the mouse driver is not needed - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 38
Media CD drive (/media/cdrom) to a temporary folder on the blade workstation (see Figure 5-27). Figure 5-27 Copying of the mouse driver to the /tmp folder 6. Follow the mouse installation instructions that are provided on the driver download page. 7. Go to the web page shown in Figure 5-6, enable - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 39
In this section, hpsetup, the NVIDIA driver, and RGS are installed from the HPIKL CD. Use of the iLO 2 Remote Console is continued, and it is assumed that you have logged into the blade workstation as root. To install the HPIKL CD on the blade workstation, perform the following steps: 1. Insert the - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 40
if you accept the RGS HP license agreement. Enter "yes is the recommended operating mode for Linux blade workstations. In Setup Mode, the iLO 2 Remote Console is enabled, so enter "yes", and press Enter. Figure 5-30 Enabling of the iLO 2 Remote Console e. Based - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 41
the X server will switch operation to the NVIDIA graphics adapter. When this occurs, the only way to view the X window system will be by connecting to the blade workstation using RGS. To ensure that an RGS connection can be established following rebooting, HP recommends that, prior to rebooting, you - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 42
services: hostname -i If the response is "Unknown host" or 127.0.0.1, manually assign a hostname by editing the /etc/hosts file (see Figure 5-34). Figure 5-34 Adding a hostname to the /etc/hosts file Next execute the following commands (customized for your blade workstation): hostname blc77.fct.hp - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 43
, HP recommends that you ensure that you can establish an SSH connection to the blade, so that you can troubleshoot any RGS issues. In this example installation, PuTTY (described in Section 5-1, "Pre-installation preparation") is used to establish an SSH connection to the blade workstation (see - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 44
is to reboot the blade workstation. Upon rebooting, the X server should run on the NVIDIA graphics adapter (instead of the ATI video controller), and the RGS Sender should start, allowing the Local Computer to establish an RGS connection. To reboot the blade workstation, perform the following steps - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 45
screen communicated by RGS. NOTE: If you're unable to establish an RGS connection, or for much more detailed information on RGS, refer to the HP RGS User Guide, available with the RGS documentation referenced earlier. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 5 45 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 46
self-test (POST) The HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation design is based on the HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade design and most of the manageability features are common between the two systems. The following documents (available at http://www.hp.com/support/xw460c_manuals) contain information about - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 47
about each blade in the enclosure. In Figure 6-2, OA is providing status information for blade 9. Figure 6-2 Detailed blade information As shown in Figure 6-3, OA enables remote management of the blades, including power management. Figure 6-3 Blade power management Managing the blade workstation 47 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 48
module in any enclosure. For more information about OA capabilities, see the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide. 6-2 Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) iLO 2 enables administrators to remotely perform most blade workstation management functions that would otherwise require a visit to the - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 49
your PC browser window to the iLO 2 IP address (using HTTPS). This should display the login screen shown in Figure 6-5. Figure 6-5 iLO 2 login screen After logging into iLO 2, the status summary screen is displayed (see Figure 6-6). Figure 6-6 iLO 2 status summary Managing the blade workstation 49 - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 50
To view the Remote Console types, select the Remote Console tab (see Figure 6-7). For more information about each console type, see the HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide. Figure 6-7 Remote Console selection NOTE: The Remote Console capability of iLO 2 is not the same as the Remoter Console Mode - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 51
+Del button (see Figure 6-10). However, Linux does not respond to this key combination-therefore, this button is not usable when connected to a Linux blade. Linux instead responds to the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace key combination. Figure 6-10 The Ctrl+Alt+Del button is inoperative when connected to a Linux - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 52
connection: 1. Click the iLO 2 Virtual Devices tab. 2. Click the Virtual Media link-this will bring up the HP iLO 2 Virtual Media window. 3. Select the media on your PC to connect to the blade workstation and click the Connect button. In Figure 6-11, a USB key (device E:) is connected from the local - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 53
File>Save Changes and Exit. 8. Insert the Documentation & Diagnostic CD into the workstation. 9. Restart the blade. HP Insight Diagnostics launches automatically. 6-3-4 Survey tab The Survey tab displays important system configuration information. In the View section on the left side of the screen - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 54
the computer. This includes memory slots on the system board and any memory modules installed. • Miscellaneous-Shows information obtained from the computer configuration memory (CMOS), system management BIOS data, system board data, and diagnostics component information. • Storage-Shows information - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 55
number of times the tests were executed, number is the number of HP system automatically creates an html file that looks the same as the information displayed on the screen. 1. Insert a diskette or USB 2.0 drive key (capacity must be 64MB or higher). USB 1.0 drive keys are not supported exit HP Insight - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 56
, see the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide on the HP website http://www.hp.com/support/xw460c_manuals. 6-5 Power-on self-test At power-on, the blade workstation performs power-on self-test (POST). See the "Troubleshooting" chapter of the HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade User Guide (available at - HP Xw460c | HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 57
, 13 Remote Console, iLO 2, 50, 51 ROM-based setup utility, 56 S saving HP Insight Diagnostics, 55 server blade, differences from blade workstation, 10 setting Remote Console Mode, 13 Setup Mode, 15 T test logs, HP Insight Diagnostics, 55 U User Mode, 16 using iLO 2 Remote Console, 51 V virtual
Administrator’s Guide for Linux on the
HP Blade Workstation Solution
HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation
Part number: 452486-004
Fourth edition: March 2008