HP Xw460c HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - Administrator's Guide for Lin - Page 14

Admin Mode

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3-2 Admin Mode When Remote Console Mode is set to Admin Mode, the ATI video controller, which generates the boot console, will also generate the Linux console and the Linux desktop (see Figure 3-3). Linux boots first into the Linux console and then, under control of a script, starts the X server to generate the Linux desktop. In Admin Mode, the NVIDIA graphics adapter is not visible to Linux, and is not used. Figure 3-3 Admin Mode video USB x 2 serial Local I/O Connector NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics adapter Admin Mode boot console ATI RN50 video controller (1280 x 1024) NVIDIA graphics adapter is not visible to Linux Dual Broadcom 5708 Ethernet controllers iLO 2 management 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 video subsystem 14

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3-2 Admin Mode
When Remote Console Mode is set to Admin Mode, the ATI video controller, which generates the boot console,
will also generate the Linux console and the Linux desktop (see Figure 3-3). Linux boots first into the Linux console
and then, under control of a script, starts the X server to generate the Linux desktop. In Admin Mode, the NVIDIA
graphics adapter is not visible to Linux, and is not used.
Figure 3-3
Admin Mode
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
NVIDIA Quadro
FX graphics
adapter
Dual Broadcom
5708 Ethernet
controllers
iLO 2
management
processor
ATI RN50
video controller
(1280 x 1024)
NIC 1
NIC 2
iLO 2
NVIDIA graphics
adapter is not
visible to Linux
Admin Mode
USB x 2
Local I/O Connector
video
serial
Linux
console
Linux
desktop
boot console