HP dc73 HP Blade Workstation Solution Planning Guide - Page 17

3-5 Session Allocation Manager HP Session Allocation Manager (SAM) is an optional product. SAM can help you optimize your HP Blade Workstation Solution deployment by automatically connecting the blade workstation resources to your users. SAM provides the following capabilities: • Resource assignments-SAM supports two types of resource assignments: • Static resource assignment-With static resource assignment, a user and the user's client computer are connected to a pre-defined set of blade workstation resources, even when the user changes location. • Dynamic resource assignment-With dynamic resource assignment, users are assigned blade workstation resources from a pool of available blade workstations. These two types of resource assignments provide significant flexibility in meeting the needs of your users. • Single log in-SAM simplifies the user experience by allowing the user to log in just once, even if the user is connecting to multiple blade workstations. Furthermore, with a multi-monitor client computer, SAM will automatically position the user's windows on the client computer monitors based on pre-configured information. The net result is that logging into the blade workstation solution is as simple as logging into a single workstation. • Follow-me roaming-This feature enables users to move to a different location, and be automatically reconnected to the computing resources they used previously. In doing this, SAM automatically adapts to different monitor configurations. For example, assume that a user has four monitors in the office, each displaying the frame buffer from a different blade workstation. If the user relocates to home where there is only one monitor, SAM will re-connect to the live sessions on the same four blade workstations as before, but will stack the four frame buffer windows onto the single monitor for viewing. RGS can then be used to cycle between each of the four windows. • Automatic failover-SAM can be configured such that, if a blade workstation fails, another blade workstation will be automatically assigned to the task performed by the failed unit. This feature works for both static and dynamic connections, maximizing both the uptime of the blade workstation solution and the user's productivity. • Automatic client aggregation-The blade workstation solution allows multiple client computers to be aggregated together to form a single virtual client device, operated by a single keyboard and mouse. SAM can be configured to perform client aggregation automatically, while ensuring that each client computer connects to its pre-configured set of blade workstations. • Ease of administration-SAM provides a web interface that allows all parameters of SAM operation to be easily monitored and changed from a central location. This is much more efficient than configuring the blade workstation solution by separately logging into each solution component. For more information on SAM, visit www.hp.com/go/sam. 3-6 Network printers Applications running on the blade workstation can be configured to access network printers, which would typically be proximate to the client computers and their users. HP Blade Workstation Solution architecture 17