HP dc73 HP Blade Workstation Solution Planning Guide - Page 3

Contents 1 Introduction 1-1 Blade workstation solution documents 5 1-2 Inclusion of a tabloid-size page ...6 2 Benefits of the HP Blade Workstation Solution 3 HP Blade Workstation Solution architecture 3-1 Components of the blade workstation solution 10 3-2 The HP ProLiant Blade Workstations 10 3-2-1 Operating systems supported by the blade workstation 10 3-2-2 Application support ...11 3-2-3 Data security ...11 3-2-4 Remote management ...11 3-2-5 Blade workstation and server blade co-residence 13 3-2-6 Blade workstation site planning 13 3-2-7 Blade workstation power planning 13 3-3 HP Remote Graphics Software ...13 3-3-1 RGS Sender ...14 3-3-2 RGS Receiver ...14 3-3-3 RGS licensing ...14 3-3-4 RGS product structure ...15 3-3-5 Audio support...15 3-3-6 USB support ...15 3-3-7 Alternative connection methods to RGS 16 3-4 Client computers ...16 3-4-1 HP gt7725 Thin Client ...16 3-5 Session Allocation Manager...17 3-6 Network printers ...17 3-7 Blade workstation enclosures ...18 3-7-1 c3000 enclosure...18 3-7-2 c7000 enclosure...18 3-7-3 Onboard Administrator module 18 3-8 Network switches...19 4 Blade workstation solution deployment process Step 1: Define the problem ...21 Identify your computing objectives...21 Define your requirements ...21 Step 2: Proof of Concept...21 Step 3: Pilot Deployment ...22 Step 4: Production Deployment ...22 Deployment summary ...22 5 Network Planning 5-1 Maximizing RGS interactivity...24 5-1-1 Recommendations to maximize RGS interactivity 26 5-1-2 Design issues...26 5-2 Maximizing RGS security ...27 5-2-1 Recommendations to maximize RGS security 28 5-2-2 Design issues...28 5-3 Maximizing RGS reliability ...29 5-3-1 Recommendations to maximize RGS reliability 29 5-3-2 Design issues...30 5-4 The network layers and their affect on performance 30 5-5 Characterizing your network ...32 Contents 3