Summary Of Remote Console Modes; Table 2-4 Use Of The Video Controllers For Each Remote Console Mode - HP ProLiant xw2x220c - Blade Workstation Administrator's Manual

2-5 Summary of Remote Console Modes

Table 2-4 summarizes the use of the video controllers in the three Remote Console Modes—Admin Mode, Setup
Mode, and User Mode. The video controller used during booting is highlighted in green, showing that the ATI
video controller is used in all three Remote Console Modes to display the boot console during Power-on Self Test
(POST). The video controller used for the Windows desktop is highlighted in blue, showing that the ATI video
controller is used in Admin and Setup Modes, while the NVIDIA graphics adapter is used in User Mode.
Table 2-4 Use of the video controllers for each Remote Console Mode
Remote Console
Mode
Admin Mode
Setup Mode
User Mode
Video controller
ATI video controller
NVIDIA graphics adapter
ATI video controller
NVIDIA graphics adapter
ATI video controller
NVIDIA graphics adapter
Usage during POST
Boot console
Not used
Boot console
Not used
Boot console
Note used
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Usage after booting
Windows desktop
Invisible to Windows
Windows desktop
Not used but is visible to
Windows. This enables the
NVIDIA graphics driver to
be installed the first time
Windows boots.
Not used
Windows desktop