Table Of Contents - HP ProLiant xw2x220c - Blade Workstation Administrator's Manual

Contents
1 Introduction
1-1 Nomenclature...................................................................................................................... 8
1-2 Administrator's Guide organization ...................................................................................... 10
1-3 Blade workstation solution documents ................................................................................... 11
1-4 Obtaining HP technical support ........................................................................................... 12
1-5 Customer Self Repair .......................................................................................................... 12
1-6 Ordering Windows recovery media ..................................................................................... 12
1-7 Microsoft Windows licensing............................................................................................... 12
2 Blade workstation video subsystem
2-1 Setting Remote Console Mode ............................................................................................. 16
2-2 Admin Mode ..................................................................................................................... 17
2-3 Setup Mode ...................................................................................................................... 18
2-4 User Mode ........................................................................................................................ 19
2-5 Summary of Remote Console Modes..................................................................................... 20
3 Installing, powering on, booting, and validating the blade workstation solution
3-1 Setting up the client computer .............................................................................................. 22
3-2 Installing and turning on the blade workstation ...................................................................... 22
3-2-1 Preparing the blade workstation infrastructure........................................................................ 22
3-2-2 Configuring the blade workstation hardware ......................................................................... 23
3-2-3 Connecting media to the blade workstation ........................................................................... 24
3-2-4 Powering on the blade workstation....................................................................................... 25
3-2-5 Blade workstation sleep states.............................................................................................. 26
3-3 The OOBE screens ............................................................................................................. 26
3-4 Verifying networking .......................................................................................................... 27
3-4-1 NIC1 and NIC2 verification ................................................................................................ 27
3-4-2 iLO 2 network verification ................................................................................................... 28
3-5 Installing, configuring, and verifying RGS.............................................................................. 29
3-5-1 Installing RGS .................................................................................................................... 29
3-5-2 Setting the RGS NIC binding order....................................................................................... 29
3-5-3 Setting User Mode ............................................................................................................. 31
3-5-4 Verifying RGS operation ..................................................................................................... 31
3-6 Installing applications ......................................................................................................... 31
3-7 Validating the solution ........................................................................................................ 32
3-8 Integrate additional blade workstations and client computers ................................................... 32
3-9 Optional: Configure network teaming ................................................................................... 32
4 Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image
4-1 Components in the factory-installed Windows XP-32 image ..................................................... 34
4-2 Creating a custom Windows XP-32 image............................................................................. 35
4-2-1 Required components ......................................................................................................... 35
4-2-2 Optional software components............................................................................................. 36
4-2-3 Creating the Windows XP-32 image..................................................................................... 36
4-2-4 Configuring the operating system ......................................................................................... 45
4-2-5 Verifying the network connections ........................................................................................ 47
4-2-6 Installing and verifying RGS ................................................................................................ 47
4-2-7 Installing the applications .................................................................................................... 47
4-2-8 Validating the solution ........................................................................................................ 47
4-2-9 Deploying the Windows image............................................................................................ 47
5 Restoring Windows XP-32
5-1-1 Hardware configuration...................................................................................................... 48
5-1-2 Restoring Windows XP-32 from the RestorePlus! CD................................................................ 48
6 Using Windows XP-64 on the blade workstation
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