Introduction; Nomenclature; Table 1-1 Windows-Related Procedures Described In This Document - HP ProLiant xw2x220c - Blade Workstation Administrator's Manual

1 Introduction

For an overview of the HP Blade Workstation Solution, including its architecture, HP recommends that you read
the following document—it is the Read-Me-First document for the HP Blade Workstation Solution:
HP Blade Workstation Solution Planning Guide
This document is available at
www.hp.com/support/xw2x220c_manuals. Also available on these websites is the document:
Hardware and Software Supported by HP ProLiant Blade Workstations
The above document describes the latest hardware and software supported by the blade workstations. See
Section 1-3, "Blade workstation solution
This Administrator's Guide provides the information shown in Table 1-1 for Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro SP2,
Microsoft Windows XP Pro x64 Edition and Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions). All seven of the
procedures in Table 1-1 are supported on Windows XP Pro SP2 and SP3, while, for Windows XP Pro x64 and
Windows Vista, a subset of the seven procedures is supported. Click on the links in the table for detailed
information.
Windows-related procedures described in this document
Table 1-1
Bringing up
the blade
workstation
with the
factory-
OS
installed OS
Windows
Chapter 3
XP Pro SP2
and SP3
Windows
Not applicable—
XP Pro x64
these operating
Edition
systems cannot
currently be
Windows
ordered factory-
Vista (32-bit
installed
and 64-bit)

1-1 Nomenclature

For simplicity, the following nomenclature, shown in bold, is used to reference each Windows operating system:
1. Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and SP3—Windows XP-32
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition—Windows XP-64
•
2. Windows Vista
Genuine Windows Vista Business Blade PC Edition, 32-bit version—Windows Vista-32
•
Genuine Windows Vista Business Blade PC Edition, 64-bit version—Windows Vista-64
•
IMPORTANT: Windows Vista-32 and Windows Vista-64 recovery media (DVDs) are available to allow you to begin
evaluating Windows Vista in your blade workstation environment. Prior to installing Windows Vista-32 or Windows
Vista-64, it is important to understand that the RGS Sender is not yet supported on Windows Vista—see Chapter 7,
"Using Windows Vista on the blade
www.hp.com/support/xw460c_manuals
documents," for additional blade workstation solution documentation.
Windows-related Procedures
Creating
and
Installing configuring
and verifying a custom
RGS OS
Chapter 4
Section 3-5
The RGS Sender
is not currently
supported on
Windows Vista
workstation," for further details.
and
Capturing
Restoring OS image
the OS using RDP
Chapter 5
Chapter 8
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Deploying
an an OS
image
using RDP
Chapter 9
Introduction 8
Unattended
installation
Chapter 10