HP (Hewlett-Packard) WS460C G6 manual

A dministr ato r's G uide f or M i cr os oft ® W in do w s ® on HP Pr oL i ant W S4 6 0c G6 W or k stati on Blad es wit h W S 460 c G rap h i c s Expans i on B lades Part Num ber 582461 - 002 March 2010 ( Second Edition)[...]

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C ontents Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 6 Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 6 Contacting HP tech nical s uppor t[...]

Installing W indows Vista® .......................................................................................................................... 25 Windows Vist a® installation s teps ............................................................................................................... 25 Viewing the Windows Vista® desktop ........[...]

Downloading t he latest ver sion of HP Insight Diagnostics ...................................................................... 58 ROM - Based Setup Utility ............................................................................................................................. 58 Power- on Self Test ..........................................[...]

Introduction 6 I nt r od uction Overview F or an overview of the HP Workstation Blade Solution, including its architecture, HP recommends that you read the following documents available on the HP website ( www.hp.co m/support/WS460c_m anuals ( http://www.hp.com/support/ws460c_ manuals )). • HP ProLiant Workstation Blades • HP Remote Graphi cs S[...]

Workstation blade video subsystem 7 W orks tat i on blade v ideo sub s y stem W S460c video su bsystem overview This chapter describes the wo rkstation b lade video subsystem . Because the wo rkstat ion blade c ont ain s two types of video controllers, you must be familiar with their functionality and operating modes. • ATI RN50 video controller [...]

Workstation blade video subsystem 8 S etting Remote Console mod e Remote Con sole Mode can b e viewed or changed d uring PO ST, when the boo t console is generated by the ATI video co ntroller i n all Remote Con sole modes. To view or set Remote Co nsole Mode dur ing booting: 1. Using either the Local I/O Connector or the iLO 2 Ethernet port, view [...]

Workstation blade video subsystem 9 Server mod e When Remote C onsole Mode i s set to Server Mode, the ATI video c ontroll er generates the boo t consol e during POST and then generates the Windows® desktop. In this mode, the NVIDIA graphics adapter is not visible to any Windows® operating systems and i s not used. In Server Mode, the boot consol[...]

Operating the workstation blade 10 O per ating th e w or k stat i on bla de W S460c instal lation process ove rview This chapter describes the following process to install, power on, boo t and validate the HP Workstation Blade Solution: 1. Set up the client compu ter. 2. Install and power on the first workstation blade by performing these steps: a.[...]

Operating the workstation blade 11 P reparing t he work stat ion blad e infras tructur e To prepare the workstation blade infrastructure (enc losure, power supplies, Onboard A dministrator modules, and networking), perform the following s teps: 1. To set up the enclosure, including wiring the PD Us, follow the instructions in the H P BladeSystem c7[...]

Operating the workstation blade 12 C onnecting me dia to the work sta tion bla de The workstation blade architecture supports three primary methods of conn ecting media to the blade (such as a CD/DV D drive) . • Connecting media to one of the US B connectors on the Local I/O Cable • Connecting a shared network drive to the blade • Using iLO 2[...]

Operating the work station blade 13 O OBE screen s When the workstation blade boots the operating system for the first time, it cycles through a number of OOBE screens. These scree ns enable you to confi gure several Windows par ameters, inclu ding: • Region, keyboard layout, and input language • Time zone • End User License Agre emen t • A[...]

Operating the workstation blade 14 I nstalling, configur ing, a nd verify ing RGS RGS (specifically, the RGS Sender) is not factory - installed on the workstation blade. You must obtain RGS from HP, and then have it installed on your workstation blade. A License Agreement Certificate is shipped with your workstation blade that enables you to downlo[...]

Operating the workstation blade 15 V erifying RGS ope ration RGS connections are initiated from the client compu ter - see the RGS User Guide av ailable at http://www.hp.com/support/rgs_manu als ( http://ww w.hp.com/support/ws460c_manu als ) for information on how to establish an RGS connection. While RGS supports several operating mode s, HP recom[...]

Operating the workstation blade 16 • Applications that depend on detection of th e NVIDIA graphics adapter - The iLO 2 Remote C onsole and Local I/O Cable environme nts both require that the ATI video controller is displ aying the Windows® desktop. If application installatio n depends on detecti on of the NVIDIA g raphics adapter, an incorrect i[...]

Creatin g a cus tom Window s imag e 17 C r e ating a c us tom W in do w s imag e C reating a c ustom Wind ows image f or the WS4 60c Workstation Blad e This chapter desc ribes how to create a cu stom Windows® image for the WS460c Workstation Blade. You must include factory - installed co mponents in your custom Win dows® image. C reating a custom[...]

Creatin g a cus tom Window s imag e 18 To extract these f olders fro m the HP Packa ge Setup wind ow, select Extract. You are prompted to specify the fo lder in whic h you want the fil es to be extracted. • CD containing the following required driv ers - Download and store the following SoftPaqs on a CD: o ATI ES100 0 graphic s driver o NVIDIA FX[...]

Creatin g a cus tom Window s imag e 19 7. When prompted for the driver diskette, insert the diskette containin g the HP Smart Array P410i SAS controller drivers, and then pre ss Enter. 8. S elect the Windows® 2000 Driver for Smart Array P410i SAS controller driver. Press Ente r to install the driver. 9. When pr ompted, pr ess Ente r to begin the W[...]

Creatin g a cus tom Window s imag e 20 can be used. To modify the Integrated Management Log with the management agents, you must have a READ WRITE community defined. b. HP Insight Management Agents — You must also have this comp onent to use SMH or HP SIM. C onfiguring the operatin g system After the Win dows® operat ing system starts, configu r[...]

Creatin g a cus tom Win dows im age 21 If HP Rapid Deployment Pack is used, enable the File and Print Sharing progr am exception. Also add the port exceptions listed in the following table to enable HP Rapid Deployment Pack access to the workstation blade. Port Type Description 53 TCP RDP DN S and SQ L 53 UDP RDP DNS 67 TCP RDP DHCP REQ 68 TCP TDP [...]

Creatin g a cus tom Window s imag e 22 For more information about creating the Windows® XP image, see " Creating the Windows® XP image (on page 18 )". I nstalling the applications HP recommends that you install the following applic ations before installing user applications: • Microsoft® .NET Frame work — This softwa re is requir e[...]

Using Windows® XP - 64 on the workstation blade 23 U sing W indo w s® XP - 64 on th e w orkstat ion blade W indows® XP- 64 on the work station b lade While Windows® XP - 64 is supported on the workstation blade, this OS is not available factory - installed. Windows® XP - 6 4 needs to be acquired, installed, and configured by your IT department[...]

Using Windows® XP - 64 on the workstation blade 24 • Version 2.2 of the H P SAM S oftPaq is required for Win dows® XP - 64. The previous SAM release, version 2.1, is n ot suppor te d on Windows® XP - 64. • The BIOS vers ion is not dependent on the operating system that you are using. A co mmo n BIOS supports al l three operati ng systems: W [...]

Using Windows Vista ® on the workstation blade 25 U sing W indo w s V ista® on the w or k stati on blade A cquiring Wind ows Vista® Windows Vi sta® recovery m edia is shipped with your wo rkstat ion blade. I f your Windows Vista® recovery media i s lost or dam aged, you ca n order new recovery medi a. The Windows V ista® recov ery media does [...]

Using Windows Vista ® on the workstation blade 26 5. Click Next . 6. Choo se a partitio ning scheme. The def ault part itioning scheme u ses the entire di sk drive for the C : partition. To select a different partitioning scheme, u se the blue arro ws to make your selecti on, and then click Next . 7. After requ esting con firmation of the hard dri[...]

Capturin g a workstation blade i mage using H P Insigh t Rapid Deploym ent Sof tware 27 C aptur ing a w orks tati on blade im age using HP Insight R ap i d D eplo y ment So f t w ar e U sing HP Ins ight Rapid D eployment S oftware HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software can be used to capture the OS image of the workstation blade for both Windows®, b[...]

Capturin g a workst ation blade im age usi ng HP Insight R apid Deployme nt Sof tware 28 a. On the Altiris Deployment Server, click To ols > Remote Agent Installer . The Remote Agent Installer screen appears. Select Use this user name and passw ord fo r client/s . Using an Administrative account local to target, Click Next . b. Accept the defaul[...]

Capturin g a workst ation blade im age usi ng HP Insight R apid Deployme nt Sof tware 29 — If you are running Sy sprep manually — If you are not using Sysprep at all and want to make a carbon image of you computer d. Accep t the default s on the Return Co des screen. Step 7: Apply the n ew Altiris job to comp uters whose images you are capt uri[...]

Deploying a works tation blad e imag e using HP Insig ht Rapi d Deploymen t Softw are 30 De plo y ing a w or kstatio n blade im age using HP Insight R ap i d D eplo y ment So f t w ar e Using HP Ins ight Rapid D eployment S oftware for Windows® XP- 64 HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software can be used to deploy an operating system im age to the work[...]

Deploying a works tation blade imag e using HP Insig ht Rapi d Deploymen t Softw are 31 c. Because you are usi ng Altiris to run sysprep, selec t Enable this agent to use SIDgen and/or Micr osof t® Sys p rep. d. To configure option settings on the A - client, click the Ch ange Settings button. Click Next . e. Click the arrow, and the n select Use [...]

Deploying a works tation blade imag e using HP Insig ht Rapi d Deploymen t Softw are 32 c. Select the appropriate boot environment, click Next , accept the defaults, and then click Finish . Step 7: Deploy the OS using the new Altiris job. This step might r e quire a manual PXE boot, depending on whet her you have configured the Altiris A - client t[...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Win dows ® XP 33 P erf or ming an un at tended installatio n of W indo w s® XP U nattended installati ons This chapter provides an overview of the steps to perform an unattended installation of Win dows® XP. This chapter describes the essen tial elements th at are spec ific t o workstation bla des. U n[...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 34 AllowMultipleTSSessions — Set to 0 to disable fast user switching, set to 1 to allow switching. b. Turn off Simple File Sharing — In this ex ample, Simple File Sharing is turned off by a script called "Simple File Sharing.reg" with the following lines: [HKE Y_LOCAL _ MACHINE [...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 35 — Add to the [GuiRunOnce] section [GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive% HP_Install Driver_Software_Install2.cmd" The above entry w ill run the ins tall script "Driver_Software_Install.cmd" (see Appendices) that will install drivers and softwa re at first login after install[...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 36 — Add to the [GuiUnattended] section: [GuiUnattended] AutoLogonCount=2 — Add to the [NetOptionalComponents] section: [NetOptionalComponents] SNMP = 1 This entry installs SNMP during setup. This entry must be made must be made, or the management agents will not install correctly. — Ad[...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 37 wItem=MTX - 0 ef50f2 982c344a1 89375e 2745&j umpid =reg_R10 02_USE N ( http://www. ) for more information. Downlo ad the HP NC - Series Multifunction Drivers for RIS/ WinPE. For example, for Windows® XP - 64, the b06nd.inf and b06 nd51a.sys files are needed for RIS. Add the files and [...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 38 echo Completed Installing RGS rem Starting Management Agent install echo. echo Starting Management Agent install cd %systemdrive% HP_Install Drivers management IMA agents_32.msi /quiet rem Completed Management Agent install rem Starting Management Homepage install echo. echo Starti[...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 39 rem Complete XPUnsignOK2.exe to automatically push accept button for Unsigned ATI driver rem Starting ATI driver install echo. echo Starting ATI driver install cd %systemdrive% Drivers ATI cpqsetup.exe /s rem Completed ATI driver install rem Starting NVIDIA driver install echo. echo St[...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 40 echo. echo Starting Management Homepage install cd %systemdrive% Drivers HP_System_Management_Homepage cpqsetup.exe /s rem Completed Management Homepage install rem Starting firewall.cmd to punch holes in firewall (see Appendix C in this whitepaper) echo. echo Starting firewall.cmd sta[...]

Perfor ming an u nattended insta llation of Windows® XP 41 netsh firewall add portopening TCP 126 "SNMP port 126 (TCP 126)" netsh firewall add portopening TCP 137 "Netlogon SMB (TCP/UDP 137)" netsh firewall add portopening TCP 401 "WOL (TCP 401)" netsh firewall add portopening TCP 402 "RDP dep agents (TCP 402)&qu[...]

User inform ation 42 U s er i n for ma t ion U ser informa tion introduc tion This chapter is intended for the user of the HP Workstation Blade Solution and describes how to i nteract with the workstation blade from the client computer. The following topic s are included in this chapter: • Powering on the workstation blade client • Changing the[...]

User inform ation 43 window is selec ted. By defa ult, the key sequ ence to ent er Setup Mode is press S hift , press Space , and release Space (or, more simply, hold down the Shift key, then press and relea se the Space bar). When in Setup Mode (while still holding the Shift key) , you can: • Press the M ke y (Setu p Mo de + M) t o display the R[...]

User inform ation 44 U sing a loca l directory file Setting up the Enterprise Directory may not be practical for smaller installations. Instead, it may be more efficien t to use a directo ry file that resides on the client. The directory fi le contai ns a list of systems assigned to authorized users on that client. For details on the content of the[...]

User inform ation 45 S ending Ctrl+Alt+ Delete to the wo rkstation blade Using Ctrl+ Alt+Delete, y ou can log i n, access the Windows® Task Manager, or loc k the desktop. If you are accessin g a workstatio n blade from the following c lients, the proc ess is identic al to a desk side system - the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key sequ ence is for warded di rect[...]

User inform ation 46 M oving desktop windows b etween mon itors RGS enables you to move desktop windows to a ny part o f the client screen space. If the deskto p windows sent from the workstation blade have borders, click the top border and drag the desktop to the desired location. If the desktop windows do not have borders, perform the follo wing [...]

User inform ation 47 10. Re- enter nView. 11. Go to Windows tab, identify monitors (should display 1a 1b ). Test the new setting b y maxim izing a windo w. If confi gured properly, the maximized window fills only one monit or. The nVi ew option suppo rts other custo mizations i n the Windo ws® environment as desc ribed in the ForceWare Graphics Dr[...]

User inform ation 48 You can also use the RGS Control Panel to s elec t between stereo and monaural audio, and choose the sound quality level, from L ow (AM radio) to High (full CD - quality). From the RGS Control Panel, click the Advanced button, and then click the Audi o tab. Higher - quality and ster eo sound increase network bandwidth usage. ?[...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 49 M anaging the w orks tati on blade W orkstation bl ade management o verview This chapter describes how to m anage workstation blades, and includes information on the following topics: • Onboard Administrator • Integrated Lights - Out 2 (iL O 2) • Remote Desktop C onnectio n • System Mana gement Home page [...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 50 • One OA module is installed in the rear of the enclosure. OA also provides detailed information about each blade in the enclosure. The iLO 2 managem ent processo r also suppo rts blade power management. Ho wever, u sing iLO 2 power management requires a separate login to iLO 2 on each blade. With OA, you can m[...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 51 If you press Ctrl+Alt+Del on the keyboard of the PC that displays the iLO 2 Windows® desktop, your PC will respond , not the bl ade. The iLO 2 Remote C onsole provides the C trl+Alt+ Del butt on, whic h sends this keystroke combination to the blade. The Ctrl+Alt+Del button is located at the top of the Windows® [...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 52 1. Go to Control pan el > Adm i nist rative To ols > L ocal S ecu rit y Pol icy > Sec urit y O ption s . 2. Ensure tha t Network Acc ess: Sharin g and securi ty model for local accoun ts is set to Classic - lo cal users authen ticate as them selves. This settin g is also requi red for RGS oper ation, an [...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 53 • Altiris Deployment S olution • A database - either Microsoft® SQL Serv er or Microsoft® Data Engine (MSDE) Rapid Depl oyment Softwa re - specific differen ces between server blades and wor kstati on blades There are several differenc es between server bl ades and wo rkstation b lades that aff ect HP RDP: [...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 54 • The Smart Start Scripting Toolkit is not supported on the workstation blade. In particular, the Conrep.exe tool and server deployment jobs that capture firmware settings (for example, the default Hardware Configuration or Server Deployment jobs) do not c apture settings for features that are unique to the wor[...]

Managi ng th e workstation blade 55 modes and types of testing. It includes Quick, Complete, and Custom testing levels to give you control over testing depth and required user interaction. A ccessing H P Ins ight Dia gnost ics HP Insight Diagnostics is available on the Documentation and Diagnostic CD included with your workstation blade. To start t[...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 56 • Stora ge — Di splays information abo ut storage media connected to the computer. This list inclu des all fixed disks, diskette drives, and optical drives. • System — Displays information abou t the system board, processor, chassis, and BIOS, plus internal speaker and PCI bus information. T es t ta b The[...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 57 button. To run the last set of tests ex ecuted without having to r eturn to the test selection page, click the Retest button. The Status tab also displays: • Devices bein g tested • Tests that are running • Overall elapsed time • Individual elapsed test times • Condition status of each test L og tab The[...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 58 2. Click Save in the upper right corner of the tab. 3. Select S ave t o the fl oppy o r Save to USB key . 4. Enter a file name in the File N ame box, and then click the Save butto n. An html file is saved on the diskette or USB dri ve key. 5. Print the informati on from the diskette or USB drive k ey. To exit HP [...]

Mana ging the wor kstation blade 59 B IOS Seri al Console BIOS Serial Console allows you to configure the serial port on the lo cal I/O cable to view POS T error messages and run RBSU. A keyboard and mouse are not required. B IOS programming HP provides a downloadable SoftPaq to update the BIOS. Each BIOS SoftPaq includes a version number and date.[...]

Acronyms and abbrevi ation s 60 A c r on y ms and abbr e v iati ons BACS Broadcom Advanced Control Suite BBWC battery - backed write cache BIOS Basic I npu t/Output System DHCP Dynamic Host Config uration Protocol DIMM dual inline memory module DNS domain nam e system DVI digital visual interface FEC Fast EtherChannel GEC Gigabit EtherChannel HP SI[...]

Acronyms and abbrevi ation s 61 I/O input/output iLO 2 Integrated Lights - Out 2 KVM keyboard, video, and mouse LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol LAN local - area networ k NIC network interface controller OA Onboard Admini strator OOBE out of bo x experience OS operating system PCI Express Peripheral Component Interconnect Expre ss PDU power d[...]

Acronyms and abbrevi ation s 62 RBSU ROM- Based Setup Utilit y RDC remote desktop connect ion RGS remote graphi cs software RIS reserve informa tion secto r SAM Session Allocation Manager SAS serial attached SCSI SATA serial ATA SIM Systems Insight Man ager SMASH System Management Architecture for Serve r Hardware SMB Server Message Blo ck SMH Syst[...]

Acronyms and abbrevi ation s 63 UID unit identification USB universal serial bus VLAN virtual local - area netwo rk WOL Wake- on LAN[...]

Index 64 A accessing i LO 2 50 adjusting the volume 47 Admin mode 8 application, installatio n 15, 22 audio volume 47 B Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) 58, 59 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) 58, 59 BIOS programming 59 BIOS Serial Console 58 booting the workstation 10, 53 C capturing workstation blade image 27 client to blade connection 43 configu[...]

Index 65 operating system configuration 20 Out of box experienc e 13 overvi ew 6 P PDA synchronization 47 powering on t he workstatio n 10, 12 powering up 42 Power - On Self Test ( POST) 58 preparing for installation 11 process, c reating cu stom Windows® XP - 32 image 17 R RDP (Rapid Deployment Pack) 27, 53 reconnec ting to disc onnected sessions[...]