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HP (Hewlett-Packard) DC7800 manual

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  • Page 1

    1 HP C ompaq dc7 800p Bu sines s P C w ith Int el vPr o Pr ocess or T ec hnolog y and Virtual Applia nces Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What is Virtualization? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

  • Page 2

    2 Intr oducti on Intel vPr o Proces sor T echnology* is desi gned to impr ov e management of P C s y stems and pr ov ide pr oac- ti ve s ec urity . It is a combination of Int el AMT (A ctiv e Ma nagement T echnolog y) and Intel VT (Virtualiz ation Te c h n o l o g y ) . Intel AMT pr ov ides sev eral def ense mechanisms against mali c iou s softwar [...]

  • Page 3

    3 V ir tual Appliance Ge ner ations Virtual Appliance 2 .0 f eatures inc lude: • S OS bas ed on W indo ws C E 5 .0 • CO S is Windo ws XP 3 2 -bit • Supports AMT 2 . 1 and later The HP C ompaq dc77 00p Busine ss P C shipped in 20 06 and w ill have a V A 2 . 0 compliant BIO S avail- able in Septemb er 200 7 (see “B IOS Requir ements” on pag[...]

  • Page 4

    4 The VT options ar e located in the Security tab in F1 0 Setup . F or the HP Compaq dc7 7 00p Business P C, go to: • Security > OS Sec urity > Virtu alization T ec hnology (V Tx) F or the HP Compaq dc7 800p Bu siness P C, go to: • Se cur ity > S y stem Se cur ity > V irt uali zatio n T echn olog y (VTx) • Se cur ity > S y stem[...]

  • Page 5

    5 The HP Co mpaq dc7 800p Busines s PC is an Intel vPro pr ocessor t echnolog y br anded sy stem that meets all Intel vPr o proces sor tec hnology hard war e r equir ements and supports V A 2 .6. In addition to the har dwar e requir ements, HP r ecomm ends that the sy stem has a minimum of 1 -GB RAM. Vir t ua l Ap p lia n ce In st al la tio n Cur r[...]

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    6 8. Enable V A S upport . Fig u re 2 VA S u p p o r t E n a b l e d 9. Set V erifi ed Boot P olicy to V erified Boot and Halt . Fig u re 3 V erif ied Boot P olicy s et to V er ified Boot and Halt 10 . Exit MEBx and boot into the oper ating s y stem .[...]

  • Page 7

    7 A V A can be uninstalled. T his can be because a V A is no longer needed or the user w ants to install a dif- fer ent V A. Only one V A can be installed at an y gi ve n time . The f ollow ing pro vi des an e xample of a V A 2 .6 appliance uninstallati on: 1. Ru n the V A uninstallati on file . 2. Re bo o t t he sys te m. The ME f irm war e will d[...]

  • Page 8

    8 The f ollo wing is an e xample of a s ystem w ith two network de vice s, the Intel 8 25 66DM and a Br oadcom, bef or e a V A is installed. Fig u re 4 T wo Networ k Dev ices - Intel 8 2 5 66DM and Br oadcom After the V A is inst alled, the In tel 8 25 6 6DM NIC is r enamed Intel Virtual 82555 Gigabit Net- work Connection .[...]

  • Page 9

    9 Notice that the Br oadcom networ k de vice is no longer under Ne two r k A dapte r s in De vi ce Manager . Fig u re 5 Virtuali zed Int el 8 2 5 66DM Netw ork C ontr oller After the V A is installed , the Br oadcom networ k dev ice is r enamed Unsupported Virtual Network Device and mov ed to Sy s t e m D ev i c e s in D e vi ce Manager .[...]

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    10 Fig u re 6 Unsupported V irtual Networ k Devi ce Har d Dr i v e L ay ou t A V A is located on its o wn har d dri ve partition , called the S ervice OS partition, t o isolate it f r om the Cli ent oper ating sy stem. Since the V A is an isolated entit y th a t d o e s n o t re qu i re C OS i n t e ra c t io n , i t i s m u ch mo re r esistant to [...]

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    11 The S OS partiti on is not f ormatted or giv en a hard dr iv e letter . It does not ha ve a f ile s y stem and is not accessible thr ough normal means. The HP Bac ku p and Reco very partition is located in between the C OS partitio n and the SO S par tition . Fig u re 7 HP Compaq dc77 00p and dc7 800p hard dri ve lay out K no wn L imitati ons ?[...]

  • Page 12

    12 Fig u re 8 IDE-R contr oller in De vi ce Manager • The r e ar e r estr icti ons in the w ay har d dri ves can be dupli cated using du plicati on softw ar e , such a s S ymantec Ghost , once a v i rtual appliance is installed . Hard dr i v e clo ning thr ough softw ar e means is only po ssible f or same si z ed hard dr iv es. This is becau se o[...]

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    13 App end ix A: PO S T E rr o r M essag es The f ollow ing are P OS T err or mes sages r elated to V A pr oblems during s yst em boot . P ost Er ro r Message Suggested A ction VA Ve r s i o n Applicable 2 2 1 3-EIT F ailur e Hard war e for V A support not pres ent . Ensure Intel AMT is enabled and a VT- capable pr ocessor is installed. 2. x 2 2 1 [...]

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    14 Ad ditio nal Inf ormati on T o learn mor e about HP Com paq Busines s PC and Intel vPr o Pr ocessor T echnolog y , go to www .hp .co m and r ead the follo wing w hite papers. • vPr o Pr er equisites and T rade- off s for the dc7 800 Busines s PC w ith Intel vPr o T echnology • vPr o Setup and C onf igur ation for the dc7 800 Busine ss P C w [...]