HP ProLiant Blade Workstation

Special notes

Strongly encourage students attend the HE646S c-Class Blades course pre-requisite OR have equivalent c-Class Blades experience.

Course overview

This course will cover the components of the ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Value-Add solution. This includes differences between the bl460c and the xw460c, Primary Solution Clients (t5720 & dc72/dc73) and the installation of HP Remote Graphics Software used on both the xw460c Blade Workstation and Clients.

Prerequisites

• HP BladeSystem administration: c-Class (HE646S)

Audience

• System administrators responsible for xw460c Workstation Blades and connecting clients

Ways to save

Course objectives

Course outline

HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Value-Add

• HP Blade Workstation Solution
• Solution value-add at-a-glance…
• HP Blade Workstation Solution Breakthrough Innovation
• HP Remote Graphics Software
• Image based design advantage
• How to build a single purpose client from general purpose hardware…
• Data Security
• High Performance Data Retrieval
• Business Continuity Data Center Redundancy

xw460c Blade Workstation BIOS

• Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)
• POST
• ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
• BIOS Remote Console OS Display modes
• Workstation Setup utility
• RBSU: Remote Console Mode
• Diagnostics
• Inspect utility
• BIOS updates

xw460c/xw25p Blade Workstation Windows OS

• Windows XP Professional PC Blade Edition
• Differentiating between xw460c and BL460p OS
• Windows XP Pre-Install Contents
• BIOS Remote Console modes
• BIOS Remote Console OS Display modes
• Windows Pre-Install: First boot
• Windows Pre-Install: Configuring
• Preventing System Shutdown by Users
• System restore
• Differentiating between OS CD and RestorePlus CD

HP ProLiant xw460c/xw25p Blade Workstation

• Blade Workstations – Old and New
• Comparison Between WS Blades
• System View - Front
• System View – I/O Cable
• System View – System Board
• System View - Mezzanine
• System View – HDD Backplane / RAID
• System View – Front HDD assembly
• System View - Processors
• System View – Mezzanine / Interconnect
• Network Interconnect Options
• Virtual Connect (Ethernet)
• Virtual Connect Manager

Workstation Blade Clients

• Client Options
• Feature Comparison
• OS Features
• Installation and Administration
• Other Client Options

dc72 Client Software

• Blade Workstation Client Hardware
• dc72 Hardware
• dc72 HW Specs
• HP Blade Workstation Client Embedded Software
• Which image do I use?
• USB Key Installation Interface
• Right Click Menu
• About your Blade Client
• Webmin Config Tool
• Blade connection settings
• Logs
• Preserving config settings
• Network installs using Altiris
• Altiris Details
• Altiris DS 6.8 SP1 current limitations
• Altiris Deployment Solution
• PXE install with other tools
• Unsupported Altiris DS Features
• Active Directory and DDNS Integration
• New Supported Keyboards
• Mixed-Mode Monitor Cables
• Monitor Layout

RGS Software Installation

• Installing / Updating RGS receiver
• Installing / Updating RGS sender
• Connection Authentication Methods
• Sender diagnostics are available
• Some administrative changes can be made after installation
• Installation Tidbits

Configuring RGS Software Properties

• RGS touch points
• HP RGS version 4.0 Capabilities
• RGS Touch Points Heads Up Display
• RGS Touch Points RGS Receiver GUI
• HP RGS version 4.0 Capabilities
• RGS Touch Points rgreceiverconfig
• RGS Touch Points rgsenderconfig
• RGS Touch Points SAM 1.1 Client
• RGS Touch Points SAM 1.1 Server
• RGS 5.0 - Enhancements

RGS Performance Considerations

• Typical 3-tier Network Structure
• How HP Remote Graphics Software works
• Networking factors that affect RGS performance
• Network latency requirements
• Network Latency vs. Bandwidth Utilization
• Effects of Network Latency on RGS Performance
• Subjective Latency Impact in RGS
• Common Network Bandwidth
• Optimizing Performance