Course number HF519S

Delivery method
Instructor-led training (ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (OST)

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

Prerequisites
HP BladeSystem administration: c-Class (HE646S)

Audience
System administrators responsible for xw460c Workstation Blades and connecting clients

Course objectives
After completing this course students should be able to Install, configure and troubleshoot the ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Value-Add solution.

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

• Upis u radnu knjižicu: ne
• Certifikat: ne
• Uvjerenje: ne
• In-house: ne
• Svjedodžba: ne
• Diploma: ne