Operating Environment Software Instruction Manual

Console access to deployed servers
Matrix infrastructure orchestration supports console access to deployed servers from the infrastructure
orchestration console and infrastructure orchestration self service portal. Supported console types
include Remote Desktop (RDP) and telnet.
RDP and telnet access depend on network connectivity from the client to deployed servers. Servers
deployed to non-routable networks cannot be accessed by RDP and telnet. In addition, for deployed
servers that use DHCP, the server hostname must be resolvable for a console connection to succeed.
To change the screen size for all clients that initiate an RDP session through an instance of IO,
change the defaults for desktopwidth and desktopheight in the file ..\Program Files\
HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\console\rdpSession.template.
RDP console access is supported for all Windows clients. Telnet console access has the following
limitations.
NOTE: VM console access is no longer available in infrastructure orchestration. VMware removed
support for the MKS console plugin, which enabled VM console access from the infrastructure
orchestration Services tab in previous releases.
Enabling telnet for Internet Explorer 7 or later
Microsoft removed support for telnet in Internet Explorer 7, as described in Release Notes for
Internet Explorer 7.
HP does not recommend the use of telnet in IE7. However, if you want to continue to use telnet to
access deployed servers, perform the following steps to enable telnet support in IE7.
1. Copy the following registry file contents into a file called telnet.reg and save the file.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_DISABLE_TELNET_PROTOCOL]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:00000000
2. Execute the file by double-clicking it, which enables IE execution of the telnet protocol on the
client.
3. Restart IE if it is already running.
Enabling telnet for Firefox
Telnet console is supported for Firefox clients running on Linux and Windows 2008.
Clicking the telnet link in Firefox may display a prompt to launch an external application. If this
occurs, check the box for Remember my choice for all links of this type, then click Launch Application.
Matrix infrastructure orchestration organization administrator portal
Multi-tenancy allows data center resources to be securely shared among different organizations
by providing each organization with a virtual infrastructure orchestration system.
An organization administrator has control over the organization’s virtual IO system using the
infrastructure orchestration organization administrator portal, which can be used to:
• Create pools and assign users to them
• Add servers and disks to existing services
• Submit requests
• Approve or reject requests from organization users
• Customize the title and logo of the infrastructure orchestration organization administrator
portal and the infrastructure orchestration self service portal
See “Multi-tenancy in Matrix infrastructure orchestration” (page 151) for more information.
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