Administrator's Guide for Linux on HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blades

Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 5
Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 5
Workstation blade solution documents ........................................................................................................... 5
Contacting HP technical support or an authorized reseller ................................................................................ 5
Purchasing and downloading RHEL 4 and RHEL 5 ............................................................................ 7
Purchasing and downloading RHEL 4 and RHEL 5 online ................................................................................. 7
Downloading the HP Installer Kit for Linux ....................................................................................................... 7
Installing and powering on the workstation blade ............................................................................. 8
Installation overview ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Setting up your client computer ...................................................................................................................... 9
Installing and powering on the workstation blade ............................................................................................ 9
Preparing the workstation blade infrastructure ....................................................................................... 9
Configuring the workstation blade hardware ...................................................................................... 10
Methods to connect media to the workstation blade ............................................................................. 10
Powering on the workstation blade .................................................................................................... 10
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 5 ................................................................................ 12
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 5 overview ................................................................................. 12
Pre-installation setup ................................................................................................................................... 12
Pre-installation preparation .......................................................................................................................... 13
Installing RHEL 4 ........................................................................................................................................ 13
(Optional) Installing the HP iLO 2 High-Performance Mouse for Linux ............................................................... 16
Installing the HPIKL CD................................................................................................................................ 16
Post-installation verification and modifications ............................................................................................... 17
Rebooting the workstation blade .................................................................................................................. 17
Establishing an RGS connection ................................................................................................................... 18
Managing the workstation blade .................................................................................................. 19
Workstation blade management overview .................................................................................................... 19
Onboard Administrator ............................................................................................................................... 19
Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) ..................................................................................................................... 20
Accessing iLO 2 ............................................................................................................................... 20
iLO 2 virtual media .......................................................................................................................... 20
System Management Homepage ................................................................................................................. 21
Local access to SMH ........................................................................................................................ 21
HP SIM ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
HP Rapid Deployment Pack ......................................................................................................................... 21
HP RDP content ................................................................................................................................ 21
Infrastructure requirements ................................................................................................................. 22
HP RDP-specific differences between server blades and workstation blades ............................................ 22
Using Rip-n-Replace and Virtual Bay features to replace failed systems ................................................... 23
HP Insight Diagnostics ................................................................................................................................ 23
Key features and benefits .................................................................................................................. 23
Theory of operation .......................................................................................................................... 23
Accessing HP Insight Diagnostics ....................................................................................................... 24
Survey tab ................................................................
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