Headless Windows

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Headless Windows

Executive Summary................................................................................................................................ 2

Why Headless?........................................................................................................................................ 2

What is a Headless System?................................................................................................................ 2

Benefits of Headless Systems..............................................................................................................2

How Do I Access a Headless System?................................................................................................ 3

Console Definitions................................................................................................................................. 3

In-band vs. Out-of-band..................................................................................................................... 3

Remote Desktop................................................................................................................................. 3

Physical Aspects of Integrity Consoles............................................................................................... 4

Management Processor..................................................................................................................... 4

Emergency Management Services.................................................................................................... 4

Firmware Redirection.......................................................................................................................... 4

Special Administration Console..........................................................................................................4

Configuring Consoles ............................................................................................................................. 5

Management Processor Settings........................................................................................................ 5

Cellular Systems............................................................................................................................... 5

Non-Cellular Systems........................................................................................................................ 6

EFI Console Settings ............................................................................................................................ 6

Windows Installation Methods................................................................................................................ 6

HP Re-Install Media............................................................................................................................. 6

Smart Setup and Microsoft RTM Media.............................................................................................. 6

Remote Installation Services............................................................................................................... 6

For more information.............................................................................................................................. 7

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Headless Windows Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 2 Why Headless?........................................................................................................................................ 2 What is a Headless System?................................................................................................................ 2 Benefits of Headless Systems .......................
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Executive Summary Users of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 are very familiar with the setup, installation, and operation of systems using a keyboard, video, and mouse. These users may not be familiar with the robust set of headless functionality that is provided by HP Integrity servers running Windows Server 2003. Integrity servers provide a complete set of tools to setup, install, manage, and use the system in a true headless fashion. The benefits of headless servers are many.
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installation of servers in racks. Console switches with remote viewing capabilities do not present the same high resolution GUI that is available through Remote Desktop. Remote desktop also provides a more responsive mouse input experience. These remote view console switches also require user authentication management which further complicates systems that are being installed or repartitioned. For future systems there may be many fine-grained partitions which require careful allocation of IO slots.
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Physical Aspects of Integrity Consoles On the back panel of Integrity servers, there are both network and serial connections to the service processor. The network port is identified as “Management LAN” and the serial port is identified as “Console”. On Superdome and the rx4640, this port is on the back panel. On all other Integrity servers, this “Console” serial port is on a breakout cable along with the “Remote” and “UPS” serial ports.
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Emergency Management Services and Special Administration Console Special Admin Console (SAC) with CMD prompt Console redirection and !SAC FW Console Redirection Power O ff Firmware Windows Loader Firmware Supports Console Redirection Blue S c re e n Windows Hung In Distress EMS Available While Windows is Active Service Processor Available While System is Powered Configuring Consoles Management Processor Settings All headless connections to the system are through the management processor, preferabl
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Non-Cellular Systems These systems can all be connected to the network at the same time. Each will be addressed using the unique MAC address of the service processor. The user can assign a fixed IP address associated with each MAC address using standard network arp and ping protocols. EFI Console Settings After system FW has completely initialized the system, EFI is run and the EFI Boot Manager is automatically run. This EFI Boot Manager is normally configured to launch the OS after a default time-out.
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