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HP ProLiant xw460c Blade
Workstation Core Class
November 2007
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Workstation Core Class
November 2007
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HHP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class
Student Guide
November 2007
HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Agenda
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Agenda
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November 2007 – HP Restricted Agenda - 1

Agenda – Day 1
Topic Start Finish
Blade Workstation Solution Overview 8:30 AM 9:15 AM
Product Marketing 9:15 AM 9:45 AM
Break 9:45 AM 10:00 AM
Blade and Client Workstation Architecture, Hardware, and Network Connectivity 10:00 AM 11:00 AM
Network Connectivity: Latency, Bandwidth, Scalability. 11:00 AM 11:30 AM
Client Software 11:15 AM 12:15 PM
Lunch 12:15 PM 12:45 PM
Power Considerations 12:45 PM 1:30 PM
xw460c Workstation Blade BIOS 1:30 PM 1:45 PM
Remote Manageability and Monitoring 1:45 PM 2:15 PM
Break 2:15 PM 2:30 PM
Windows XP Blade Edition 2:30 PM 3:00 PM
Novel Linux on Blade 3:00 PM 4:00 PM
Remote Graphics Software 4:15 PM 4:55 PM
Remote Graphics Software, Marketing and Licensing 4:55 PM 5:15 PM
Support and Call Flow 5:15 PM 5:30 PM
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Agenda – Day 2
Topic Start Finish
Lab Overview 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
OA/iLO Configuration LAB 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
Break 10:30 AM 10:50 AM
Blade Workstation Setup (RGS Install) LAB 10:50 AM 12:00 PM
Lunch 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
dc72 Blade Workstation Client Setup LAB 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
RGS Connections LAB 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
T5720 Client Setup LAB 3:20 PM 4:50 PM

Agenda – Day 3
Topic Start Finish
Insight Control for Blades Overview Demonstration 8:30 AM 10:00 AM
SAM Training and LAB 10:00AM 12:00 PM
Lunch 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
SAM Training and LAB continued 1:00 PM 5:00 PM

HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Blade Workstation Solution Overview
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 1: Blade Workstation Solution Overview
Merritt Smith
November 2007
HP Restricted
November 2007 – HP Restricted 1-1

What is the Blade Workstation Value

Proposition?
• Workstation “abilities”
• Blade Server “abilities”
• Remote Computing “abilities”
Workstations are tools - their value derives from what they let you do
Workstations are ultimately tools. We cannot forget this. The value of a tool is what it
lets you do. You buy a tool for one of two reasons: To do what you have never done
before, or to do what you do are doing today, better, faster, and cheaper. In this
presentation we will explore the Blade Workstation Solution by examining its abilities as
an amalgam of Workstation, Server, and remote device.

Workstation “abilities”
• Capability
– CPU performance
– High-end graphics (3D, multi-display)
– Large memory
• Reliability
– ECC memory
– ISV software certification
• Expandability
– Chassis volume
– Motherboard slots
– Power
Our customers buy Workstations because of a specific value proposition that is

meaningful to them. Otherwise, they could spend less money on a standard desktop PC.
A Workstation provides enhanced performance or “capability” through faster processors
(often more than one), professional 3D graphics, or 2D graphics with multi-display
capability, and large memory.
A Workstation can also be more reliable. We use Error Correcting ECC memory to
reduce errors in computations, and we work with ISVs to certify their applications will
work their best on our systems.
The typical deskside Workstation is highly expandable with a larger chassis to make
room for additional devices, extra card slots on the motherboard, and a power supply
sized to drive a fully loaded system.
The Blade Workstation has all but the expandability of a standard workstation. It can be
equipped with two multi-core Xeon CPUs, quad-head capable 3D graphics, 8 memory
slots for up to 32GB of memory. As it starts from a Server platform, and shares the
infrastructure with the c-Class server, its reliability is arguably better than the deskside
workstation. The price we pay for operating in a blade enclosure is expandability. The
Blade Workstation has only two opportunities for expansion; and one is filled by the
graphics mezzanine card. With the new “donut” mezzanine, the second mezzanine slot
is available for additional devices as they are qualified.

Hardware overview — c-Class Blade
This is the **460c motherboard. It is common between the bl460c server and the
xw460c blade workstation.
Dual Intel multi-core CPU sockets
8 Memory sockets (up to 32GB)

2 mezzanine connectors (Mezz II is used by graphics)
2 2.5” disk drives (not shown)

Mezzanine and
Graphics


Proposition?
We’ll now explore the Blade Server abilities that the HP Blade Workstation Solution can
provide.

Blade Server “abilities”

• Capability
– CPU performance
– Large memory
– Multiple LAN connections
– Big fast storage (FiberChannel SAN)
• Manageability
– Out-of-band
– Remote
– Scale
• Support more users with the same IT resources
• Availability
– Redundancy
– Reliability
• Compressibility
– High-density
– Reduced complexity
A Server typically has a different function from a Workstation (otherwise it would probably be
called a Workstation and not a Server). But, like a workstation, it needs high performance from
multiple multi-core CPUs, and lots of memory. Where it differs is typically in interactivity, and what
it connects to in the outside world. It is rare to find a server with high-end graphics, but servers are
much more likely to be running websites or accessing databases. For this they need lots of fast LAN
connections and connections to large SAN devices through interfaces like iSCSI and FibreChannel.
Unlike a deskside workstation, a server is normally mounted in a rack in a datacenter with many
similar machines, whereas the workstation usually sits under or beside a desk near the primary user.
It is much easier to manage a system if you have quick access to the hardware. So, Servers have
additional interfaces and tools to allow the management of many servers at once from a remote
location (think of an Amazon.com datacenter) without interrupting the primary activities on the
server.
Because a server is likely to be managing a business critical activity, it needs to be highly available.
Many systems on a server are redundant and hot-swappable. On the c-Class blade infrastructure
that includes power supplies and disk drives, two of the highest failure rate items.
A final ability of servers that the HP Blade System c-Class environment addresses nicely is
“compressibility”. By this I mean that datacenters are expensive to build, so you want to get as
much functionality out of one as possible. One way is to pack the servers very tightly. Lots of
systems makes for a very complex environment, so the Blade Enclosures provide a large degree of
cable reduction, simplifying setup and maintenance.
High performance CPUs and large memory we’ve already discussed. With the Blade Workstation,
we continue to support dual LAN connections (it’s on the motherboard, why not), but we currently
do not support FibreChannel interfaces. We are investigating FibreChannel as it will now fit with
our new “donut” graphics mezzanine, but delivery is TBD. I’ll be covering the rest of the preserved
server “abilities” in the coming slides.

Manageability

Windows software environment

bPC CCI xw460c ISS ProLiant
Remote Microsoft Microsoft

Remote Graphics HP RGS
Remote HP RGS Terminal
Technology Desktop Software (RGS) on VDI
Services
System Session Allocation RGS Enterprise Workload

SAM
Allocation Manager (SAM) Directory SDK Manager
System
Insight Control Insight Control Insight Control
Management
Image Altiris (RDP) Altiris (RDP) Altiris (RDP) Altiris (RDP) Altiris (RDP) Altiris (RDP)
Image Image Image Image Image Image
Management Capture Deployment Capture Deployment Capture Deployment
Manual
Image Manual Process
Process from
RDP RDP
Creation from Media Media
Image Tools Image Tools
Operating Windows XP Pro Windows XP Pro

Windows Server 2003
System Blade Edition Blade Edition
Hardware E-Class Integrated

OA + iLO 2 OA + iLO 2
Management Administrator
= No Leverage = ISS Source = CCI Source = WGBU Source

Animated slide – 4 clicks

Before first click – The Blade Workstation Solution as we originally delivered it, was a
mostly complete solution. Up the left side of this slide are the different levels of tools and
software needed to manage and deploy a blade workstation solution. We had
something at every level, but some areas our delivery was less than perfect.
First click – As you can see, our software and management tools solution is highly
leveraged from the ISS ProLiant Blade Server environment, with bits of CCI thrown in.
This is advantageous as the ProLiant blades are the best selling blade server solution in
the market today, and CCI is a cutting-edge desktop solution.
Second click – I should probably add that ISS can use Microsoft Terminal Services to
provide desktop access.
Third click – With the release of RGS 5.1 and SAM 2.1 we have added the Session
Allocation Manager to our solution with full support for HP RGS. We’ve also recently
expanded our support of HP Rapid Deployment Pack to include previously unsupported
functionality.
Fourth click – Lest you get the idea that we are only taking and not giving back. RGS
has been adopted as a remote display technology by both CCI and ISS (in their Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure). We have created a new version of RGS, called “RGS PC”, for
CCI and VDI. RGS PC has reduced functionality from the original RGS, which is now
called RGS Workstation.

Availability and
Compressibility

Data Center Class Infrastructure
• Redundant, hot-plug network switches

and patch panels (at rear of
Interconnect
(Network switch) enclosure)
management
software • Redundant, hot-plug power supplies
• HP Proliant xw460c Blade
Workstation with Integrated Lights Out
(iLO2) Advanced management
• HP Proliant Essentials Management
Software
• High density BladeSystem
– Up to 16 Blade Workstations per
enclosure
– Four c-Class enclosures per 42U rack
xw460c
(Blade WS)
The HP ProLiant xw460c is part of a complete solution, not just a standalone machine. It
plugs into the standard c-Class enclosure and accesses all of the infrastructure it provides,
including
Click – A selection of network switch and patch panels
Click – Redundant power supplies
Click – The full suite of ProLiant management tools, including Onboard Administrator,
iLO2, and HP Rapid Deployment Pack
Click – All of this packs tightly into a 42U rack. 64 workstations.


Proposition?
Finally, we will look at the advantages that working remotely can provide when using the
HP Remote Graphics Software.

Remote Computing “abilities”

• Accessibility
• Anywhere you have a connection
• Multiple access devices
• Mobility
• Low cost “Move/Add/Change”
• Livability
• Heat
• Noise
• Space
• Survivability
• Distributed resources
• Distributed people
• Data security
• Reliability
• Rapid fail-over
• Capability
• Collaboration
• Data locality
• Software KVM
HP RGS is the key technology that makes the Blade Workstation practical
The first thing to notice is that we will not be crossing anything out on this slide. That’s
because RGS is being developed with the HP Blade Workstation Solution as a primary
design point.
You can reach your blade from anywhere, from just about any Windows or Linux device.
You are no longer tied to your desk. And, if your desk changes, it is no longer necessary
to tear down and rebuild your computing environment. Once at your new desk, you
connect with RGS, and get back to work.
Your desk will also be a nicer place to be. We take the heat to the datacenter where we
can manage it better, the fans go with the heat. We replace several large boxes with a
single small box, making the space under your desk far less cluttered.
The addition of the HP Session Allocation Manager (SAM) to the HP Blade Workstation
Solution takes an extremely quick failover process and makes it faster for less downtime.
With RGS you can now do things that you couldn’t do before. Share your desktop with a
co-worker (or cow-orker) and combine your abilities. Keep your workstations close to
your data so you don’t wait all day for the model to load. Connect to multiple machines
and flip between them effortlessly with an “alt-tab” like interface.

Accessibility

HP Remote Graphics software
Capture, Compress &

Encrypt Video
network Decompress &

Display
Client
unlimited
Apply
Keyboard distance Capture
& Mouse Keyboard &
Events Mouse events
HP Remote Graphics Software

RGS is a pixel-based remoting technology. At the blade, the RGS Sender captures the
framebuffer from the graphics card, sorts out what has changed, applies sophisticated
compression and encryption, and ships the result off to the client system. On the client
the RGS Receiver decrypts and decompresses the image, and updates the display, then
captures keyboard and mouse events from the user, encrypts these and ships them off to
the blade. Back at the blade, the RGS Sender decrypts the mouse and keyboard events
and passes them to the OS. Once again, it captures the framebuffer, and the processes
begins again.
Multiple blades can be accessed from a single client, and RGS manages it all.

Images from Mars sent via HP compression
NASA’s Spirit Rover uses HP lossless compression
"This lossless compression is mandatory in cases where the

images are very precious, as in the case of space imagery,
where data is very costly to obtain and must be accurately
preserved for scientific exploration."
Gadiel Seroussi, NASA
The encryption algorithms that RGS uses were shared with NASA for the Spirit and
Opportunity Mars rovers. When we talk about remote access, we MEAN remote access.

Image based design advantage

Model size increasing at much faster rate than display resolution
Model Size
~2x / 12 months
100000 Implication of gap – 1000
move pixels instead of data !
10000 100
Typical Display
Model Size Resolution
Mbytes 1000 Mpixels
10
100 1
Typical Display Resolution
~2x / 5 years
2005
2000
1995
I apologize for the dates on the x-axis, but the trends have continued.
It is very important to note that the amount of network traffic generated by a command-
based approach (like Citrix and RDP) is proportional to the side of the model or data.
The data sizes are growing at approx 2x / year.
The amount of network traffic generated by an image-based approach (like HP’s RGS) is
bound by the number of pixels on the display. Display resolutions are growing at a much
lower rate of 2x / 5 years.
As time goes on, the image-based approach will load the network at proportionately
lower and lower levels.

Building a single purpose client

from general purpose hardware…
bPC SFF PC
))
((
Linux
Embedded
SATA
Flash DOM
HP dc72 Blade
Workstation Client
When we started the HP Blade Workstation project, we discovered that none of the thin-
clients then available were capable of meeting our customers’ needs for security,
reliability, and performance. In response to this, we developed the HP Blade
Workstation Client. We started with a standard Small Form Factor PC from bPC, and
threw out everything we didn’t need, including the hard disk, optical disk, floppy drive,
and Windows. To this shell, we added a SATA DOM, a 512MB flash module that acts
as a hard disk, created and installed an embedded Linux image that includes RGS and
remote admin and image management tools. Finally we installed 2 dual head graphics
cards to support the 4 displays our customers need.

HP Compaq T5720 Client
Windows XP Embedded (SP2)

Standard certified operating system
RGS software support

• Support for up to 2 displays per client
• Seamless desktop for multiple Blades (Software KVM)
No Floppy, No Hard Drive, No Optical Drive

• Firmware on 512MB DOM (Disk On Module)
• No moving parts => highly increased MTBF
Dual display support

•SiS741GX Integrated UMA graphics with 16 MB shared
memory
•NVIDIA Quadro 280 NVS 64 MB PCI dual display
(requires PCI expansion module)
We only support the most capable of the HP thin-client line, the t5720. RGS needs more
computational horsepower to provide the interactivity that it makes possible. The t5720
will drive up to dual monitor configurations with the addition of a dual-head graphics
card in the PCI expansion module. Like the HP Blade Workstation Client, it has

Flexible access
Anytime, anywhere
Re-connect from branch office Work from home
Remote Remote
On Site
Data Center Data Center
Data Center
#1 #2
Re-establish connection
with no session loss Back

Livability

HP Blade Workstation solution

Environmental impacts
Today’s Local Workstations

• Big – cuts into foot space
• Hot – temperature extremes
60oF
standard
Data Center network
switch
multiple machines
multiple LANs
Appliance KVM switch
unlimited 110oF
Blade distance
Workstations
Display Appliance
Blade Workstations • More leg room
• Remote • Less heat
• Enclosed • Less noise
• Higher power efficiency • Less complexity
For the end user, moving to blades in the datacenter results in equal or better
performance and a much more comfortable working environment. No longer are there
multiple workstations under the desk crowding foot space, just a small client system. 3
workstations can easily pump out 1kW of heat under full load. And, once that heat is
gone, the AC can be backed off so that the cold draft from above is eliminated. No
more workers in shorts and winter jackets! The HP BladeSystem c-Class environment is
also more power-efficient than standard workstations, so for the same computing load,
you use less power.

Survivability

Business continuity
Data center redundancy
Remote Remote
On Site
Data Center
#1 #2
User retains access to

compute / data resources
Today, most trading firms build and maintain complete redundant facilities with trading
desks and workstations for traders to go to in the event of a disaster. All of the systems at
the remote site must be purchased, patched, updated and maintained. They are
incurring both the acquisition and operational costs for an asset that will never be used.
By exploiting the remote paradigm with unlimited distance, a trading firm can distribute
the traders workstations among multiple off-site data centers for day to day production
use. Now, the single point of failure for the machines has been eliminated.
The single point of failure of the trading floor can be replicated somewhere for very little
cost because you don’t have to purchase and maintain another set of Windows
workstations. The redundant remote site could even be employees’ homes on laptops via
VPN.

Business continuity
Flexible access
Re-connect from secondary location Work from home
Remote Remote
On Site
Data Center
#1 #2
Re-establish connection
with no session loss Back

Data security
Data Center
Application Data
Data
Server Data Storage Security concern
Data Center More Secure
Data
Data Data Never
Server
Server Leaves Data Center
Encrypted Pixels Only
In today’s model of workstations at the desk, the financial data that the traders deal with
is transferred to the workstation where the calculations are made. Trade execution orders
and data requests then flow out of the workstation and back to the data center. The
workstation becomes a security vulnerability because it is easy to get physical access to
it.
USB memory keys are a HUGE data security risk.
With HP’s blade workstation, the data never leaves the data center because the data
sources and workstations are both physically in the data center. The only thing that is
transferred to the trader’s desk is pixels that make up the display – essentially just a video
stream. USB memory keys are not enabled in the blade workstations.

Reliability

Greater end user uptime

Quick fail-over recovery
1. One blade dies

2. User requests new blade from SAM
3. SAM assigns new blade from spare pool
4. User logs in again
Total downtime reduced to minutes
Today, when a workstation dies there are IT personnel that come to the desk with a
replacement system. They crawl under the desk and replace the old system, boot the
new system and get the trader back up and running. This typically takes around 45
minutes.
With the blade workstations, the down time is reduced to just a couple of minutes. In
future releases of the blade workstations, this failover will be automatic.

Capability

High performance data retrieval
Data Center
LATENCY
Application Data
Data
Server Data Storage
Data Center MORE INSIGHT
Data
Data LOWER LATENCY
Server
Server

Conclusion
The HP Blade Workstation Solution is a powerful
combination
• The performance and flexibility of a workstation
• The power and efficiency of a server
• The flexibility and security of HP RGS

Questions?

Tapping into our “Abilities”

• Blade Workstation Wiki (http://workstationblades.fc.hp.com)
• R&D owned and moderated resource for field SAs
• Discussion forums for technical help
• Latest versions of Remote Solution Software available for download
• Announcements (see December ’06 release announcement)
• White Papers
• Email “ask us”: (WGBU-Blade-Solution-Help@groups.hp.com)
• Official enhancement requests
• Access to R&D consulting when outside of the HP firewall
• R&D moderated to ensure reasonable response time

Comparison to ClearCube
200m with dedicated Cat5

Unlimited
Distance from Blade to User utilizing standard LAN technology
500m with fiber (significant extra
cost)
ClearCube Proprietary Analog HW (root

Remote Technology Fully digital, TCP/IP based
cause for distance limits and
artifacts)
CPU / System Bus Dual 2.6GHz Opteron Dual 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon
1000 MHz Hyper Transport 533 MHz Front Side Bus
1725 / 1590 1306 / 1220
SpecInt / SpecFP (higher is better) 214 seconds 410 seconds
Excel Monte Carlo (lower is better)
Memory DDR400, up to 16 GB DDR266, up to 4 GB
AGP-8x
PCI-Express x16
Graphics 2D Quad Display
2D only Dual/Quad Head
(Quad head requires 2nd client box)
Dual hot-swap SCSI drives

Ultra ATA/100 EIDE
Storage up to 72GB each @ 15K rpm
up to 120GB @ 7200 rpm
up to 300GB each @10K rpm
Dual integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet

LAN plus dedicated iLO management Dual integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
LAN
HP ProLiant toolset including Integrated

Lights-Out (iLO) Advanced & ClearCube proprietary tools (not
Management Tools HP-SIM compatible with any server tools)
Fully compatible with ProLiant
servers
Analog artifacts reported by many

Excellent – looks like local
Image Quality Lossless or visually lossless codec’s
customers (e.g. ringing, ghosts)
Cell phone interference has been reported
ClearCube has validated the remote paradigm in the financial trader industry as well as
others.
• Æ Now, HP is entering the market with better technology, performance, pricing,
services and support
ClearCube’s distance limitation with the C/port solution is very limiting to most financial
trading firms. All parts of the value proposition that deal with unlimited distance fall
apart with ClearCube C/port.
Under pressure to solve the distance limitation, ClearCube announced the I/port solution.
However, the I/port is only an RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol) solution with a
thin client at the desk. RDP has already been rejected by all major banks as a non-viable
solution due to performance and other limitations. RDP does work well for very low-end
users.


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HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Product Marketing
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 2: Product Marketing
Koichi Matsumura, Hardware Product Manager, WGBU
November 2007
HP Restricted

HP Blade Workstation Solution
Data center security and control

Workstation-class experience
Multi-location flexibility
Data center workstation computing without boundaries
HP is introducing a new Blade Workstation Solution to help you address

some of your most critical business challenges.
This next-generation workstation infrastructure provides data center
workstation computing without boundaries – combining the centralized,
mission-critical control and security of the data center with a seamless,
workstation-class experience and the flexibility to support professionals in
multiple work locations.
It is an innovative new offering that is 5+ years in the making and testing -
built with HP ProLiant quality and trading floor-proven reliability. It is
ready for deployment in your most mission critical workstation operations.

HP Blade Workstation Solution
Data center workstation computing without boundaries
Data center security and Workstation-class

Multi-location flexibility
control experience
• Blade-driven computing keeps • HP RGS delivers interactive • Reliably work locally or

data in the data center, performance for multi-display remotely over standard
securely 2D/3D graphics and video network connections
• Multi-blade, multi-site • Delivers workstation power to • Real-time collaboration
capabilities improve business the client on-demand enables teams to see and
continuity share information
• Greatly enhanced desk
• Management toolset gives IT ergonomics (lowers power • Multi-site connectivity
staff efficient, expert control, use, heat & noise) enables a highly responsive,
anywhere virtual workforce
Risk protection Work efficiency Business possibilities

Manage technology exposures Create an environment that Enable new work models by
to your business operations empowers your professionals eliminating distance barriers

Customer opportunities
2007 2H07
Financial Imaging Command Scientific
& Control Research MCAD
Financial Analysts, Planners, Advanced MCAD,

traders forecasters, analysts, visualization engineers,
and emergency for Scientists architects
technicians response
Focused segments with Expanding to

production deployments segments with more
demanding 3D needs

Product Offerings

What’s new from 10/1/2007
More choice points

HP Linux Installer Kit option adds support for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux version 4
Quad-Core 2.33 & 2.00GHz , 2-processors, 4GB

Windows XP pre-configured model
Dual-Core 2.66GHz, 1 processor, 2GB

Japanese Windows XP pre-configured model
Quad-Core 2.66 & 3.00GHz , 1-processor, 4GB

Windows XP pre-configured model
Quad-Core 2.66 & 3.00GHz options for CTO model

Pre-configured Models (Global)

(new additions from 10/1/07)
New New New New
442851 443671 440943 440942 442847 442846 451530 457811 451531 457812 458450 460281 452261- 452260- 452259-
-B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 -B21 B21 B21 B21
1P 2P 2P 2P 1P 2P 1P 2P 1P 2P 1P 1P 1P 1P 1P
Dual-Core Quad-Core Dual-Core
1.86GHz/ 1.86GHz/ 2.33GHz/ 2.33GHz/ 2.66GHz/ 2.66GHz/ 2.00GHz/ 2.00GHz/ 2.33GHz/ 2.33GHz/ 2.66GHz/ 3.00GHz/ 2.33GHz/ 2.66GHz/ 3.00GHz/
1066 1066 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333
(5120) (5120) (5140) (5140) (5150) (5150) (E5335) (E5335) (E5345) (E5345) (X5355) (X5365) (5140) (5150) (5160)
2GB 4GB 2GB 4GB 2GB 4GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 2GB 2GB 4GB
Quadro FX1600
NVIDIA Quadro FX560M (256MB)
(256MB)
(1) 72GB
(1) 72GB
(1) 72GB SAS 10K drive SAS
SAS 10K 15K
2 embedded NICs
Smart Array E200i with 64MB cache
Integrated Lights-Out 2 Standard Blade Edition
English Windows XP Pro (32-bit) SP2 Blade PC edition
HP Remote Graphics Software (Version 5)
Preconfigured models cannot be customized with additional options as factory integrated.

Configurable Model
All components FIO only
Configure-To-Order Model
(Base unit with HP Remote Graphics Software ver.5)
Graphics adapter choice Smart Array E200i storage controller

NVIDIA Quadro FX560 MXM Graphics 64MB Controller cache
NVIDIA Quadro FX1600 MXM Graphics 128MB Controller cache with BBWC
1st & 2nd processor choice

New
Dual-Core 3.00GHz Quad-Core 3.00GHz
Dual-Core 2.66GHz Quad-Core 2.66GHz New
Dual-Core 1.86GHz
Dual-Core 1.60GHz
Memory kit choice Disk drive choice

1GB FB-DIMM kit (2x512MB) 72GB SFF SAS drive (10K)
2GB FB-DIMM kit (2x1GB) 146GB SFF SAS drive (10K)
4GB FB-DIMM kit (2x2GB) 72GB SFF SAS drive (15K)
8GB FB-DIMM kit (2x4GB)
Preinstalled Operating System choice
English Windows XP Pro SP2 Blade PC edition HP Installer Kit for Linux (No OS)

Pre-configured Models (Japanese)

(new additions from 10/1/07)
New
442851-291 443671-B21 442847-291 442846-291 451530-B21 451531-B21 452261-B21 452260-B21 452259-291

1P 2P 1P 2P 1P 1P 1P 1P 1P
Dual- Dual- Dual- Dual- Quad- Quad- Dual- Dual- Dual-
Core Core Core Core Core Core Core Core Core
1.86GHz/ 1.86GHz/ 2.66GHz/ 2.66GHz/ 2.00GHz/ 2.33GHz/ 2.33GHz/ 2.66GHz/ 3.00GHz/
1066 1066 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333 1333
(5120) (5120) (5150) (5150) (E5335) (E5345) (5140) (5150) (5160)
2GB 4GB 2GB 4GB 2GB 4GB 2GB 2GB 4GB

NVIDIA Quadro FX560M (256MB) Quadro FX1600 (256MB)
(1) 72GB
(1) 72GB SAS 10K drive (1) 72GB SAS10K
SAS15K
2 embedded NICs
Smart Array E200i with 64MB cache
Integrated Lights-Out 2 Standard Blade Edition
Japanese Windows XP Pro (32-bit) SP2 Blade PC edition
HP Remote Graphics Software (Version 5)
Preconfigured models can be customized with additional options through OTSC/Factory Express process in Asia-Pacific region

Care Packs

Care Packs (Blade WS)

HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation
Fixed Care Pack (WW Fixed Care Pack (Japan only) Flexible Care Pack
excluding Japan)
3-year,4-hr,9x5, On-site, WS U4873E UA995E HA103A3 #4Y0
only HW(i) support NA EMEA APEJ JPN NA EMEA APEJ JPN
4-year,4-hr, 9x5, On-site, WS U7946E UA996E HA103A4 #4Y0

5-year,4-hr,9x5, On-site, WS U7948E UA997E HA103A5 #4Y0

3-year,4-hr,24x7, On-site, WS U4875E Not available HA104A3 #4Y0

only HW(i) support NA EMEA APEJ NA EMEA APEJ


NBD/Disk Retention WS only UE342E (3yr), UE343E Not available Not available
SVC (4yr), UE344E (5yr)
NA
3-year, 9x5 SW(ii) tech support UC271E UC271E HA106A3 #4Y0

(2-hr response) NA EMEA NA EMEA
3-year, 24x7 SW(ii) tech support UF584E Not available HA107A3 #4Y0
(2-hr response) NA
1-year, 9x5, 3-incident SW(ii) UE354E Not available Not available

tech support (2-hr response)
Note (i): Does not include Blade Client hardware.

Note (ii): Includes Blade SW environment on server and client.
November 2007 – HP Restricted 11

Care Packs (Blade Client)

HP dc72 Blade Workstation Client
Fixed Care Pack (WW) Flexible Care Pack
HP 3y 4h 9x5 Client Appliance U4863E Not Available

only, Onsite, Hardware
NA EMEA APEJ JPN
Support. Excludes monitor.
HP 3y 4h 24x7 Client H4493E Not Available
Appliance only, Onsite,
Hardware Support. Excludes NA EMEA APEJ JPN
monitor.

Tools

Helpful Tools
• eCo (Enterprise Configurator) – External web
− Configuring
− Pricing
− Quote base
• Power Sizer – External web & offline version
− Power sizing & capacity planning
− Always check with this to finalize config!
• xw460c Ordering Guide
− Product number listing
− Guided configurator
− Itemized summary with pricing

eCo (Enterprise Configurator)

• http://h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator/

eCo -- continued
Input screen

eCo -- continued
Output screen (print, email, save)


Power Sizer – External web

Power Sizer (continued)

Input screen Summary report

Power Sizer (continued)
Summary report (continued) Summary report (continued)


Ordering Guide
• Please contact your local blade marketing rep

Ordering Guide
• PDU sizing – use for rough estimation

Ordering Guide
• Guided configurator – walk thru consideration
points

Ordering Guide
• Calculator – Gudided Config summay & overrides

Ordering Guide
• Calculator Summary – Final itemized list with pricing

Ordering Guide
• PDU – specification summary

Roadmap

HP Blade Workstation Roadmap

xw25p
• FX1600
• p-Class, 6U height
• 2 QC SKUs • 4 QC SKUs
• Opteron dual-proc. xw460c refresh refresh refresh refresh refresh refresh
Blade
• Single-core 2.6GHz
• c-Class, 4.25U height • Processor refresh xw460c G2
• Slot 1 enablement
• Intel Xeon single or dual-processors w single graphics • c-Class, 4.25U
• Quad & Dual-Core processors • Dual-FX560 • Generation 2
• RHEL4 • WinXP64 support
OS
•Windows XP 32-bit • FreeDOS • Japanese • Vista w • Vista 32/64

option WinXP32 downgrade
NVIDIA Quadro FX540M • SUSE (only)
Linux OS
Graphics
FX560M
FX1600M 2D graphics 3D graphics

256MB refresh refresh
• 2D graphics, dual- • Mid/High 3D

Unified graphics driver with backward compatibility card graphics
p-Class BladeSystem
Infrastructure
• Rack, enclosures
• Power supplies
• Network, I/O c3000
• Management & (6U; 8-blades)
Deployment Tools
c7000
c-Class BladeSystem c7000 enclosure
(10U;16-blades)
2006 CY2007 CY2008

HP Blade Workstation Client Roadmap

• dc7600 SFF chassis
• Celeron D 2.80GHz, 256MB cache
• 512MB DDR-400
• 4 display output,
Small Client
• Quadro nvs285&280 • Celeron D 352 (3.20GHz, 512MB cache, 533MHz FSB)

RW853AW • June’07 client image (RGS v4&5)
dc72
8/20 GR927AW
• dc7700 SFF chassis
• Celeron D 3.06GHz, 512MB cache, 533MHz FSB)
• 512MB DDR2-667
• 4 display output; dc73
Quadro nvs285 & nvs280 • dc7800 SFF chassis
• 80+ Efficient power supply • Pentium Dual-Core E2160 (1.80GHz, 800Mhz FSB)
• 512MB DDR2
• 4 display output; Quadro nvs290 (PCIe x16 & x1)
Embedded Blade WS Linux OS • 80+ Efficient power supply
• Altiris agent
Next Gen
Thin Client
Smaller Client • Smaller size

• t5720
• Win XP-e
• Lower power
• 1 or 2 display • 4 display output
• Quadro nvs280
refresh
• CPU refresh
Windows XPe OS
2006 CY2007 CY2008

Questions?



HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Blade and Client Workstation
Architecture, Hardware, and Network
Connectivity
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 3: Blade and Client Workstation Architecture, Hardware,
and Network Connectivity
Ron Norman, R&D Engineer, WGBU
November 2007
HP Restricted

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Overall solution architecture
This is a high level look at the Blade Workstations Architecture

We start on the blade side – This slide shows the P-Class blades
It is on these blades that the OS is running with RGS sender installed
On the other end we have a client of some type..
Primary Solution Clients

T5720 – 2Displays – This is a stock client running XPe
DC7600 – 4 Displays – This is a customized client specifically designed fo
BUT it can be any machine that can load RGS receiver
In between we have the REMOTE GRAPHICS SOFTWARE
It has two components

Sender – loaded in the sending machine
Receiver – Loaded on the client
How it works
Follow Diagram

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Solution architecture – What's new
So what is new with the new C-Class Architecture????
• The Primary change is the Blade Hardware = The Blade and the Enclosure.
– By far the biggest change is the blade hardware, and that’s what I will be
focusing on here
• We are also adding a updated client – the DC72

•
– The new DC72 is a updated version of the DC7600 and will be discussed more
later.
*** Basically that’s it.
only real changes are the
blade hardware and

updates to RGS and the Client OS

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Flexible solution to fit business need
One of the strengths of the solution is it flexibility.
The actual workstations are housed in a Data Center
The Clients can be pretty much anywhere..
Local Office.
Remote Offices
Home

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What's new in the C-Class Blade Workstation

• New Enclosure Design
• What was P-Class Enclosure is now C7000 C-Class
Enclosure
• New I/O architecture
• New and innovative technologies
– HP Thermo logic technologies
• Active cool fans
• Thermal and power monitoring
• Power regulator
• New Blade Design
• What was xw25p is now xw 460c
• Increased performance in smaller package
What's new in the C-Class Blade Workstation
New Enclosure Design

What was P-Class Enclose is not C7000 C-Class Enclosure
New I/O architecture.
New and Innovative Technologies
• HP Thermo logic technologies.
– Active Cool Fans
– Thermal and Power Monitoring
– Power Regulator
New Blade Design

What was XW25p is now XW460c
Increased performance in smaller package

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Workstation-Blade
C7000 Enclosure
Lets take a look in the C-Class Enclosure

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Overview of the new C-Class infrastructure
Lets start by taking a look at the biggest change in the new solution.
THE WORKSTATION C-CLASS Architecture
The Enclosure
Accommodates up to 8 Full Height and 16 Half High Blades.
Up to six power supplies and 10 fans are self enclosed in the
enclose
The Blades
The half height blade we see in the top left corner is an example of
the XW460c
Workstation Blade.
Its ProLiant Brother is the bl460c
We also see the ProLiant bl480c and the new Storage Blade
Keep in mind, you may see something like this as Server blade and Workstation blades
can be housed in the same enclosure.
We will dig in to the hardware much deeper in just a few minutes

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Overview of the new C-Class infrastructure

BL480c
xw460c
Here we see the New Blade Form Factor the Blade workstations C-Class.
It is a ProLiant Blade, just as the P-Class.. The ProLiant equivalent is the BL460c

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Blade enclosure – Old and new
KEY DIFFERENCES between the enclosures –
EVERYTHING
WE will start with the size – What took 14u now takes 10u and has double the Blade
density
Gone from external power encloses to self enclosed power in the C7000 enclosure
The Last thing you may notice is the Lack of Network Switches visible from the front…
Those are now in the back of the enclosure as well will see in a minute.
** NEXT SLIDE TO VIEWS OF C-CLASS ENCLOSURE

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C-Class C7000 enclosure
Now lets Go a little Further..
Here we see The front and Rear view, lets go deeper into each of these.

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C7000 front view
IN front we have:
16 Half Height blade slots.

8 full height blade slots.
We also see the ProLiant storage blades, soon to be supported on workstation blades
We also see the Insight Display… An onboard management interface we will lean more
about in a few minutes.

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C7000 rear view
In the rear we have:
Up to 10 Active Cool Fans.. You will notice these fans are now in the enclosure, the
blades now longer have there own fans. More on this later…
You will also notice 10 bays, these are the Blade interconnect bays (Network Switches).
This is where network switches, patch panels, and storage switches.
We only support network switch in the first two bays at this time. (Nortel, Nortel Level
2/3, Patch Panel, Cisco)
You will also notice two bays below the interconnect bays, these are the Onboard
Administrator modules bays. The onboard administrator is the integrated management
logic on the enclosures
We will get into this later.
On the bottom we have the power connection. In this caser this has 6 single faze module.
There is also a Three phase.

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C7000 interconnect slots
Here you see a break down on what is support in the Interconnect Bays.
Modules are coded as to what bays they can go in.

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Network interconnect options
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch

(Nortel)
HP 1GB Ethernet Pass-thru Module
HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch
HP 1/10G Virtual Connect Ethernet
HP GbE2c Layer 2/3
Available Switches and Patch Panels

Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020
Flexible to fit your needs - The Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 is designed with sixteen internal 1Gb downlinks
and eight 1Gb RJ-45 copper uplinks. Up to four uplinks can be optionally configured as fiber SX links. Two
uplinks can optionally be configured as internal cross-connects.
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch (Nortel)
Designed for the new c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class
BladeSystem (GbE2c) provides a full set of Layer 2 features, sixteen internal downlinks, five uplinks and two
internal cross-connects in a single low cost blade solution.
HP 1GB Ethernet Pass-Thru Module
A simple direct pass-through off nic to a 1:1 port. This module ONLY supports 1GB-FULL non auto-negotiate
HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch
Designed for the c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch is a simple to manage
interconnect that provides sixteen 1Gb downlinks and four 1Gb uplinks, along with three 10Gb uplinks and
a single 10Gb cross-connect. A robust set of industry standard Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing
functions, QOS metering, security and High Availability features round out this extremely flexible and
capable switch.
HP 1/10G Virtual Connect Ethernet
The HP Virtual Connect Ethernet Module offers high performance connectivity to the datacenter and makes
server administration more efficient. Move, add, and change servers inside the BladeSystem domain
transparently to external networks.
HP GbE2c Layer 2/3
The HP GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch builds on the heritage of the GbE2 switch family by
delivering on-going enhancements such as a new "industry standard" CLI, Layer 3 routing, high availability
features and SFP Fiber uplink ports. Along with simplified management, wire-speed performance, redundant
path capabilities and HP's world class service and support, the HP GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch
remains the price/performance leader of all blade switches.

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C7000 – Insight display
Here we has the front Insight Display
Displays Error and Configuration issues, and recommends solution.

Allows for easy initial Setup.

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C7000 – OA / Enclosure link connections

1 – iLO / OA Network Port
2 – USB Port / Not Used
3 - Serial for CLI Interface
4 – Enclosure Downlink
5 - Enclosure Uplink
Here we see the Enclosure specific connect points
This port is the access to OS and all iLO’s.

Not Used USB.
OA Serial Interface.
Enclosure Downlink.
Enclosure Uplink, OA access.

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C7000 – Internal design
Here we see the internal zones of c7000 enclosure.
Server Bays
Signal Backplane
Power Backplane
Fans
Interconnect bays
Power supplies
!!! So what so you think could a potential issue to overcome with this type of a design:
Cooling?!?
If the air flow goes through the blades first then we would be pulling hot air on to the
Interconnects.

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Power and cooling architecture with
HP Thermal Logic
HP uses the term “Thermal Logic” to refer to the mechanical

features and control capabilities throughout the
BladeSystem c-Class that enable IT administrators to
optimize their power and thermal environments.
HP has overcome these issues what they call Thermal Logic Power and Cooling.
HP uses the term “Thermal Logic” to refer to the mechanical features and control
capabilities throughout the BladeSystem c-Class that enable IT administrators to optimize
their power and thermal environments.

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HP Thermal Logic in action

HP Power Regulator for ProLiant
• Power Regulator technology takes advantage of the power states available on Intel x86
processors to scale back the power to a processor when it is not needed.
Dynamic Power Saver Modes
• Dynamic Power Savings mode will save power by running the required power supplies at
a higher rate of utilization and putting unneeded power supplies in a standby mode.
Power Supplies are more efficient when under heavy load
Active Cools Fans
• Moving away from small form factor fans in the blade, HP has designed the Active Cool
fan and by aggregating the fans to provide redundant cooling across the entire enclosure.
• The Active Cool fans are controlled by the Onboard Administrator so that cooling capacity
can be ramped up or down based on the needs of the entire system.
• PARSEC architecture —
– parallel, redundant, scalable, enclosure-based cooling.
– fresh, cool air flows over all the blades (Front) and all the interconnect modules (iRear).
– Ducts move the air from the front to the rear of the enclosure, where it is then pulled into the
interconnects and the central plenum, and then exhausted out the rear of the system.
Here is a breakdown of HP Thermal Logic Architecture

HP Power Regulator for ProLiant
• Power Regulator technology takes advantage of the power states available on Intel
x86 processors to scale back the power to a processor when it is not needed.
Dynamic Power Saver Modes
• Dynamic Power Savings mode will save power by running the required power
supplies at a higher rate of utilization and putting unneeded power supplies in a
standby mode. Power Supplies are more efficient when under heavy load
Active Cools Fans
• Moving away from small form factor fans in the blade, Hp has designed the Active
Cool fan and by aggregating the fans to provide redundant cooling across the entire
enclosure.
• The Active Cool fans are controlled by the Onboard Administrator so that cooling
capacity can be ramped up or down based on the needs of the entire system.
• PARSEC architecture—
– parallel, redundant, scalable, enclosure-based cooling.
– fresh, cool air flows over all the blades (Front) and all the interconnect modules
(iRear).
– Ducts move the air from the front to the rear of the enclosure, where it is then
pulled into the interconnects and the central plenum, and then exhausted out the
rear of the system.

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C7000 air flow
So here is the answer to the Cooling question.
There are three separate Paths for air flow for every component so that all component get
fresh cool air.
Blades are cooled from air pulled by the enclosure fan system. No Fans in Blades.
Power supplies are cooled via there on path
Finally, through a duct system starting on the side (Front) of the enclosure to the back and
around to the front of the interconnect bays.

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C7000 cooling zones
Cooling Zone
Read Slide

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New HP patented fan design
The fans were developed by an Model airplane Jet Engine designers for best airflow,
acoustics.

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Blade and fan bay louver system
On the backplane of the enclosure exist louvers that open only when blade is inserted to
control proper air flow.
These do not exist on the interconnect bays, so putting in blanks in interconnect is critical.

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Fans installation rules
These are actual screen shots of Insight Display showing proper installation of Fans.
Enclosure will not start some blades if mis-configured.

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Power supply installation rules
These are actual screen shots of Insight Display showing proper installation of Power
Supplies.

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Workstation-Blade
xw460c Blade
Closer look at the xw460c Blade

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Blade workstations – Old and new
xw25p
xw460c
On the left we have the P-Class Blade xw25p
On the right we have C-Class the xw460c
The C Class has more power in a half the size…
New SFF SAS/SATA Hot Swap Drives

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Comparison between workstation blades
xw460c xw25p
Processor Quad-core Dual-Core AMD Opteron™
Number of Physical 2 processor 2 processor
Processor Chips
Mass Storage 3G SAS/ 1.5G SATA using SFF U320 SCSI
Drive
Memory type PC2-5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs at PC2-5300 Registered
667 MHz DDR2 DIMMs (667 MHz)
Maximum memory 32 GB 32 GB (8 x 4 GB)
Memory slots 8 DIMM slots 8 DIMM slots
Chassis Up to 16 half-height blades 1U × 6U form factor – 8
supported in HP BladeSystem servers plug vertically into
c7000 Enclosure 6U server enclosure
Dimensions, metric 18.17 x 50.95 x 5.61 cm 26.14 x 71.1 x 4.29 cm
Weight, metric 6.44 kg 8.25 kg
Network Two Embedded PCIe Dual Dual PCI-X NC7781 GB
NC373i Gigabit Network Nics
Adapters with TCP/IP Offload
Engine + 10/100 iLO
Specification Comparison.
Read Chart

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Fully buffered memory (FB DIMM)
FB-DIMM Memory Architecture

The FB-DIMM technology direct signaling interface between the memory controller and
the DRAM chips is split into two independent signaling interfaces with a buffer between
them.
The interface between the buffer and DRAM chips is the same as today, supporting DDR2
(DDR stands for double data rate, a type of SDRAM memory; DDR2 is the second
generation) in early FB-DIMM platforms and DDR3 in the future.
However, the interface between the memory controller and the buffer is changed from a
shared parallel interface to a point-to-point serial interface (see the figure below).
The buffer is referred to as the AMB (advanced memory buffer) and a number of
suppliers, including Intel, are already making these.
The AMB is designed to only take action in response to memory controller commands.
The AMB is expected to deliver DRAM commands from the memory controller over the FB-
DIMM interface without any alteration to the DRAM devices over the parallel DDR-based
interface.

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Fully buffered memory (FB DIMM)
Improving Board Layouts

The FB-DIMM channel pin count is approximately 69 pins per channel, compared with
about 240 pins for today's parallel channel. This results in less routing complexity and
less routing area between the memory controller and DIMMs (Figures 3 and 4), thereby
saving board cost to system manufacturers.

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XW460c system architecture
Overview of System Architecture.

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System view – Front
Front View
UID LED – Blue ID that can to turned on from OA, iLO, and System Management
Homepage.
Only Solid – Indicated that the blade is being access via iLO or the ID has been turned
on.
Blinking – Indicates that someone is remote consoled into Blade.
Health – Shows Red, Amber, and Green indicating internal health status.
NIC led – NIC status
Power

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System view – I/O cable
New SUVI Cable
Three connectors
Video
USB
MS Debug Serial
No longer have NIC for iLO access as P-Class did.

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System view – Front
Hard Drive Bays

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System view – System board
Overview of system board.

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System view – Mezzanine
Mezzanine card location..
For the xw460c this is where the video card is installed. Mez. Slot 2.
Cards in Mez 1 are not supported at this time.

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System view – HDD backplane / RAID
Hard Drive Backplane – Raid Controller board.

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System view – Front HDD assembly
Front Cage is removable to access Processors.

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System view - Processors
Processors

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System view – Mezzanine / interconnect
This shows the connection between the Mezzanine Cards and the Interconnect bays.. In
the XW460c does not support any add in Mezzanine cards.
The Video card sit in the Mezzanine Slot 2.
SO for our purpose we can make this a lot simpler
NEXT

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System view – Mezzanine / interconnect
So for our purpose we are only concerned with Interconnect Bays 1 and 2..
This does not mean other server systems may not use these bays.

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Workstation-Blade
C7000 Onboard Administrator
The Onboard Administrator for the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure is the brains of the
new c-Class infrastructure.
This module and its firmware provides: Wizards for simple, fast setup and configuration
Highly available and secure access to the HP Bladesystem infrastructure
Security roles for server, network, and storage administrators
Automated power and cooling of the HP Bladesystem infrastructure
Agent-less device health and status
Thermal Logic power and cooling information and control

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C7000 Onboard Administrator (OA)
The Onboard is accessible via its web page.

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OA - Home page
This is the Home page of the OA.
In this case I have two Enclosures Linked together and I can see them both.

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OA – Expanded blade view
Expand
Blade
View
Expanded Tree view for quick access to blades and components.

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OA — Blade view — Status
Clicking on a Blade opens a new page, this is the status pages showing the overall real-
time status of Blade.
Next slide shows a closer view of this.

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OA — Blade view — Status
Stats Page

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OA — Blade view — Information
Information Page

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OA — Blade view — Virtual buttons
Virtual Buttons
These represent a power button in front of the system.

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OA — Blade view — Boot options
Boot Options
One time boot sets what the system will boot to on next boot only
RBSU (BIOS)
ORCA (RAID Setup)
NIC (PXE Boot)
Boot Order is a permanent change to boot order.

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OA — Blade view — IML log
IML page
Integrate Management Log
Shows all system critical events.

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OA — Blade view — iLO link
Moving to the first link in the tree after each blade you have the iLO link.

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OA — Blade view — Port mapping
The next link is the port mapping.
This shows a graphical view of the internal connects to blades and what port on
interconnects.

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OA — OA status and information
Going up the tree on left to the Onboard Administrator.
The first screen is the Status and Information.

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OA — OA virtual buttons
The virtual button allow you to turn on the UID and reset the OA.

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OA — OA TCP / IP settings
TCP/IP allows you to set up IP configuration for the OA.

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OA — OA firmware update
The Firmware Screen allows you to easily up the OA to latest firmware.

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OA — Interconnect view — Cisco
Moving the Interconnect Bays on the Tree on left.
Here you see the Information page.
One important thing here is the Interconnect management IP address to access the Switch
directly.

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OA — Interconnect view — Port mapping
Again here we have the port mapping from the interconnect.

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OA — Interconnect view — Mgmt. console
The management console link take you to the management console of the Cisco switch.

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OA — Power and Thermal
Power and Thermal on the left Tree.
Shows an overview of Enclosure stat and wattage usage.

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OA — Power and Thermal — Power Mgmt.
Power Management allows you to set the Enclosure power mode.
AC Redundant = Have redundant AC circuits. (this is also power supply redundant)
Power supply redundant = Means that one power supply is reserved as a failover
Non Redundancy = No Power redundancy

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OA — Power and Thermal — Power supplies
Power supplies selection on Tree on left.
Shows Overall power supply health.

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OA — Power and Thermal — Fans
Fans Selection show the Fan status on current fan speed (% of max).
Important Note… This any issue is detect in enclosure or bays, the fans will kick into
HIGH mode until resolved. IF you notice the fans are in high speed mode, check the front
Insight Display for errors.

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OA — Insight display
The Insight Display shows the same view as what is on the Insight Display and allows
remote control.
Important note, The page must be refreshed to get new screen refreshes.

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Questions?

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HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Network Connectivity: Latency, Bandwidth,
Scalability
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 4: Network Connectivity: Latency, Bandwidth, Scalability
Merritt Smith, Tom Fisher, Ron Norman, PSG Workstation R&D
November 2007
HP Restricted

Scalability
Typical 3-tier Network Structure

Scalability
How HP Remote Graphics Software works
Sender Receiver
Capture Display
Image Image
Compress Decompress
Network
Framebuffer
Applications
run Apply Capture
on native Keyboard Keyboard
graphics HW & Mouse & Mouse
events events
RGS is a tightly closed feedback loop that must execute

5 to 60 times per second depending on application needs
• There are many different methods of enabling “remote graphics” and “sharing”.
Protocol based such as sending all the data, operation commands etc to other end
and be processed there. Or, both ends requires to have same application and
data and transmits only the “commands”, or and hybrid of both.
• HP Remote Graphics takes the “image based” approach which basically transmits
final image of the desktop rather than its interim or source data, commands.
• The sender module reads the final image off from the graphics adaptor, compresses
the it, transmits over network and receiver decompresses and displays it.
• You can see that in this method, the compression/decompression plays an essential
role to make it successful. As mentioned with the MARS exploration example, HP
is the true technology leader in that area.

Scalability
Networking factors that affect RGS performance

Round-trip latency
• Time it takes to send a packet and receive a response
• Measured with “ping” or “bing” (big ping)
Dropped packets
• Packets “lost” in the network
• Requires timeout and resend, may cause exponential back-off behavior,
greater latency
Link saturation
• Heavily loaded links incur more latency
• More packets dropped
Network “hops”
• Each hop adds latency
• Measured with “tracert” (WinXP) or “traceroute” (Linux)
Link distance
• Each 100 miles adds ~1ms in RT latency
Connection Settings
• Link speed (e.g., 10bT vs. 100bT)
• Link duplex – full-duplex preferred, but both sides must match

Scalability
Network Latency vs. Bandwidth Utilization
Latency
50
45
40
35
Relative Latency
30
25
20
15
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Bandwidth Consumed

Scalability
Performance Test (Financial Services)

Applications running during test
• X-Trader (two windows with updating price/order info)
• Excel Monte Carlo Simulation
• Scrolling DOS text window
• Perfmon graph screen
• 4 screen set up is 2 screen x 2
• Video is 300x200 Windows Media Player
Networking
• Dedicated 100bT link
• Linux router with NISTnet network simulator connecting
sender and receiver

Scalability
Screen Shot of 2 screen Performance Test

Scalability
Update Rate vs. Network Latency

Excel Avg
40
Excel Std Dev
35
Video Avg
30 Video Std Dev
Limited by
25 Excel refresh rate Xtrader Avg
20 Xtrader Std Dev
15
10
5
0
No Delay 40ms Delay 80ms Delay 200ms
Delay

Scalability
Bandwidth Consumed vs. Network Latency

Excel Avg
3
Excel Std Dev
2.5 Video Avg
Video Std Dev
2 Limited by
Excel refresh rate Xtrader Avg
1.5 Xtrader Std Dev
0.5
0
No Delay 40ms Delay 80ms Delay 200ms
Delay

Scalability
Effects of Network Latency on RGS Performance

Increased latency reduces screen update rate
• This will also result in reduced bandwidth consumption
Increased latency has greater impact on high update rate
applications
• Streaming video
• 3D
• Window scrolling
Window moves require a high update rate to appear smooth
• Noticeable effect at 20ms latency (similar to video)
• Difficult to use above 80ms
Streaming Video
• Noticeable artifacts above 20ms latency (frame rate drops below
20fps)
• Virtually all applications are usable when network latency is below
40ms.
Many applications will be usable with 80ms latency.
• Primarily text based (Excel, Word, trading applications)

Scalability
Subjective Latency Impact in RGS
RT Latency <20ms 20ms<x<40ms 40ms<x<80ms >80ms
Subjective Impact • Just like local • End user will • End user will • May be
likely not notice know system is objectionable
remote
Behaviors • May be slight • Streaming • Recommend
lag in window audio can piloting for
drags become erratic specific
• Video may get • “Alert” audio applications
jumpy OK
• Occasional • Window drags
clicks and pops lag cursor
in streaming • Still acceptable
audio for slowly
changing
displays (2-5
updates per
second)
Typical latency for site LAN is <5ms, corporate WAN 10ms<x<60ms


Scalability
Solution Scalability

Scalability
Scalability for 2 Heads (Financial Services)

Bandwidth per client
• Average: 1.5Mbps
• Std Deviation: 0.5Mbps
• Max: 2.4Mbps
Number of clients per 1Gb connection
• 300 @ 60% network utilization and 2Mbps/client (average
+ 1 std dev)
• 250 @ 60% network utilization and 2.4Mbps (max)

Scalability
Scalability for 4 heads (Financial Services)

• Average: 3Mbps
• Max: 4.5Mbps
• 160 @ 60% network utilization and 3.7Mbps/client
(average + 1 std dev)

Scalability
Scalability for 2 Heads w/ Video (Fi-Serv)

• Max: 5.5Mbps
• 140 @ 60% network utilization and 4.3Mbps/client
(average + 1 std dev)

Scalability
Scalability for 4 Heads w/ Video (Fi-Serv)

• Max: 7.9Mbps
• 100 @ 60% network utilization and 6Mbps/client (average
+ 1 std dev)

Scalability
Performance Data: RGS Overhead
RGS Overhead
Relative Performance (Higher is better)
1.12
1.10
1.08 MCAD (ProeW + SW + NX4)
1.06 DCC = (Maya + 3DSMax

Rend + 3DSMax Int)
1.04 Finance = (MonteCarlo +
Sungard)
1.02
1.00
0.98
xw 8400 FX560 2.66GHz xw 8400 FX560 2.66GHz
Using RGS

Scalability
Performance Data: xw460c vs. xw8400
xw460c vs. xw8400
1.35
Relative performance (Higher is better)
1.30
1.25 MCAD (ProeW Overall + SW

Overall + NX4 total)
1.20
1.15 DCC = (Maya Overall +

3DSMax Renderer + 3DSMax
1.10 Interactive)
Finance = (MonteCarlo +
1.05
Sungard)
1.00
0.95
0.90
xw460c FX560 2.67GHz xw8400 FX560 2.66GHz
E5150

Scalability
Performance Data: RGS vs. VMware
RGS vs. VMware
Relative performance (Higher is better) 18.00
16.00
14.00
12.00
SW 2007
10.00 NX4
8.00 MonteCarlo
Sungard
6.00
4.00
2.00
0.00
xw460c FX560 2.67GHz xw460c FX560 2.67GHz
Vmware 1280x1024 RGS

Scalability
Performance Data: Model size impact to RGS

performance
Relative Performance of RGS as model size increases

updates/sec decrease
Relative Performance (1= without
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
RGS)
1.3
1.2
1.1
1
0.9
Model size: 1345 KB Model size: 11,853 KB Model size: 110,920 KB Model size: 278,855 KB
Updates/sec 30.75 Updates/sec 24.63 Updates/sec 12.53 Updates/sec 9.05

Scalability
Performance Data: Client comparison
NX4 Spinning model - Client comparison
35
Frame rate / Bandwidth (Higher is better)
30
25
20
Avg Updates/sec
Avg Mbits/sec
15
10
0
dc72 3.06GHz t5720 1GHz AMD nw8240 / xw4600 / 3.0GHz
Celeron 2137MHz / FX4600

Scalability
Performance Data: Latency

Latency Study - NX4 assy_engine (11 Mbytes)
25 Great!
20
Updates/sec & Mbytes/sec
15
Avg Updates/sec
Latency Study - Catia V5 - Scoot (27 Mbytes)
Avg Mbites / sec
10
Good
25 Great!
Good
OK 20
5
Updates/sec & Mbytes/sec

15
0 Avg Updates/sec
<1 ms 35 ms 42 ms 75 ms
Avg Mbites / sec
Latency 10
Good
5
OK
Bad
0
<1 ms 35 ms 75 ms 171 ms
Latency

Scalability
Performance Data: Latency

Latency Study - Catia V5 - ge_all (157 MBytes)
14
12
Great!
Updates/sec & MBytes/sec
10
8
Good Avg Updates/sec
Avg Mbites / sec
6
OK
4
0
<1 ms 35 ms 75 ms
Latency

Scalability
Performance Data: Model size impact on

updates/sec
Model Size Impact on Updates/sec

NX4 - various models
40
35
Updates/sec & MBytes/sec
30
25
Avg Updates/sec
20
Avg Mbites / sec
15
10
0
77 KB 1345 KB 110,920 278,855 347,629
KB KB KB
Model size

Scalability
Questions?

Scalability

HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Client Software
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 5: Client Software
Janie Ledet, Daryl Poe, and Gary Corte PSG/WGBU
November 2007
HP Restricted

Blade/client compatibility
LVF Compatibility – “Lesser Version Feature” Compatibility. For the few
features requiring both client and server support, feature set enabled is that
of lowest RGS version number.
Clients
06.29-4.0.2 07.43-4.2.1 08.41-4.2.1 08.62 08.8x
August 06 Dec 06 March 07 July 07 Sept 07
RGS 4.2.1 RGS 4.2.1
RGS 4.0.2 RGS 4.2.1 RGS 4.2.1 5.0 5.0, 5.1
7600 7600 7700 7600 7700 7600 7700 7600 7700
LVF Compatibility
RGS 4.0, 4.1.3, 4.2.1 RGS 4.2.1
RGS 5.0, 5.1 RGS 5.0, 5.1
Blades Windows XP-32 SP2 Windows XP-32 SP2
(Saber HW enablement) (Scimitar HW enablement)
P-class, xw25p C-class
Background information
• Client is a dc72 base on the bPC dc7700. 2 NVS graphics cards and a 512 MB DOM
(Disk on Module).
• RGS Receiver is part of the Client OS.
• No patching of the OS, to update, you flash the entire DOM.
• Client is very secure!
Note: At 08.62 release of the client OS, we included BOTH RGS 4.2.1 and RGS 5.0 in the
image.
• User selects which version to run via Webmin interface.
Client and Sender can be running any of the different versions of the RGS software.
BUT… You only get the features of the lowest RGS version number.
RGS Compatibility Policy

• Compatibility between sender and receiver is not guaranteed between major releases
• Same major release of RGS sender and RGS receiver is required for HP guarantee of
support
• If customer hits issue running mixed sender/receiver, they will be told to synchronize the
versions and then HP will reproduce the issue.
• HP has the “right” to break compatibility at major releases. Attempts will be made to
maintain compatibility
• At a major release, HP may retire support for an OS.

Added with (08.41-4.2.1)

• Better Altiris Integration
• Active Directory and Dynamic DNS Integration
• New Keyboards
• Mixed-Mode Monitor Cables
Web release only

• USB key install package
• Altiris captured image
• Raw image
We will go over each of this in greater detail next.

The 08.41-4.2.1 release was a WEB release only!
Note the three different images that we supply.
The RAW image is not supported but provided for customers that have their own
deployment software.

Added with (08.62)

• Selectable RGS receiver version
• Flexible Monitor Configuration Tool
• Client Aggregation
• Altiris DS 6.8 SP2
• New Keyboards
• Misc. Enhancements
• Web: Now
• Preload: Aug. 20th
We will go over each of this in greater detail next.

Selectable RGS
• Use Webmin to select receiver
• Versions available in 8.62:
– RGS 4.2.1
– RGS 5.0
– SAM Connection Client Beta 1
Here we show the Webmin interface to selecting the version of RGS to run on the
receiver.
At this release we also supported a Beta version of the Session Allocation Manager
(SAM) 2.1 client.
SAM 2.1 has many of the Workstation Blade features we require and will be officially
supported in September.

Flexible Monitor Configuration Tool

• Improved interface
• More layout and
orientation options
• Force analog output
• 1920x1200 w/4
monitors
• Wide-screen=yes
• Dual link=no
• Confirmation of valid
configuration
This is a complete redesign of the Webmin interface for monitor configuration.

User friendly interface.
Up to 4 monitors supported. Point out position of A1, A2, B1, B3 in view of rear of computer.
You first select a monitor by click on the monitor in the “Select a Monitor” section and place the
location of the monitor by clicking in a open square in the “Click Here to Place:” grid.
Clicking on the trashcan will remove the placement of the monitor.
Also note that we have added under the “Select a Monitor” section drop-down to select screen
resolution as well as three radio buttons to select the orientation of the screen, landscape, portrait.
The Analog check box is used to force analog output to a given monitor. Useful for older monitors
or some KVM switches that require analog input.
We do have restrictions on monitor layouts!

No spaces or gaps between them.
The two PCI-e outputs must be next to each other.
If you have an invalid screen layout, webmin will warn you with a dialog box when you go to
save the configuration.
Maximum resolution is 1920x1200 with 4 monitors. Expect to expand this to 8 monitors in the
future possibly.
Dual link DVI monitors (30inch) are not supported! Graphics card limited.

Client aggregation
• Software KM Switch
• Single mouse/kb supply input to up
to four clients
• Synergy, stunnel encryption
• Primary system is home of shared
kb/mouse
• Secondary systems designate which
Client is the primary
• Show status button
Client Aggregation is a software KM switch between up to 4 dc72 clients.

A singe KBD and mouse can be used across each dc72 with each having up to 4
monitors!
Built on an open source software package Synergy and we use stunnel encrypt between
the clients.
One PRIMARY system that has the shared KBD and MOUSE.
The secondary clients can have a KBD and MOUSE attached, but they are only active
when the mouse of the PRIMARY system is not located in their screen real estate.
You use the WEBMIN interface to configure the secondary clients attached and what the
combined layout should look like.
This interface is similar to the monitor layout interface in wemmin where you select a
client and then place it into the matrix.
The Status section will show you communications information between the primary and
secondary client systems.
Note you must also go onto each client system and configure them to be Secondary
clients.

Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 SP2

New Altiris Integration allows:
• Network capture and deploy
• Remote system management
• Preservation of config settings through network-upgrades
• SP2 has critical defect fix. In SP1 clients were not always recognized as
license exempt. Workaround was to use the 30 day trial license or
purchase licenses. (Available early August)
Notes:
• Altiris Deployment Solution only (not all Altiris)
• Altiris DS 6.8 SP1 and later only
• Upgrading from older versions of the Client Embedded operating system
and preserving settings is possible but tricky
– Documentation and sample jobs are available
Altiris has been supported since the 7.x release with features being added with each
release.
• Capture and Deploy
• Wake on LAN
• Remote Reboot
• Preserving configuration settings between OS updates.
Note that we only support Altiris Deployment Solution

• RDP 3.5 (Using Altiris 6.8 sp1) should also support these clients if you do the Rdeply
patch.
• RDP 3.6 should have 6.8 sp2 which will have the patch included
• RDP 3.7 should allow us to support deployment to BOTH WS blades and clients for
the same server.
If upgrading form older versions of the client OS (like 6.x) you have to do more manual
steps.
See documentation on how to do this in next slide.

Altiris details
• HP clients are free!
– License exempt
• Free server application download at http://altiris.com/hptc
• Methods to set Altiris server IP: Webmin or USB key
menus/multicast
Altiris Deployment Solution Guide for Workstation Clients

http://www.hp.com/support/dc72_manuals
HP Thin-Clients are automatically assigned a license when they first communicate with
Altiris Deployment Solution. No license key needs to be activated in the Deployment
Solution console to manage these systems.
Included with your purchase of a t5000 series or Blade Workstation Client is a license for
Altiris Deployment Solution.
Download from http://www.altiris.com/hptc
Starting with 8.62 Multicasting is supported. If your customer has more then one PXE
server, they can now specify the IP address of a serer as well.
Enabling multi-casting is good for user convenience, since you don’t have to configure a
static IP address for the DS server on every client.
But it’s also a big security risk, since you’re throwing full control of your system to the first
machine that answers.

New supported keyboards
Here are the new supported keyboards for the 08.62 release.
Experimental KBDs mostly work but you may find a key or two that’s not mapped
correctly or working.

Remote USB
The three remote USB configurations are:
• USB devices are Local
– All USB devices will remain local and will be accessible only by the
Local Computer
– None of the USB devices can be attached to a Remote Computer.
• USB devices are Remote
– All local USB devices can be attached to the Remote Computer, and
none of the USB devices can be accessed by the Local Computer.
• USB devices are Local/Remote
– If no RGS connection to a Remote Computer exists, all local USB
devices are accessible by the Local Computer.
– If an RGS connection has been established to a Remote Computer,
the local USB devices can be collectively attached to the Remote
Computer.
In order for remote USB to work, both the Receiver and Sender must be appropriately
configured!
During installation of the RGS Receiver, you can select one of three remote USB
configurations.
The selected configuration option cannot be changed after installation of the Receiver—to
select a different USB configuration option, the Receiver must be uninstalled and
reinstalled.

Remote USB Access Control List

The ACL file resides on the Remote Computer
Supports allowing/denying USB device attachments based on the following
nine USB descriptor fields:
1. Device Class—bDeviceClass
2. Device Subclass—bDeviceSubclass
3. Device Protocol—bDeviceProtocol
4. Vendor ID—idVendor
5. Product ID—idProduct
6. Device BCD—bcdDevice
7. Manufacturer—manufacturer
8. Product Type—product
9. Serial Number—serialNumber
USB device mounting can also be allowed/denied based on the following

two parameters:
10.IP address of the Local Computer—peerAddress
11.The domain group of the local user—group
RGS supports a per-Remote Computer access control list (ACL) file that specifies which
USB devices are allowed to be remotely attached to the Remote Computer from a Local
Computer, and which USB devices are denied attachment.
Caution! Filtering on device strings (manufacturer, product, and serial number) may not
be reliable.
Device vendors are not required to add data to these fields, and many do not. Before
deploying a solution that depends on a string-based filter, ensure that the devices you
wish to affect implement the appropriate device strings.


The ACL file supports two rule types: “allow” and “deny”.
The rules are evaluated by the Remote Computer for

each USB connection request from a Local Computer as follows:
• If any rule indicates the USB connection should be denied, the connection is
denied, regardless of any other rule.
• If any rule indicates the USB connection should be allowed, and if there are
no rules that deny the connection, the connection is allowed.
• If no rules match at all, the connection is denied.
Note: Deny rules takes precedence over an allow rule.
A deny rule takes precedence over an allow rule.


The ACL schema file is located at:
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Remote Graphics Sender\hprUsbAcl.xsd
For backwards compatibility, the following default ACL allows all USB
connections to be made:
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Remote Graphics
Sender\hprDefaultUsbAcl.xml
The following properties provide information on the access control list (ACL)
file used to control the attachment of USB devices to a Remote Computer *
Rgsender.Usb.Acl.RulesetPath=string (“hprDefaultUsbAcl.xml”)
Rgsender.Usb.Acl.SchemaPath=string (“hprUsbAcl.xsd”)
Rgsender.Usb.Acl.RulesetErrorTimeout=int (5000)
* Properties found in C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Remote Graphics

Sender\rgsenderconfig
Rgsender.Usb.Acl.RulesetPath=string (“hprDefaultUsbAcl.xml”)
This property specifies the name of the XML file that implements the remote USB Access
Control List (ACL).
Rgsender.Usb.Acl.SchemaPath=string (“hprUsbAcl.xsd”)
This property specifies the name of the schema file that accompanies the remote USB XML
file.
Rgsender.Usb.Acl.RulesetErrorTimeout=int (5000)
This property is used by the Sender remote USB code while monitoring the ACL file
(hprDefaultUsbAcl.xml).
If this file disappears or otherwise becomes inaccessible while the Sender is running, this
property controls how long the Sender waits for the file to be restored. If the timeout
expires, all currently connected USB devices are disconnected. If the file is restored prior
to expiration of the timeout period, the USB devices remain connected.
The default timeout value is 5,000 milliseconds (5 seconds).


The default ACL file contains the following contents, which allows all USB
connections to be made:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>

<hprUsbAcl>
<ruleset>
<rule type="allow">
<name>Allow all USB devices (HP default)</name>
</rule>
</ruleset>
</hprUsbAcl>
The following example ACL file denies all remote USB attachment requests:
<hprUsbAcl>
<ruleset>
<rule type="deny"/>
</ruleset>
</hprUsbAcl>
Caution! Filtering on device strings (manufacturer, product, and serial number) may not
be reliable.
Device vendors are not required to add data to these fields, and many do not. Before
deploying a solution that depends on a string-based filter, ensure that the devices you
wish to affect implement the appropriate device strings.

Supported USB devices

HP has tested a number of USB devices to verify they work correctly
when attached to a Remote Computer from a Local Computer.
See the following URL for a list of supported USB devices.

http://www.hp.com/support/rgs_manuals
If your customer has a USB device requirement, provide feedback back to the RGS Lab
for testing.

Added with (08.8x)

Remote power cycle of blade from client.
• The HP Blade Workstation Client offers a remote power button on
the client desktop, allowing blades in the datacenter to be
powered on or off directly from the client.
• The button serves both as a power control and an indicator of the
power state of the blade.
• To access the remote power button, right-click on the client desktop
and select “Remote Blade Power”.

This is an application that exists only on the Blade Workstation Client (dc7600, dc72, eventually dc73). It is started by
right-clicking on the desktop and selecting "Remote Power".
The first screen the user sees has three entry fields and a button:
Blade iLO address -- takes a hostname or IP address of the iLO controller for the blade we want to power. It is both a
pulldown and a text-entry field...the pulldown shows pre-seeded values from previous entries and known iLO addresses for
blades we've contacted with RGS. The latter information is gathered by a daemon process constantly running in the
background that watches for RGS connections and then tries to use SNMP to determine the iLO address for that blade,
saving the information in a table. This SNMP lookup is only known to work on C-class blades...it may not work for P-class
or other blades. In all cases the user can type in an iLO address or ilo-hostname manually.
iLO User
iLO Password
Login Button -- when pressed it tries to contact iLO at the address using the iLO user and password supplied. In order to
operate the remote power button, the user must have been assigned remote power/reset server privileges by the iLO
administrator.
After a successful login is done a second screen appears. It lists the name/ip address from the first screen and a graphical
picture of a power button is presented.
• Green -- up and running
• Yellow -- shutting down (we pressed the button but it's not off yet)
• Red -- off
• Blue -- coming up (powered on but not yet pingable)
Current State quick press press and hold

green – running soft shutdown hard shutdown
yellow -- shutting down no change hard shutdown
red – off restart restart
blue -- coming up soft shutdown hard shutdown

Added with (08.8x)

After a successful login is done a second screen appears.
Name or IP address of system connected to
• Green - up and running

• Yellow - shutting down (we pressed the button but it's not off yet)
• Red - off
• Blue - coming up (powered on but not yet pingable)

The Power Button: Once an iLO login is successful, a power button is presented. When the power is on, a
quick press of this button will cause the blade system to initiate a soft shutdown, allowing time for the system
to shut down gracefully and save system data. The button turns yellow as the system is shutting down, and it
turns red once the system has fully powered down.
If the button is held down for five seconds, a hard shutdown of the system is sent and the power is removed
immediately, without waiting for the operating system shut down.
If power is off, a press of the button will cause the power to be restored to the blade, and the operating
system will begin initiation normally.
After a successful login is done a second screen appears.
It lists the name/ip address from the first screen and a graphical picture of a power button is presented.
• Green -- up and running
• Yellow -- shutting down (we pressed the button but it's not off yet)
• Red -- off
• Blue -- coming up (powered on but not yet pingable)
Current State quick press press and hold

green – running soft shutdown hard shutdown
yellow -- shutting down no change hard shutdown
red – off restart restart
blue -- coming up soft shutdown hard shutdown

Added with (08.8x)

• Support for Altiris BootWorks or Altiris PXE
• Altiris DS (RDP 3.7) will allow deployment to both blades and
clients from the same Altiris server
• SAM 2.1
• Web: Sept. 17th
Non PXE imaging capability for the eLinux Client, (placeholder if we can do in 5.1).
Functionality
Ability to run a pre-boot environment locally for the purpose of loading a new Client
Embedded image onto the DOM. Right now the two options the customer has is installing
from USB key or Altiris PXE boot.
Usage
Admin will assign a Capture or Deploy Job from an Altiris DS server remotely.
Chubby client will automatically boot into automation mode from the hidden preboot OS
on the DOM to load the Client image over the network. ( vs. booting the preboot OS
from the server itself. )
With ISS release of RDP 3.7, you will be able to use the same Deployment Server to
install both clients and blades.
RDP will be available in the Fall/Winter timeframe. It will incorporate the SP2 patch the
recognizes the clients as license exempt.
The dc73 is based on the dc7800.

New networking and audio chipset.
Faster CPU
Note 8.62 will run on previous platforms.
Dc7600 based products will still be supported.

Supported keyboards
Linux Sender
with a Blade Workstation or T5720 XPe client
• US
• UK English
• Japanese
• German
• French
Windows XP Sender
with a Blade Workstation client or T5720 XPe client
• Same as list for RGS 5.0
RGS 5.0 supports a SLES 9 Sender.
Supported Keyboards
Regardless of localization or RGS documentation, dialogue boxes, and error messages,
the above keyboards can be used in the following sender/client configurations:

Supplemental
Slides

Miscellaneous 8.62 enhancements

• Altiris multicast support is enabled on preloaded clients
• New Webmin option to disable Altiris agent
• Bloomberg SEA100 keypad (no audio)
• Num Lock on by default
• Scroll Lock w/international keyboards
• "Test Pattern" background for monitor alignment
• DHCP client will accommodate multiple domain-names
separated by spaces
– All extras are ignored except when used as a domain search
path
• Ability to set a domain-search path even if using DHCP

Added previously (07.43-4.2.1)

•dc72 support (same image as dc7600)
•Preliminary Altiris Support
•Smart Upgrades and Settings Files
– Do not edit configuration files directly. Changes will removed upon next reboot for security
purposes.
– All setting values are saved to: /root/writable/settings/settings*.txt and applied to
appropriate config files automatically.
– Settings files are viewable using remote Webmin through a remote system’s browser
https://clientname.myco.com:10010
• Log in to Webmin -> Others Tab ->System Logs
• Cut and paste contents into a UTF8 compatible editor.
•Installation Dialogs
•Flawless Audio
•Mouse Acceleration
•Portrait-mode Monitor Layouts
•Right-click “About” Box
•Log files – Use remote Webmin to cut ‘n paste log file contents.

Altiris DS architecture

Unsupported Altiris DS features

See supplemetal Altiris slide to see restrictions on items that have a number. Blank means unsupported.
Altiris Deployment Solution feature support for HP Clients
t5720 Microsoft t5725 dc72 Blade WS
Windows XP HP Embedded Client
Feature Embedded Linux Embedded SW
Altiris Agent auto discovery x x 1
Altiris RapiDeploy® imaging (capture) x x x
Altiris RapiDeploy imaging (deployment) x x x
Altiris Embedded BootWorks® partition x
Altiris RapidInstall package creation x
Altiris RapidInstall package deployment x
General software deployment x x 2
Remote DOS script execution x x x
Remote OS script execution x x x
Remote power control (shutdown, restart, wakeup) x x x
Remote wakeup x x x
Remote restart x x x
Change configuration x x 3
Backup and restore registry x
Copy file to x x 4
Remotely execute x x 5
Remote control x
Chat x
Remote change of agent settings x x x
Install some partitions and keep others x x 6
Thin View (simplified mode on server GUI w/less menus) x 7 7

Altiris DS Blade Workstation client restrictions

1. Multi-cast is enabled by default w/8.42+. For earlier versions, must specify static DS server
IP on each client via settings*.txt files using Altiris Image Explorer, USB key install menu site
settings, or Webmin.
2. Doesn't make sense to deploy individual applications to a firmware-like appliance. The
Altiris agent is the only software package that can be installed separately. If a new
adlagent is in the Altiris server's eXpress shared folder under the agents directory, it will
automatically be installed to any Client that boots to the server.
3. Can change network and Altiris config settings only. Other configs must be changed through
/root/writable/settings/settings*.txt files (manually or via Altiris Image Explorer), or
Webmin.
4. Copies will only work to the /root/writable or /root/user/backgrounds directories which
are on the writable partition. The rest of the DOM is read only for security purposes.
5. Security restrictions apply due to the fact that most of the DOM is read only.
6. For pre-March 2007 images must use capture options [-raw:1 -p5 -p6] and [-p5] then
separately deploy the p5 image containing the config settings after the 'clean original
image' is deployed.
7. Any capture or deploy that requires options (i.e. –raw:1 or –kp5) will need to be performed
in regular mode vs the thin view 'simplified GUI' mode which has less menu options.

Getting a copy of Altiris for internal use

http://svsb.corp.hp.com/essentials/products/rdp/rdpregister.htm


After filling out the form and hitting submit button…
And the Continue…
And accepting the agreement…
Now you can get a license and download the software.


You get your license file….


Downloads…

Questions?


HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Power Considerations
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation Core
Class
Module 6: Power Considerations
Merritt Smith, Master Technologist – WGBU
November 2007
HP Restricted
November 2007 - HP Restricted 6-1

Agenda
Working inside-out
• Blade power
– HP ProLiant Blade Power Calculator
• Enclosure power
– Distribution
– PSU redundancy
– Power management
– Input
– Input redundancy
• Full System Power
– HP ProLiant Blade Power Calculator
2 November 2007 - HP Restricted

Power Calculator
• HP has developed a power sizer for outfitting facilities with
ample power
• This tool allows you to build systems and calculate the power
required
– Consumed during idle
– Consumed during utilization (running software that stresses the
system components)
– For circuit sizing (the suggested facility power)

Power Calculator – CPU frequency

Based on 16 blades (full enclosure)
• Idle increases from 1969 watts to 2127 watts
• Utilization increases from 2989 watts to 3332 watts
• Circuit sizing increases from 3327 watts to 3716 watts
Increase Processor Speed from 1.86 GHz to 2.66 GHz

Graphics config Model/series # processor DIMM size total Circuit
Card number number config processor speed No DIMMs (GB) Memory Idle Utilization Sizing
XW460c ONE 5120 1.86GHz 2GB(2*1GB) DC with
442851-B21 1 1.86 2 1 2 1969 2989 3327
FX560 4 FX560 Graphics Mezzanine
442847-B21 1 2.66 2 1 2 2127 3332 3716
Power Increase for 16 blades (Increase Processor Speed from 1.86 GHz to 2.66 GHz) 158 343 389

Power Calculator – Number of CPUs

• Idle increases from 1969 watts to 2373 watts
• Utilization increases from 2989 watts to 3710 watts
• Circuit Sizing increases from 3327 watts to 4227 watts
Increase the number of 1.86 GHz processors from 1 to 2

# processor total
Graphics config Model/series processor speed DIMM size Memory Circuit
Card number number config s (GHz) No DIMMs (GB) GB Idle Utilization Sizing
442851-B21 1 1.86 2 1 2 1969 2989 3327
XW460c TWO 5120 1.86GHz 2GB(2*1GB) DC
443671-B21 2 1.86 2 1 2 2373 3710 4227
FX560 5 with FX560 Graphics Mezzanine
Power Increase for 16 blades (Increase the number of 1.86 GHz processors from 1 to 2 ) 404 721 900

Power Calculator – Memory

• No changes observed (likely an error)
Memory arrangements result in no power changes

processor total
Graphics config Model/series # speed DIMM size Memory Circuit
Card number number config processors (GHz) No DIMMs (GB) GB Idle Utilization Sizing
443671-B21 2 1.86 2 1 2 2373 3710 4227
443671-B21 2 1.86 4 1 4 2373 3710 4227
443671-B21 2 1.86 8 1 8 2373 3710 4227
443671-B21 2 1.86 4 2 8 2373 3710 4227

Power Calculator exercise

• HP BladeSystem Power Sizer
– http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/cache/347628-0-0-0-
121.html
– If you install the tool, you must completely uninstall any previous
versions or the tool will not work for you (or the customer either!)
• Power Calculator Utility Tool Explanation Document

– http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c0088106
6/c00881066.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Enclosure Power
Handling

c7000 Enclosure
Fully enclosed power backplane
External wires and power bus eliminated
Fans
Half-Height Server Blade
Switch
Modules
EM

Fans
Power Supply Modules Fans
Signal Midplane Power Backplane AC Input Module


Power supply
• 2250W output
• Self cooled Power Backplane
• Self monitoring connector
– AC Input detection
– DC output AC Input Module
measurement connector

Total power available

• 2250W available from each PSU
• If No Power redundancy is configured, total power available is defined as the
power available from all supplies installed
– Six power supplies installed = 13500W
• If N+1 power supply redundancy is configured, total power available is defined
as total power available less one power supply
– 5+1 Configuration = 11250W
• If N+N AC redundancy is configured, total power available is the amount from
the A or B side with the lesser number of supplies.
– 3 + 3 Configuration = 6750W
• If N+N AC redundancy with Oversubscription is configured, total power
available is the amount from four power supplies.
– 9000W
1 2 3 4 5 6
A B
Oversubscription relies on the Power Management feature to step down the power
usage of each blade in the event of an AC circuit failure.
Makes a nice segue to Power Management

N+1 power supply redundant

N+N AC line cord redundant

Oversubscribed AC
• Many customers are power limited
– Example 10KW rack
– North America 80% rule means 12.5KW must be delivered
– Redundancy requires 2 x power
– To power a 10KW rack requires 25KW of power
– 40% of available power used at most
• How can we utilize the extra power while still maintaining
redundancy?

N+N AC line cord redundant with

oversubscribed AC
All servers throttle

to conserve power
Intelligence Everywhere!!
Distributing the power evenly to reduce AC power

Power
Management

Dynamic power saver

Example: 1800W draw system
• Six power supplies, 300W each, 75%

efficiency
• 2400W in for 1800W out
• 600W wasted
• Two power supplies, 900W each, 89% Intelligence Everywhere!!

efficiency Distributing the power evenly to optimize efficiency
• 2048W in for 1800W out
• Saving of 352W per enclosure
• Four supplies in standby – available if
power draw increases
• 20 enclosures @ 0.075 per kW-hr

can save ≈ $4600 per year
Dynamic Power Saver

Power supply efficiency is a measure of VA in as opposed to watts out, so at 50%
efficiency, 2000VA would equal 1000W out. The difference is wasted energy,
which costs money and generates unnecessary heat.
The HP Dynamic Power Saver takes advantage of the fact that most power supplies
operate inefficiently when lightly loaded and more efficiently when heavily loaded.
A typical power supply running at 20% load could have an efficiency as low as
60% but at 50%, the load could be 90% efficient.
In the slide graphic, the top example shows the power demand spread inefficiently
across six power supplies. The second example demonstrates that with Dynamic
Power Saver the power load is shifted to two power supplies for more efficient
operation.
When the Dynamic Power Saver feature is enabled, the total enclosure power
consumption is monitored in real time. As a result, automatic adjustments are tied to
changes in demand. Power supplies are placed in a standby condition when the
power demand from the server enclosure is low. When power demand increases,
the standby power supplies instantaneously deliver the required power. This enables
the enclosure to operate at optimum efficiency, with no impact on redundancy.
Note that a minimum of two power supplies are always active. After the 50% loading
is reached, another two power supplies are activated to ensure that redundancy is
maintained at all times.
Dynamic Power Saver is supported on the HP 1U Power Enclosure and the c-Class
enclosure only. It is enabled by an interconnect on the management board. When
the power supplies are placed in standby mode, their LEDs flash.

OA Power and Thermal

Power Management

Power Allocation

Power Meter

Power Supply

Fans

c7000 Enclosure
Fans
Switch
Modules
EM

Fans
Power Supply Modules Fans
AC Input Module

AC Line Input modules
3Ø AC Module
NA/JPN L15-30p
• Devices are FRU

• Devices are NOT field interchangeable
• No upgrading from single to three Intl IEC309 5-Pin, 9h, 16A
phase
1Ø AC Module
C-19 16A

c7000 Enclosure Power
Single-phase enclosure C-19 16A

available worldwide for use
with in-rack power
distribution units (PDUs)
which accept
C19 – C20 power cords
NA/JPN L15-30p
Three-phase enclosure with

a pair of US/Japan power
cords with NEMA L15-30P
power connectors
Intl IEC 309

5-Pin, 6h, 16A
Three-phase enclosure with
a pair of International power
cords with IEC 309 16A
power connectors.

Flow chart for choosing PDUs

e
has
le P Us
Sing of PD
North America/ Ou t
Japan 30 Amp 252663-D74
L6-30P plug PDU
Single 30A z All PDU’s Put
Out Single
Phase Phase 200-
208VAC, 60Hz 50 Amp 252663-D75 240VAC into
CS8265C PDU C19 Power
(L6-50P equiv.) jacks
z C20-C19 PDU
jumper cords
(242867-001)
take the power
Three 60 Amp AF916A to the 1U
Phase IEC 309 plug Monitored PDU supply
Half Rack
250VAC, 60Hz z The PSU gets
AC input
power from its
International 32 Amp 252663-B33 C20 jack
IEC 309 plug PDU C19 = female
Single
Phase
240VAC, 50Hz 63 Amp 252663-B34
IEC 309 plug
Three 32 Amp AF917A

Phase IEC 309 plug Monitored PDU
Half rack
400VAC, 50Hz C20 = male

Using 50A 1Ø PDU – NA/JPN

• 8.3KVA PDU - 252663-D75
• 2 x 50A 1Ø connections per c-Class Blade Server enclosure
• Enclosure contains up to six 2250W power supplies

Using 63A 1Ø PDU – Intl

• 9.6KVA PDU
• 252663-B34
• 2 x 63A 1Ø connections per c-Class Blade Server enclosure
• Enclosure contains up to six 2250W power supplies


• S348 PDU - AF916A
• 17.2 kVA N+N redundant
power
• 2 x IEC 309-60A 3Ø
connections
• 3 x c-Class Blade Server
enclosures
• Each enclosure contains six
2250W power supplies
• Max power per enclosure =
5.4KVA
• 4 x 8KVA enclosures with four
PDUs is also possible


• S332 - AF917A
• 22 KVA N+N redundant power
• 2 x 32A 3Ø connections
• Four c-Class Blade Server
enclosures
• Each power enclosure contains
six 2250W power supplies
• Enclosure load less than 5.5KVA
• Four 8KVA enclosures supported
by four feeds is also possible

Power calculator – Number of blades

•Curves shown on chart are for:
– Consumed during idle
– Consumed during utilization (running software that stresses the system components)
– For circuit sizing (the suggested facility power)
•Note that the equations show an offset power
– This shows how the tool accounts for the losses in the power supply and switch
– Therefore, this is not a straight forward calculation where you multiply the power for one
blade by the number of blades
y = 176.03x + 457.83
Power Per Blade
2250 Idle y = 198.78x + 538.42 2133

1928 2053
2050 Utilization
1850 1723
Circuit Sizing
1688 1870
1650 1517
1335 1505
1450
Power (W)
1409
1135 1323
1250
1162 1158
1050 938 1283
986 1034
745 912
850 813 769
650 642
527
649 y = 126.72x + 270.53 Offset = 270 watts
450
396
250
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
number of blades

Air conditioning basics

• “Ton of AC”
o
– Heat removal to freeze 2000lbs of ice in 24hrs at 32 F
– Equals 12,000BTU/hr
– Equals 3.5kW
• What goes in must come out…
– Energy entering as electricity must leave as heat
– Account for solar gain (windows, south facing walls…)
– Human activity
– Margin of safety, redundancy
– Transport of chilled air/water
• Recommendation: Leave this to the professionals

Questions?

Glossary of terms
• VAC = AC line voltage
– 50 or 60 Hz
– 208-240 VAC
• VA = Volt-amperes
• W = watts
• PFC = Power Factor Correction (0.99 for 3-phase)
• W = VA * PFC
• PDU = Power Distribution Unit
– Distributes AC line voltage
– Converts 3 phase input to three single phase outputs
• “Ton of AC” = Heat removal to freeze 2000lb of ice in 24hrs
@ 32F

Sorting out various IEC-309 plug arrangements

Methodology
• Orient the Locator Tab at the Bottom (6 o’clock)
• Clockface Positions in Accordance with IEC 309-2 • Clock position of the ground pin (largest pin) is the voltage
and UL 1686 • Diameter of the connector indicates the number of wires
– 4 wires = 3 poles = 3 phases
• View references the FEMALE RECEPTACLE – 3 wires = 2 poles = single phase
(note that the male plug on the PDU is a mirror image) • Connector Color Indicates Source AC Voltage Level
• Size of the Pins is the Current Rating
North American
Rating Voltage AC International Rating Voltage AC
Sources
http://www.buypowergear.com/reference_ceetyp_clockface_positions.aspx
http://www.ericson.com/products/product_pdfs/IEC309Devices.pdf

S348 PDU - AF916A

Configured for North America and Japan
Methodology
• Orient the Locator Tab at the Bottom (6
• N America / Japan o’clock)
• 3Ø 60A Δ 4-wire • Clock position of the ground pin (largest pin)
is the voltage (plug mirror image; ground at 9
• 6 AWG 4 conductor o’clock)
• IEC309 60A 4 Pin • Diameter of the connector indicates the
(blue) number of wires
• 208V in 208V out – 4 wires = 3 poles = 3 phases
• 17.5kVA – 3 wires = 2 poles = single phase
• Connector Color Indicates Source AC
– Blue connector 200-250V P in Configuration
P oles &
Amps Wires Receptacle P lug Voltage & Color Coding
3 Pole
60 4 Wire 3Ø 250
Note how mirror

image ground
location for:
plug =
3 o’clock,
receptacle =
9 o’clock
Clock for
North American
Rating Voltage AC 10”

S332 - AF917A
Configured for International Markets
• International
• 3Ø 32A Wye 5-wire Methodology
• 10mm x 5 conductor • Orient the Locator Tab at the Bottom (6
• IEC309 32A 5 Pin (red) o’clock)
• 380-415V line to line • Clock position of the ground pin (largest pin)
is the voltage (plug mirror image; ground at 6
• 220-240V line to neutral o’clock)
• 22kVA • Diameter of the connector indicates the
number of wires
– 5 wires 3phase Y
• Connector Color Indicates Source AC
– Red connector 380-415V
Clock for
International
Rating Voltage AC

Three Phase Power

Wall Plugs and Wiring Configurations
• Three Phase Power has Delta A

Two Wiring Configuration
Configurations (US) B
• Delta Configuration
(US) C
– 4 prong connector G
• Phase A Triangular
• Phase B Shape Like the
• Phase C Greek Letter
• Ground
Delta Δ
Wye A
• Wye Configuration Configuration
(Europe) (Europe) A’
– 5 prong connector C’ N
• Phase A N B’
• Phase B B
• Phase C C
• Neutral
• Ground G
“Y” Shape
Sorting it all out

Sorting Out the Confusing Stuff for Power Units, Power Supplies, and the Number of
Input Phases

Three Phase AC input power

US and Japan Plug Types for Delta Voltage
IEC309-60A-4 wire
International Plug Types
For Wye Voltage
60A
Delta Shaped Wiring

IEC309-32A-5 wire
L15-30 P
Wye “Y” Shaped Wiring

Backup slides

c7000 Enclosure
Front View
Server blades
• 2x features, 2x the density
10U Storage blades

8-16 blades • A new paradigm for
“bladed” storage solutions
Integrated power
• Simplified configuration
Onboard Administrator and greater efficiency
• HP Insight Display • Same flexibility, capacity
• Simple set-up delivered and redundancy
out of the box
Wide variety of blades

Server blades: Xeon, AMD and Itanium
Innovative storage blade option(420GB)
Enclosure-based shared storage
IO devices on a blade
Embedded devices on motherboard, or
Optional devices on mezzanine cards (4Gb FC, up to 10GbE, IB)
Supports External SANs & NAS
Robust Server Blade feature sets
Hot plug drives
Integrated Lights out management
Support for Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Infiniband, SAS connectivity

c7000 Enclosure
Rear View Active Cool fans
• Adaptive flow for maximum power
efficiency, air movement & acoustics
Interconnect bays
• 8 bays; up to 4 redundant I/O fabrics
• Up to 94% reduction in cables
• Ethernet, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SAS, IB
Onboard Administrator
• Remote administration view
• Robust, multi-enclosure control
Power management
PARSEC architecture • Choice of single-phase or
• Parallel, redundant and

3-phase enclosures and N+N
scalable cooling and or N+1 redundancy
airflow design • Best performance per watt
Power Envelope
Up to 6 PS @ 2250W ea.
13500W capacity per enclosure
Choice of single-phase or 3-phase enclosures
Choice of N+N AC redundancy, or N+1 PS redundancy
Power Management
If needed, customers can constrain the maximum BTU’s per enclosure and rack.
Cooling
Improved cooling efficiency
Reduced power consumption
Easy Setup
Cable-less server installation
Enclosure manager wizard setup
Multiple enclosure setup functions
Optional redundant management module
PARSEC architecture
To optimize thermal design to support all customer configurations from 1 to 26 servers, with one to 10 fans,
a relatively air tight manifold must be developed. It has a front section which the servers seal into when in
use, and which has doors that seal off when servers are not in use. It has a rear section which the fans
seal into when in use, and which has back flow preventers that seal when a fan does not rotate or is not
installed. It has a middle section which wraps around the complex power and signal distribution
midplanes, to ensure that air is properly metered from the 10 parallel fans to the 26 parallel servers when
all or installed or the minimums are installed. These are 3 large snap together complex plastic, metal and
gasket subassemblies.

Blade installation
Each zone can contain either

full-height server blades or half-
height server blades only.
Blade Blade Blade Blade

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4
2 FH or 2 FH or 2 FH or 2 FH or
4 HH 4 HH 4 HH 4 HH
PS 1 PS 2 PS 3 PS 4 PS 5 PS 6

PDUs for c7000 Enclosure
Model Part Number Region Plug Type Capacity (VA) # of Enclosures
24A mPDU 252663-

NA/JPN L6-30P 4992 VA @ 208V 1 with 2 PSU
NA/JPN D74
32A mPDU 252663- IEC-309 - 3 Pin-

International 7360 VA @ 230V 1
Intl B33 32A
Hubbell
40A mPDU 252663-
NA/JPN CS8265C (L6- 8320 VA @ 208V 1
JPN/NA D75
50P equiv.)
40A mPDU 252663- IEC-309 – 3 Pin

International 9200 VA @ 230V 1
Intl B34 - 63A
IEC-309-4 Pin- Up to 3 at
S348 AF916A NA/JPN 17.2KVA @ 208V
63A 5700VA
IEC309-5 Pin- Up to 4 at
S332 AF917A International 22KVA @ 230V
32A 5500VA
24A PDU supports 2 PSUs, others support 3. It is assumed from this table that 2 PDUs
will be used to provide AC power redundancy.

Dynamic Power Saver

3+3 Power Supply Efficiency
Dynamic Power Saver
1+1 up to 2250W 2+2 up to 4500W 3+3 up to 6750W

Power Supply Efficiency
High efficiency maintained

3+3 Not Managed
from 1150W to 6750 W 3+3 Managed
Typical power Typical PSU
supply curve
Power Output

AF916A Hi Power PDU

AF916A
Allows you to run a 1U Power Supply
from a 3 phase input!
6.5”
120o 120o
3 Phase Input
Cannot power PSU
(requires single phase)
3- Single
AF916A PDU Phase Outputs
Wall Plugs Can power 1U Supply
• N America / Japan
10.5 – 3Ø 60A Δ 4-wire
PDU Jumper (Option 926)
” 30” –
–
6 AWG 4 conductor
IEC309 60A 4 Pin (blue) 242867-001 CORD, AC LINE, 16A, C-19 to C-20, F-M (10 ft.)
– 208V in 208V out
– 17.5kVA 16 Amp, 250V AC Jumper Cord with IEC 60320 C20 to IEC 60320
• International C19 connectors. -003 is 12 feet with straight C19
– 3Ø 32A Wye 5-wire Electrical Ratings: 16A, 250VAC (see drawing number below)
– 10mm x 5 conductor Reference: http://powercords.hp.com/GPS/index.asp
– IEC309 32A 5 Pin (red)
– 380-415V line to line
HP Family Drawing #: A-8120-9370-1
– 220-240V line to neutral
– 22kVA
Single Phase Single Phase
Male Plug Female Plug
C20
12” (AC input connector into C19
AF916A) (AC input connector into 1U
supply)
7
”
1
0
”


• 5KVA PDU - 252663-D74
• 2 x L6-30p 30A 1Ø connections per c-Class Blade Server
enclosure
• Enclosure contains four 2250W power supplies.
– EM will manage blade power on automatically
• Enclosure load limited to 5KVA


• 7.6KVA PDU - 252663-D74
• 2 x IEC 309-32A 1Ø connections per c-Class Blade Server
enclosure
• Enclosure contains six 2250W power supplies.
• Enclosure load less than 7.6KVA


HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class xw460c Workstation Blade BIOS
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 7: xw460c Workstation Blade BIOS
Setyo Nugroho
November 2007
HP Restricted

Objectives
• Describe xw460c Blade Workstation BIOS options and
features

Contents
• ILO
• POST
• RBSU
• Diagnostics
• Inspect Utility
• BIOS Updates

insight Lights-Out (iLO)

Provides remote management
Not unique to the xw460c Blade workstation—common to
most ProLiant servers
A network cable connects iLO to the LAN
Access iLO from a web browser using the IP address.
• example: https://15.10.101.10
Use the iLO Remote Console feature to view the Blade
starting up, the POST screen, and access to the BIOS.
Insight Lights-Out (iLO)

A complete definition and description of ILO is beyond the
scope of this lesson objectives. For the purpose of this lesson,
ILO refers to the web interface which is used to access many of
the xw25p features.
A network cable connects iLO to the LAN
You access ILO by opening up a web browser and typing the IP address of the ILO
interface into URL box.
You will use ILO’s remote console window to see the POST screen and make changes
in bios settings.

POST
Almost identical to the BL 460c POST.
Similar to the Workstation POST with differences:
• The splash screen displays cold boot only.
• Does not display the BIOS version, just the date. For
example, on the xw9300 you see: BIOS version 1.20. The
xw460c displays: ProLiant System Bios V03 (mm/dd/yyyy)
• Press F9 to access Setup which is the ROM-Based Setup
Utility (RBSU) instead of F10. The prompt for RBSU appears
at the end of POST.
• Displays prompt to press F8 to configure ILO and the Option
ROM Configuration Utility for Arrays
• Displays CTRL+S to access the Broadcom Option Rom Config
Utility.
POST
The POST process for the xw25p is almost identical to the HP
ProLiant bl25p and is similar to other workstation products.
There are a couple of differences that are worth pointing out:
The splash screen only shows on a cold boot.
There is no BIOS version, just a date. For example, on the xw9300 you might see a
bios version 1.20. But on the xw25p you will only see, ProLiant System Bios V01
(mm/dd/yyyy)
You get into setup (RBSU) by pressing the F9 key when prompted. (Other
workstations use F10)
You will see a press F8 prompt to configure ILO and the Option ROM Configuration
Utility for Arrays and a ctrl+s to enter the broadcom option rom config utility. These
prompts are similar to any that you would see when you execute an option ROM on
any other platform. For example, Adaptec SCSI uses ctrl+s.
At the end of POST you will be prompted to enter setup (RBSU-F9) , System Setup
Utility (F10) or PXE Boot (F12). This prompt lasts about 3 seconds. This is confusing
with the next bullet which indicates that RBSU and system setup are the same. So
pressing F10 or F9 send you to essentially the same place?
The System Setup menu allows you to go into setup (RBSU), run diagnostics or the
inspect utility.-Where's this, it's confusing with the former bullet.

ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)

Press F9 towards the end of POST
Looks and acts different from the Setup utility that
ships with Workstations
• Changes are not confirmed—Once you select an
option, it's written to the BIOS settings NVRAM.
• Equivalent functions to Workstation Setup but in
different locations
• Same as BL 460c RBSU except for a Remote Console
Setting option in System Options that controls which
graphic card provides the display or whether both
graphic cards can be accessed.
RBSU
The setup screen has a different look and feel from other workstation
products. There are no confirmations to save your changes. Once
you select an option, it is written to the bios settings nvram.

RBSU —continued
Remote console settings are:
• User Mode: At the end of POST, the ATI card is disabled and all video
is sent to the MXM card. The Blade will ship in this mode. It allows
Windows to run using the high performance MXM card and makes the
desktop accessible through the Remote Graphics Software (RGS) from
the Client.
• Admin Mode: The MXM card is disabled and hidden from the OS so all
of POST and the OS are displayed from the ATI card. This allows you to
see the Windows desktop using iLO Remote Console.
• Setup Mode: This mode assists in developing unattended OS installation
scripts which require that both graphics cards be visible to the OS during
plug and play device driver installation.
POST is always displayed on the ATI card regardless of the
remote console setting so BIOS progress and access to RBSU is
available to iLO Remote Console.
RBSU – continued
The only difference between the bl25p and xw25p RBSU is the
addition of the Remote Console Setting option in the System Options
Category. These options determine how the 2 graphics cards
present in the system are used.
The 3 available remote console settings are: User Mode, Admin Mode and Setup
Mode.
• User Mode: At the end of POST, the ATI card is disabled and all video is sent
to the MXM card. The blade will be in this mode most of the time as it allows
windows to run using the high performance MXM card and be accessible via
RGS from the thin client.
• Admin Mode: The MXM card is disabled and hidden from the OS so all of
POST and the OS are displayed on the ATI card. This allows you to see the
windows desktop using ILO’s remote console.
• Setup Mode: This mode is mostly provided to assist in developing unattended
OS installation scripts which require that both graphics cards be visible to the
OS during plug and play device driver installation.
NOTE: POST is always displayed on the ATI card regardless of the remote console
setting. This is so an admin can always see the bios progress and get into RBSU via
ILO.

Workstation Setup utility
Workstation Setup utility
Lets you save your changes and Exit whereas RBSU implements
changes.

RBSU
RBSU
Looks different. Scroll down menu to select System options

vertically rather than from a horizontal menu.
Select Advanced Options to change User mode.

RBSU: Remote Console Mode

Diagnostics
Press F10 during POST and select Diagnostics
Three diagnostic tests:
Memory
• Tests all the installed memory and reports any errors.
CPU
• Verifies that the CPUs are functioning correctly.
Boot Disk
• Verifies the presence and readiness of a primary boot
controller. If a controller is present and ready, the test checks
for a valid operating system boot sector.
Diagnostics
Diagnostics (F10 at the prompt, Select Diagnostics)
There are 3 diagnostic tests you can run: Memory, CPU and Boot
Disk.
Memory
Tests all the installed memory and reports any errors.
CPU
This diagnostic verifies that the CPUs are functioning correctly.
Boot Disk
The boot disk diagnostic test verifies the presence and readiness of a primary boot
controller. If a controller is present and ready, the test checks for a valid operating
system boot sector.
All three of these tests should pass if a bootable operating

system is installed on the server.

Inspect utility
Press F10 at the prompt and select Inspect
View system configuration information such as SMBIOS
Tables, PCI Devices, Memory Map, and System EV’s
Save configuration information to removable media
Inspect Utility

BIOS updates
Recovery
• xw460c has a redundant ROM instead of a bootblock recovery
mode.
Online Flash
• Windows-based BIOS update utility.
• Can update many systems at once by using industry standard
management tools such as: Altiris or RDP/Altiris
ROMPaq disk
• DOS bootable disk runs ROMPAQ.EXE.
• ROMPAQ.EXE searches the disk for an image file that is
compatible with the system firmware.
• ROMPAQ ID: V03
• ROMPAQ Image File: CPQV030x.xxx where x.xxx is the
compressed date code of the ROM image.
BIOS updates

Questions?



HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Remote Manageability and Monitoring
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 8: Remote Manageability and Monitoring
Ron Norman
November 2007
HP Restricted

Agenda
• iLO Advanced Feature now supported
• Insight Control for Blades soon to be supported
• Rapid Deployment Pack enhanced support
• Other tools and utilities now supported
Agenda
• Discus some of the key new “Advanced” features (Need License to unlock – iLO Selct
License) Now supported. We will not be discussing all the feature, just a few key
ones you should understand.
• Discus the newly support management suite available to xw460c = “Insight Control
Environment for Blades (ICE-BL)" (Not 25p – Still only have base SIM and RDP
support on these).
• Discus new features supported and added to RDP (Rapid Deployment Pack)
• Discus other newly supported tools.

iLO Advanced -
Key Features
We will start with an overview of some key advanced features of the iLO 2.
Remember, these are only licensed features via iLO select license key

iLO 2 features
Shared Remote Console (Firmware version 1.30 or greater)
Up to four iLO 2
users with remote
console privileges in
different locations
can collaborate using
the shared remote
console to
troubleshoot,
maintain, and
administer remote
servers.
Shared Remote Console
Up to four iLO 2 users with remote console privileges in different locations can
collaborate using the shared remote console to troubleshoot, maintain and administer
remote servers.
• Only available if enabled

• Only available in Setup/Admin mode

iLO 2 features
Console Replay (Firmware version 1.30 or greater)
iLO 2 Console Replay

captures and stores
for replay the console
video during:
•A server's last
major fault
•Last boot sequence.
•Record session
Console Replay
iLO 2 Console Replay captures and stores for replay the console video during:
• A server's last major fault
• Last Boot sequence.
• Record Session


iLO 2 features
Virtual Media
The USB-based Virtual Media feature allows an IT administrator to boot the remote server
using a standard 1.44-MB diskette, CD ROM, DVD+R or USB flash drive on a client PC or
from a floppy diskette, CD, or DVD image stored on a virtual media server on the network.
**New**
Virtual Folder
Virtual Media
The USB-based Virtual Media feature allows an IT administrator to boot and access local
media from the remote blade system. Virtual media allows access to:
Standard 1.44-MB diskette

CD ROM, DVD+R.
USB flash drive
CD or DVD image stored on a virtual media server on the network.
Virtual Folder (NEW) – access local folder as a mounted drive on blade.

iLO 2 features
Power Regulator Reporting (Firmware version 1.10 or greater)
Both iLO 2 Select and iLO 2 Advanced enable access to power-related data from any of the
three iLO 2 interfaces (browser, script, or command line) on supported server models.
Available information includes time spent in Power Regulator Dynamic Savings mode and
average, peak, and minimum power consumption over 24-hour intervals.
Power Regulator Reporting (Firmware version 1.10 or greater)
Both iLO 2 Select and iLO 2 Advanced enable access to power related data from any of
the three iLO 2 interfaces (browser, script or command line) on supported server models.
Available information includes time spent in Power Regulator Dynamic Savings mode and
average, peak and minimum power consumption over 24 hour intervals.


iLO Advanced features
Directory Services Integration

Integrated Lights-Out 2 integrates with enterprise-class directory services to
provide secure, scalable, and cost-effective user management.
Single Sign-On
iLO 2 users can automatically log in to iLO 2 from HP System Insight Manager
(version 5.1 or greater) and the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator.
Multi-factor authentication (Firmware version 1.10 or greater)

Integrated Lights-Out 2 provides strong user authentication with two-factor
authentication using digital certificates embedded on smartcards or USB flash
drives.
Terminal Services Integration (iLO 2 Advanced Only) (Coming Soon)

Integrated Lights-Out integrates with Microsoft Terminal Services to provide a
high-performance, graphical remote console by automatically or manually
switching to Microsoft Terminal Services when the operating system is fully
loaded and available on the host system.
Other Advanced features available.
Directory Services Integration

• Integrated Lights-Out 2 integrates with enterprise-class directory services to provide
secure, scalable, and cost effective user management.
Single Sign-On
• iLO 2 users can automatically login to iLO 2 from HP System Insight Manager
(version 5.1 or greater) and the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator.
Multi-factor authentication (Firmware version 1.10 or greater)
• Integrated Lights-Out 2 provides strong user authentication with two-factor
authentication using digital certificates embedded on smartcards or USB flash drives.
Terminal Services Integration (iLO 2 Advanced Only) (Coming Soon)
• Integrated Lights Out integrates with Microsoft Terminal Services to provide a high
performance graphical remote console by automatically or manually switching to
Microsoft Terminal Services when the operating system is fully loaded and
available on the host system.


iLO feature/license comparison
This matrix shows the different iLO licensing schemes and their relationship
• iLO Standard for Blades on iLO = This is the standard features for P-Class blades
with iLO Classic. On these iLO’s, the CU receives the advanced features without a
license.
• iLO Standard for iLO 2 Mgmt Proc. = On iLO 2, advanced features are now
licenses, this column shows the standard features on non Blade systems.
• iLO Standard Blades edition on iLO 2 = Do to the remote nature of Blades, Virtual
media and remote console are added to standard features for Blade iLO2.
• iLO Advanced = The is the license you would buy to upgrade to advanced features
of iLO 2 on a non-blade systems
• iLO Select = This is the license you would buy to get Advanced futures on iLO 2 on
Blades
Bottom Line – What you need to know for Workstation Blade xw460c
All you need to understand is “iLO Select” to get advanced features.

New Support for

Insight Control for
Blades (ICE-BL)
Coming in Oct/Nov
Release of ICE-BL

What is the Insight Control Environment?
Rapid Deployment
ProLiant Performance Mgmt.
Insight Control
Essentials
Software Virtualization Mgmt.
Options Power Mgmt.
Remote Mgmt.
HP SIM
Management
Foundation
Embedded Unified Infrastructure Management

Intelligent tuned for ProLiant and BladeSystem
Infrastructure
What is Insight Control Environment
Insight Control is the new unified management infrastructure tuned for Blade Systems.
Insight is a suite distributed via DVD that includes the following in a single installation
process:
1. RDP
2. SIM
3. Performance Mgmt. Pack.
4. Virtualization Mgmt. (Not support on Workstation Blade)
5. Power Mgmt.
6. Remote Mgmt.

Insight Control Delivery

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for BladeSystem New
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SB
Monitoring W
Remote Control
Remote Control Performance Monitoring
Performance Monitoring Power Management
Power Management Deployment
Deployment Vulnerability Scanning
Vulnerability Scanning Virtual Machine Mgmt
iLO Power Management ML DL iLO Power Management BL

Pack Pack for BladeSystem New
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SB
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Extend iLO2 with … Extend iLO2 with …
Monitoring Monitoring
Advanced Remote Control Advanced Remote Control
Power Management Power Management
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Starting with the Insight Control Data Center Edition that released in July, 2006, HP
started the process of delivering software suites that provide all the capabilities you need
for managing your ProLiant and BladeSystem hardware as well as non-HP devices
(although to a lesser degree).
Recently there was some changes to the suite and the version designed for Blade systems
was renamed from Insight Control Data Center to Insight Control Environment for
BladeSystems.
Workstation Blades are ONLY supported by Insight Control Environment for BladeSystems
(Nov)

Closer look at IC suites
Not supported on Blade Workstation
This is a little closer look at the difference between the Insight Control.

HP Insight Control environment features

Blade System Integrated Manager
Enclosure view of Blade systems
HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1
• Central management services
• Unified server & Workstation Mgmt.
Insight Power Manager
Power Measurement, Regulation
& Reporting
Rapid Deployment Pack

Remote/Automated system
configuration & deployment
Performance Management Pack

Proactive performance management
and bottleneck analysis
Vulnerability & Patch Management

Consolidated vulnerability scanning & patch
management
Insight Control Suite
Insight Control Suite in an umbrella term used for a set of software manageability tools.
that include:
• HP RDP – Rapid deployment Pack

– Rapid server and workstation OS deployment
• HP SIM – System Insight Manger
– Centralized Management of datacenter
– Unified Server, Workstation, and storage management.
• HP Performance Management Pack (PMP) (Plug-in for SIM)
– Real time performance data w/ comprehensive reporting capability
• HP Power Management Pack (iPM) (Plug-in for SIM)
– Monitor and Regulate Power Consumption of systems
• HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM) (Plug-in for SIM)
– Security Vulnerability Assessment and patch management
Next we will look at these more closely.

IMPORTANT NOTE – PMP, iPM, and VPM are only supported on C-Class, P-Class
Workstation Blades ONLY support SIM base management and monitoring features.

Insight Power Manager — Overview

• HP Power Regulator is a hardware-level feature that enables ProLiant
systems to save power — and thereby financial resources — by
controlling the processor performance states (p-states) of the server
CPUs.
• Insight Power Manager monitors and uses HP Power Regulator
technology.
Understanding HP Power Regulator
Power Regulator uses the processor p-states to change two key
attributes that affect power consumption.
• CPU frequency: Moving to a lower p-state causes the affected CPU to
operate at a lower frequency.
– For example, a 3.773 GHz processor might operate at 3.0 GHz in a
lower p-state.
• CPU voltage: Moving to a lower p-state causes the affected CPU to
operate at a lower level of voltage.
– CPU operating at 1.4v at max p-state might operate at 1.2v in the min. p-
state.
Insight Power Manager – Overview
• HP Power Regulator is a hardware-level feature that enables ProLiant systems to save

power - and thereby financial resources - by controlling the processor performance
states (p-states) of the server CPUs.
• Insight Power Manager monitors and uses HP Power Regulator technology.
Understanding HP Power Regulator
• Power Regulator uses the processor p-states to change two key attributes that affect
power consumption.
• CPU frequency: Moving to a lower p-state causes the affected CPU to operate at a
lower frequency.
– For example, a 3.773 GHz processor might operate at 3.0 GHz in a lower p-
state.
• CPU voltage: Moving to a lower p-state causes the affected CPU to operate at a
lower level of voltage.
– CPU operating at 1.4v at max p-state might operate at 1.2v in the min. p-state.

Insight Power Manager — Modes (1 of 2)

Power Regulator can operate in four modes:
HP Static Low Power Mode
• Power Regulator sets the processors to the lowest supported power state
and forces the CPUs to stay in that lowest state.
• This mode saves the maximum amount of resources, but it might affect the
system performance if processor utilization stays at or above 75%
utilization.
HP Static High Performance Mode
• Power Regulator sets the processors to the highest supported processor
state and forces the CPUs to stay in that highest state.
• This mode ensures maximum performance, but it does not save any
resources.
• This mode can be useful for creating a baseline of power consumption
data without Power Regulator.
Insight Power Manager – Modes

There are four modes in which Power Regulator can operate:
• HP Static Low Power Mode
• HP Static High Performance Mode
• HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode
• Operating System Control Mode
• HP Static Low Power Mode.

– In this mode, Power Regulator sets the processors to the lowest supported power
state and forces the CPUs to stay in that lowest state. This mode saves the
maximum amount of resources, but it might affect the system performance if
processor utilization stays at or above 75% utilization.
• HP Static High Performance Mode.
– In this mode, Power Regulator sets the processors to the highest supported
processor state and forces the CPUs to stay in that highest state. This mode
ensures maximum performance, but it does not save any resources. This mode
can be useful for creating a baseline of power consumption data without Power
Regulator.

Insight Power Manager — Modes (2 of 2)

HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode
• Power Regulator sets the processors to the appropriate power level based on the
utilization of each CPU core during the last 1/8 second. The CPU is set to the
power saving processor p-state if the CPU is operating at a utilization level that
can be completed at the slower CPU frequency.
• The CPU is set to the maximum performance processor p-state if the CPU is
operating at a utilization level that requires the fastest CPU frequency. The point
at which Power Regulator shifts from the minimum p-state to the maximum p-state
varies based on the processor installed in the system.
• A 3.773 GHz CPU that has a 3.0 GHz minimum p-state frequency switches
modes at around 75% utilization. A 3.2 GHz CPU that has a 3.0 GHz minimum
p-state frequency switches modes at around 88% utilization.
• It is the ratio of the maximum p-state compared to the minimum p-state, plus a
small guard band, that determines the utilization at which the processor switches
from minimum p-state to maximum p-state.
Operating System Control Mode
• Power Regulator configures the server to enable the operating system to control
the processor.
• HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode.

– In this mode, Power Regulator sets the processors to the appropriate power level
based on the utilization of each CPU core during the last 1/8 second. The CPU
is set to the power saving processor p-state if the CPU is operating at a
utilization level that can be completed at the slower CPU frequency. The CPU is
set to the maximum performance processor p-state if the CPU is operating at a
utilization level that requires the fastest CPU frequency. The point at which
Power Regulator shifts from the minimum p-state to the maximum p-state varies
based on the processor installed in the system. A 3.773 GHz CPU that has a
3.0 GHz minimum p-state frequency switches modes at around 75% utilization.
A 3.2 GHz CPU that has a 3.0 GHz minimum p-state frequency switches modes
at around 88% utilization. It is the ratio of the maximum p-state compared to the
minimum p-state, plus a small guard band, that determines the utilization at
which the processor switches from minimum p-state to maximum p-state.
• Operating System Control Mode.
– In this mode, Power Regulator configures the server to enable the operating
system to control the processor.

Insight Power Manager – Reporting
Example of iPM view in SIM– Graph represents several machines and their history of
Power usage.

Insight Power Manager – Reporting
This is an example for the level of detail Power Manager Reports.

Vulnerability and Patch Management
Security Threat Avoidance Tech.
Vulnerability and Patch Management
• Combined vulnerability assessment and patch management—A single tool

seamlessly combines the assessment and the remediation of vulnerabilities, reducing
operational complexity that arises from managing separate tools for vulnerability
assessment and patch management.
• Integrated into HP SIM
• Comprehensive vulnerability assessment—Coverage of vulnerabilities reported in all

leading vulnerability databases ensures comprehensive assessment.
• Automated acquisition, scheduled deployment, and continuous enforcement of

patches:

Vulnerability and Patch Management Reporting
Example of the detailed reporting given in VPM
Graphical representation of vulnerabilities and severity

Performance Management
Performance Management Pack (SIM Plug in)
• PMP calculates performance status, updates information available for display on the
Systems Insight Manager home page
• generates alerts to Systems Insight Manager,
• supplies information to any online analysis sessions, and logs information to the PMP
database.
In this slide you see the PF column in SIM systems screen that shows the current
Performance status.

Performance Management – Reporting
This is an example of Memory Performance Reporting.

Performance Management – Reporting
This is an example of Controller reporting.

New Support for Rapid

Deployment Pack
RDP
coming in Release 3.6/3.7

RDP – Updated support

Current support
• Simply system Imaging
• Simple system Deployment
Added support as of RDP 3.7
• Using the Deployment Toolbox (Hardware WinPE jobs only)
– Remote configuration of System BIOS, RAID, and iLO
– Added jobs for remotely switching video console mode
• Use of sysprep to create images and deploy
• Does not support any job that specifically calls out Windows
Server or Linux operating systems
• Support for Altiris base features
– Remote management features
– Remote Installation feature
• We now listed on the supported system list as of RDP 3.6 -

• With 3.7 we will have extended support
Added Support as of RDP 3.7

• Using the Deployment Toolbox (Hardware WinPE Jobs Only)
– Remote configuration of System BIOS, RAID, and iLO.
– Added jobs for remotely switching video console mode.
• Use of sysprep to create images and deploy.
• Do not support any job that specifically call out Windows Server or Linux OS’s.
• Support for Altiris base features
– Remote management features
– Remote Installation feature

RDP – New jobs
This shows the new console layout coming in 3.7 and some new jobs for Blade
Workstation.
The jobs are customized specific for Workstation Blades to allow to remotely change
between Remote Console Modes.

Other Tools Now

Supported

New Management Tool support

• Smart Start Scripting Toolkit tools
– For use configuring BIOS (Conrep), RAID(cpqacuxe), iLO
(hponcfg, Included in RDP)
• iLO Configuration tools
– iLO Configuration tool (hplocfg, Offline SSH)
– iLO Online Configuration tool (hponcfg)
Smart Start Scripting Toolkit tools

• For use configuring BIOS (Conrep), RAID(cpqacuxe), iLO (hponcfg, Included in RDP).
– These tools are used to automatically script the set up of BIOS, RAID, and iLO.
These tools are used in the background in RDP jobs.
iLO Configuration tools

• iLO Configuration tool (hplocfg, Offline SSH)
– This is a offline tool that connects to iLO via SSH and runs configuration scripts
to set up iLO remotely
• iLO Online Configuration tool (hponcfg)
– This is an online tool that runs in the target OS to configure the iLO

Questions?



HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Windows XP Blade Edition
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 9: Windows XP Blade Edition
Mansing Li, Systems Software Engineer, WBGU
Jeff Gerckens
November 2007
HP Restricted

Objectives
• Be able to explain:
– Windows differences:
• Xw460c vs. bl460c (server)
• xw460c vs. xw25p
– Windows XP Professional PC Blade Edition
– xw460c Windows XP pre-install
• Contents
• Prerequisite knowledge: BIOS Remote Console modes
• First boot turn-on
• Preventing end-users from shutting down the blade
– System Restore media

Differentiating between xw460c and BL460p OS

xw460c / xw25p BL460c / BL25p
Windows XP Professional Windows XP Server

PC Blade Edition
(1) Remote Desktop License Server licensing model
Pre-installed OS Bare hardware
System Restore CDs No restore CDs
No SmartStart or PSPs SmartStart + PSPs for
image creation
Altiris RDP for image copy RDP for image creation, copy,
& deploy & deploy
(2) graphics subsystems which All video through ATI
require BIOS Remote Console
mode switch

Windows XP Professional PC Blade Edition

• Same as Windows XP Professional except:
– Licensed to run on blades (plain WinXP Pro is not)
– Introduces concept of Remote Desktop License
• Remote Desktop License (“RDL”) permits a dedicated user or
client system to connect to a blade.
• Each xw460c/xw25p ships with 1 RDL. Legally, cannot have
multiple users or client machines connecting to same blade.
(“Collaboration” sessions through NetMeeting or similar RGS
functionality are permitted.)
• A given client or user
can connect to multiple xw460c/xw25p xw460c/xw25p xw460c/xw25p
blades.
• Supported xw460c/xw25p client
client
use models:
I think of this as Microsoft’s way of permitting “back-room”

client computing while preserving the integrity of their expensive
server licenses. Unlike a server, you cannot have different or
multiple users/client-machines connecting to a given blade
unless you purchase additional RDL’s.
HP does not plan to sell additional RDLs for the HP
xw460c/xw25p Blade Workstation.

Windows XP Pre-Install Contents (1)

• Windows XP Professional SP2
• HW Drivers:
xw460c xw25p
HP SmartArray E200i SAS Controller HP SmartArray 6i SCSI Controller
Broadcom 5708 NIC Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit LAN DCM 5704
o Intel Greencreek Chipset driver AMD8131 PCI-X "HyperTransport"
o Intel Matrix Storage Manager - ESB2 nVidia nForce4 SMBIOS "ckl04" interface
nVidia FX540 MXM nVidia FX540 MXM
HP ProLiant Integrated Lights Out Management HP ProLiant Integrated Lights Out Management
Interface Interface
HP ProLiant iLO Advanced and Enhanced HP ProLiant iLO Advanced and Enhanced
System Management Controller ("Health") System Management Controller ("Health")
HP iLO2 Management Controller
ATI ES1000 graphics (ATI Rage - Windows in-box driver)
• Management Agents:
xw460c xw25p
HP Rack Infrastructure Interface
HP Insight Management Agents HP Insight Management Agents
HP System Management Homepage HP System Management Homepage
(For xw250, the driver for the AMD chipset and the ATI Rage
graphics are included in Windows XP, so do not require a
separate driver.)
For xw460c, the Intel Greencreek chipset driver, ATI ES100
graphics drivers are required.
The ProLiant iLO Mgmt Interface and Health drivers really do
apply to special hardware devices in the system. Omitting
these drivers may cause the annoying “New Hardware Found”
dialog box to appear.


• Value-added Software (xw460c/xw25p):
– Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
– Sun Java VM for Internet Explorer
– Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Not pre-installed (xw460c/xw25p):
– RGS
– Altiris Aclient
• OS Settings (xw460c/xw25p):
– Firewall exceptions
– Enabled -- Windows Remote Desktop Connection, Remote
Assistance, File and Print Sharing, SNMP
– RGS Firewall and Local Security Policy settings, solid-color
background -- simply install RGS Sender and go!
– Turned-off: Power Settings (incl. Hibernation), Screen saver
The OS settings are detailed in the System Administrator’s

Guide.


• Windows QFEs (xw460c) :
– Microsoft Fix for DEP enabled XP2 system fail resume (Q889673)
– Microsoft fix for DhcpRequestParams function broken on SP2
(Q885270)
– Microsoft Fix for HTML Help Vulnerability (Q896358)
– Microsoft Fix for Vulnerabilities in Windows XP SP2 Kernel
(Q890859)
– Microsoft Windows 2007 Time Zone Update (Q928388)

BIOS Remote Console modes

• xw460c has 2 graphics subsystems :
– ATI ES1000 graphics (LOM) – for iLO Remote Console + Local
I/O Cable (xw25p : ATI Rage Pro, SUVI dongle)
– NVIDIA FX540 MXM on mezzanine board – for high
performance remote graphics. Output only visible over network
through RGS (xw460c / xw25p)
• Where does graphical output appear (xw460c / xw25p) ?
– Boot console (including BIOS POST) always goes to ATI
• Can always manipulate BIOS settings through iLO and Local I/O
Cable (xw25p : SUVI dongle)
• Not dependent on functional networking subsystem
– After boot, BIOS hands control to OS (DOS, Windows, Linux)
– Destination of OS output depends on BIOS Remote Console
mode. 3-state setting: Admin, User, Setup.
Must master the BIOS Remote Console mode settings in order to

install, turn-on, and troubleshoot OSes.

BIOS Remote Console OS Display modes

Mode xw460c / xw25p Graphical
output
ILO
ATI ES1000
Graphics Local I/O Cable
Admin ATI Rage (xw25p)
(xw25p: SUVI Dongle)
NVidia MXM-II
ATI ES1000
ATI Rage (xw25p)
User Graphics
Remote Graphics App
NVidia MXM-II (network access only)
ry ILO
prima ATI ES1000
ATI Rage (xw25p) Local I/O Cable
Setup Graphics (xw25p: SUVI Dongle)
NVidia MXM-II Remote Graphics App

(network access only)
Admin mode – BIOS hides the NVidia card from the OS –

cannot install NVidia device driver. All graphics through ATI.
User mode – Just the opposite. ATI device hidden from OS, so
no output to iLO Remote Console or SUVI dongle. Must have
working networking to access system.
Setup mode – used for OS setup and turnon. Both graphics
devices visible to OS. Unless Windows has been configured
otherwise, Windows desktop goes to ATI ES100 (xw460c) or
(ATI Rage : xw25p), so visible on iLO and SUVI. But after
Windows has been run in User mode, Windows desktop
remembers it should go to NVidia, so Setup mode no longer
useful for seeing the Desktop – need to use Admin mode.
The BIOS default is User mode.

Windows Pre-Install: First boot

1. Must access system via iLO Remote Console or Local I/O
Cable (xw25p : SUVI dongle). Networking is non-functional until
after OOBE completes.
2. Power-on system.
3. Intercept BIOS POST by pressing F9 when prompted.
Set BIOS Remote Console mode to “Setup”.
Continue boot process.
4. Microsoft Out-Of-Box-Experience (OOBE) screens will
appear. (If instead of seeing “Welcome to Windows
screen”, you see black screen with blinking cursor – the
BIOS Remote Console mode is set incorrectly – video is
going to the nVidia card)
5. Configure OOBE. Process will boot to Windows Desktop.

Windows Pre-Install: Configuring

After Windows XP is booted (still running “locally”) --
1. Use Device Manager to verify all drivers loaded OK,
especially the NVidia Display Adapter.
2. Add additional apps, e.g., RGS
3. Configure networking
4. Verify network connectivity from a remote client or PC
5. Verify Windows Remote Desktop works
6. Try RGS connectivity while still in Setup mode
7. Reboot, set Remote Console to User mode, verify RGS
connectivity.
Windows Remote Desktop Connection is a great debugging

tool to use if RGS is having problems.
Remember that Windows RDC and RGS do not co-exist very
well – you must reboot after running RDC before running RGS
again.

Preventing System Shutdown by Users

Remove the Shutdown button from the Start Menu:
See Microsoft KB article 292504. You can either:
* Use the Group Policy editor to change a policy in:
User Configuration \ Administrative Templates\ Start Menu and Taskbar
Policy = Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command
Enable this policy.
OR
* Edit the registry directly

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Policies\Explorer
Add DWORD value: NoClose with value = 1

System restore
Xw460c/xw25p System Restore recreates a factory-like OS
image
• Boot from RestorePlus! CD, insert OS CD when prompted
• Destructive restore – wipes the primary hard drive
• Restores only the base OS + drivers. Applications and
Windows QFEs must be added later.
• EA (c00853564): Recovery OS CD cannot install generic

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Operating System.
Workaround :
– Use Restore approach
– Use volume license OS CD or retail OS CD.

Differentiating between OS CD and RestorePlus CD
RestorePlus! CD OS CD
Specific to xw460c (or xw25p) Windows XP SP2 (same for both

xw460c/xw25p - Shared with all workstations)
Contains drivers, branding
Contains “cooked” WinXP
Requires HP OS CD SP2
Cannot be used to install
“generic” Windows OS
image (EA c00853564)

System Restore CDs – HW requirements

• Local I/O cable (xw25p : SUVI dongle)
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Video display
• USB hub
• USB CD-ROM drive
Obviously, this is a setup for running the restore “locally”

through the SUVI dongle. The only other choice is through iLO
Remote Console and sometimes the CD switch from RestorePlus!
to OS CD is problematic through iLO Virtual Media.

Key points to remember

• Windows XP Professional PC Blade Edition (1 RDL) comes
pre-installed on the HP ProLiant xw460c/xw25p Blade
Workstation.
• Understanding the BIOS Remote Console mode (Admin,
User, Setup) is essential for OS installation & turn-on.
• To access the pre-install image, you must boot the
xw460c/xw25p with BIOS Remote Console mode = Setup
• System Restore media uses the same technology and process
as other HP workstations.
• More details about OS settings are available in the System
Administrator’s Guide – see the section “Custom Image
Creation & Deployment”

Quesitons?


HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Novell Linux on Blade
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 10: Novell Linux on Blade
Alan Ward, Linux Workstation Senior Engineer, HP Linux Workstations
November 2007
HP Restricted

HP Blade Workstation solution (1 of 2)
• Data center security and control

• Workstation-class experience
• Multi-location flexibility
• Better data locality between
network storage and workstations
Data center workstation computing without boundaries!

• HP is introducing a new Blade Workstation Solution to help you address some of

your most critical business challenges.
• This next-generation workstation infrastructure provides data center workstation
computing without boundaries – combining the centralized, mission-critical control
and security of the data center with a seamless, workstation-class experience and the
flexibility to support professionals in multiple work locations.
• It is an innovative new offering that is 5+ years in the making and testing - built with
HP ProLiant quality and trading floor-proven reliability. It is ready for deployment in
your most mission critical workstation operations.

10-2
HP Blade Workstation solution (2 of 2)
Capture, Compress & Encrypt

‘Pixels’ & Audio

Display
Client
unlimited
Apply
& Mouse Keyboard &
Events Mouse events


10-3
HP Linux Blade Workstation (1 of 2)

Initial Product Introduction
• Sept 4, 2007
Supported Linux Distribution
• SLES 9/64-bit
(Suse Linux Enterprise Server)
Target Market
• EDA (Electronic Design
Automation) Initially

HP Linux Blade Workstation (2 of 2)

Product Update
• Oct, 2007
– RGS 5.1
– New Nvidia driver
• Fixes texture map hang
– Add RHEL 4/64-bit support
Target Markets
• Electronic Design Automation
(EDA)
• Public Sector: Defense and
National Labs
• Oil and gas

Linux Blade Workstation software

• HP Installer Kit for Linux
• Certified on SLES 9 64-bit, RHEL4
• Supports 2d and 3d apps (X11 and OpenGL)
• Manageability: ICLE – Insight Control Linux Edition in
Q2, 2008 (Linux control tower derivative)

HP Installer Kit for Linux (Blade WS)

• Components
– Latest Nvidia driver for sender graphics
– Bundled Linux version of RGS 5.0 sender software
• Encrypted bits will only install onto xw460c blade workstation
• Improved TCE … most customers ready to use after install
– Vizconfig for easy setup of Sender X11 config
• Can also edit xorg.conf file directly
– Setup software and documentation to make Linux install simple
on blade workstations
• HP-support on SLES 9 today, RHEL 4 soon
• Available from hp support website also

Mission Critical System Management Tools

(1 of 2)
• HP Insight Control, Linux Edition (soon)
– Single management interface for
monitoring health of entire
infrastructure
– Pro-active alert of actual or
impending component failure
– Automatic event handling policies
and script execution
– Comprehensive system data
collection and inventory reporting
HP Proliant Essentials
Management Software – Automated installation and
configuration of Blade Workstations
– Unattended image based
deployments

Mission Critical System Management Tools

(2 of 2)
• No Linux-RDP support for Blade workstation
– Get this functionality from new ICLE
• HP ProLiant Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2)
Advanced management system
– Remote control of system resources
located in data centers or remote
locations
– Install, configure, monitor, update and
troubleshoot blade systems from
anywhere, anytime
– Remote console functionality

Linux Blade Workstation qualifiers

• No remote audio with Linux sender
• No remote USB with Linux sender
• No SAM support for Linux sender
• No Initial RHEL support, coming soon

SLES 9 Support on the xw460c

Novell Engagement for Level 4 Support
• HP Customer Support will handle support levels 1-3.
• If HP is unable to provide a solution or workaround to the
customer, designated HP Internal Contacts can escalate the
call to Novell Support (level 4).
• Novell will acknowledge receipt of the call, assign an
incident number, and provide feedback to HP on problem
resolution.
• If necessary, Novell will communicate directly with the
customer and pass all relevant info back to the HP Customer
Support group that initiated call.
• 24/7 access to the Novell Support Center is available to HP
Internal Contacts.
• Details of this process are available from Ricardo Sarti.

C-class Blade
Workstation

xw460c Blade Workstation

7
t ‘0‘07
Sep t
Sep
xw460c
• Intel Xeon 5100 series
• 2.66/2.33/1.86/1.60GHz, dual-core
Processor
• Single or Dual processors
• Shared 4MB L2 cache per core
xw460c
• ECC FB-DIMM DDR2 667Mhz
Memory • Eight sockets
NEW • Up to 32GB total
• SFF SAS HDDs
HDD & Controller
• SmartArray E200i controller
• 2 integrated Multifunction Gbe NICs
(dual port NC373i: Broadcom 5708
Networking
on system board)
• 10/100 dedicated to iLO
NVIDIA Quadro FX560M 128MB
Graphics
NEW NVIDIA Quadro FX1600M 256MB
Management iLO2 standard blade edition; External SUVE cable for local graphics,USB
Chipset Intel 5000P (1333MHz FSB)
Windows XP Pro SP2 Blade edition;

Operating System NEW
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9, SP3

xw460c internal view

Internal
USB
Mezzanine Slots:
• MXM Graphics mezzanine
Two • NVIDIA Quadro FX560M
64MB cache for
SAS drive bays SmartArray • NVIDIA Quadro FX1500M
Embedded Smart Array 8 Fully Buffered

Windows XP Pro SP2 Controller integrated DIMM Slots
Pre-installed on drive backplane DDR II 667Mhz ( up to 32Gb)

Blade Workstation graphics

• Nvidia FX560M for 2d/low-end 3d graphics apps
• Nvidia FX1600M for mid-range 3d graphics apps
• Only one graphics card per blade
– Can set up single graphics card to drive 1-3 remote displays
with vizconfig tool or directly vi xorg.conf config file.
• Have also integrated ATI graphics on motherboard
• Can use ATI graphics for ILO console and Nvidia graphics
for RGS sender/desktop.
(bios remote console = setup mode)

Supported Clients

Linux Blade Workstation: Supported clients

• Blade workstation client (dc72 with Linux)
– Replacement coming soon
• Laptops/desktops running WindowsXP
• HP thinclient (t5720 with Windows XPE)
WindowsXP
Laptops/Desktops
dc72
t5720
17
HP is introducing a new Blade Workstation Solution to help you address some of your
most critical business challenges.
This next-generation workstation infrastructure provides data center workstation computing
without boundaries – combining the centralized, mission-critical control and security of the
data center with a seamless, workstation-class experience and the flexibility to support
professionals in multiple work locations.
It is an innovative new offering that is 5+ years in the making and testing - built with HP
ProLiant quality and trading floor-proven reliability. It is ready for deployment in your
most mission critical workstation operations.

10-17
HP Blade Workstation client - dc72

(replacement coming soon)
Embedded Linux image
• Preinstalled “firmware”
• Direct boot to RGS receiver
• Eliminates Windows security holes
RGS embedded software
• Support for up to 4 displays per Client
• Seamless desktop for multiple Blades
(Software KVM)
• Windows-only: Audio support, PDA
sync at client (USB)

Quad display support
NVIDIA Quadro NVS graphics for up to four monitors per client
(VGA and DVI)
The client appliance was designed with the following attributes as driving factors:
• Drive management of the client to zero
• Do NOT introduce another Windows system into the environment
• Do NOT include a hard drive – they fail, are noisy and generate heat
• It must be capable of at least 4 displays
• Must be smaller than a workstation
We have delivered on all of the attributes listed. Future SKUs of this client will likely
include support for up to 6-8 displays.

HP Compaq T5720 ThinClient

Windows XP Embedded (SP2)
• Standard certified operating system

• Support for up to 2 displays per Client
• Seamless desktop for multiple Blades (Software KVM)
Small, quiet, green footprint

• Small form factor
• No fan => very quiet
• Low power box

Dual display support

• SiS741GX Integrated UMA graphics with 16 MB shared memory
• NVIDIA Quadro 280 NVS 64MB PCI dual display (requires PCI expansion
module)

Any Windows XP laptop or desktop

Windows XP operating system
• Standard certified operating system
• Support for up to two displays per client
• Get free stand-alone RGS client and install on
laptop
Run productivity apps on laptop and Linux apps
on blade workstation
• Works great for technical staff that already
have a Windows XP system for productivity
applications (email, calendaring, etc.) and
need to use enterprise applications that are
Linux-based.
• Nice for offsite use.

Blade workstation
benefits

High Performance Network data retrieval
Data Center
LATENCY
Application Data
Market Data
Server Data Storage
Data Center
Market
DataData
Server
Server LOWER LATENCY

Data security
Data Center
Application Data
Data
Server Data Storage Security concern
Data Center More Secure
Data
Data Data Never
Server
Server Leaves Data Center
In today’s model of workstations at the desk, the financial data that the traders deal with
is transferred to the workstation where the calculations are made. Trade execution orders
and data requests then flow out of the workstation and back to the data center. The
workstation becomes a security vulnerability because it is easy to get physical access to
it.
USB memory keys are a HUGE data security risk
With HP’s blade workstation, the data never leaves the data center because the data
sources and workstations are both physically in the data center. The only thing that is
transferred to the trader’s desk is pixels that make up the display – essentially just a video
stream. USB memory keys are not enabled in the blade workstations.

Installation
Information

Installing SLES 9 on the xw460c

• To prepare the xw460c for SLES 9 use, the customer must
obtain and install the following:
– SLES 9 (purchased from Novell)
– xw460c HP Installer Kit for Linux (HPIKL)
• Will contain RGS and supplemental SLES 9 drivers and tools
• For the “Packard” xw460c release in September 2007, customers
must include P/N 452257-B21 in their xw460c order.
• HP will not offer a SLES 9 preload on the xw460c.
• Customers will be able to install SLES 9 and the HPIKL on the
xw460c using optical drive attached to the blade, remote
virtual media, or using network install.
• Installation details are described in the “Administrator’s
Guide for Linux on the HP Blade Workstation Solution”
(Linux Admin Guide)… this is referenced by the hard-copy
installation card that is in the box.

Installing RHEL 4 on the xw460c

• RHEL 4 installation process will be very similar to the
SLES 9 installation.
• Linux Admin Guide for Blade Workstations will contain the
details.

SLES 9 installation tips (1 of 3)

Assuming ILO familiarity
• Connect to the blade workstation via typical OA/ILO approach.
• Set Bios remote console mode = setup mode
• Linux client browser must have java-script support which is problematic on
64-bit Linux… see details in admin guide
• Install media:
– Use network install
– Use remote client CD drive via virtual media applet
– Use local CD drive connected to USB port on SUVE cable
• Install method
– GUI install with X windows on ILO console
• Familiar, Bad interactivity with ILO… cursor does not track well
• Disable ILO’s Remote Console High Performance Mouse Setting
– Text install
• Klunky but reliable

Disabling high-performance mouse


• Proceed with SLES-9 install until complete.
• From the ILO console, log in and open terminal window.
• Insert the Blade Workstation HPIKL CD and if autorun does not start.
– cd /media/cdrom
– sh ./autorun.sh
• Nvidia driver install will take awhile.
• Answer the RGS installation questions.
– If no high security concerns, select “setup mode” for console
• This question will go away in a future release
• Make sure that you can remote log in (ssh).
• Make init state 5 be your default in /etc/inittab.
• Make sure that hostname is well-qualified or RGS cannot access remotely.
– Check with dnslookup or hostname –i
– If not well-qualified, add entry to /etc/hosts for the local machine and its IP address
• Reboot system to get NVIDIA driver active.
• Connect via RGS!

Connect with RGS


• Once RGS is working, log in as root.
• Click the vizconfig icon “HP Multi-Display Config.”
• Choose the desired number of displays and resolution.
• Restart the Xserver and you should have X running like you want it!
• You’re done!

Questions?




HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Remote Graphics Software
HP ProLiant xw460c
Class
Module 11: Remote Graphics Software
Roland Hochmuth
November 2007
HP Restricted
November 2007 – HP Confidential 11-1

Key Enabling Technology for

HP Blade Workstations
Capture, Compress &

Encrypt Video

Display
Client
unlimited
Apply
& Mouse Keyboard &
Events Mouse events

New RGS 5.0 features and benefits (1 of 2)

Features Customer benefits
Session Allocation Management Standardization, Security and Ease of
Integration (SAM 2.1) Deployment – seamlessly configure
and manage remote desktop
connections for the enterprise
HP Workstation, Blade PC (RGS 5.0) Broad Platform Support – enables
and Virtual Desktop System support enterprise wide remote computing
(RGS 5.1) solutions for all classes of users
Enhanced USB device Support Enhanced Productivity and Security –
(Windows XP-32 sender only) enables USB devices to be virtually
(keyboards, keypads, PDAs, printers, attached to a remote system with local
media and storage devices, scanners, control and access
biometric and smart cards; HP tested
device support only)
USB Access Control List USB Access Device Security – enables
System Administrators to securely
control USB access privileges at group
and user levels
Next Generation HP Labs CODEC Enhanced performance – enables
higher resolution real-time streaming
video as well as more interactive 2D
and 3D content. Up to 2X faster.
Sender Resolution Auto-adjust Ease of use – automatically scales to
receiving system resolution for full
desktop interaction

New RGS 5.0 features and benefits (2 of 2)

System Administrator Log-in Support Enhanced support and security –
for Existing User Session enables System Administrator to log-in
to an existing user session without RGS
connection loss
Unlock user session privilege Security – enables System

Administrator to unlock an existing
session and log the user off
Rgsender.IsDisconnectOnLogoutEnabl Connection is not disconnected on

ed=1 property. logoff.
Blank Sender Display Security – blanks sender display so
content can not be viewed without
consent
Logging of allowed and denied Provides an audit trail for remote USB
remote USB devices. devices.

New RGS 5.1 features and benefits

Change expired passwords If the users password expires it can be
changed using the RGS Receiver.
Multiple network interfaces The RGS Sender can be configured to

use one or more network interfaces on
the RGS Sender.
RHEL4 The receiver and sender are now

supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Version 4 for 64-bit x86 platforms.
RGS PC Lower cost and fewer features for less

demanding non-workstation (business)
customers.

Questions?



HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Remote Graphics Software, Marketing
and Licensing
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
Core Class
Module 12: Remote Graphics Software, Marketing and Licensing
Vern Rhead and Merritt Smith
November 2007
HP Restricted

and Licensing
HP Remote Client Solutions fit by segment

Task Basic Knowledge Business DT Workstation
Worker Productivity Worker Power Users Power Users
Basic data Low performance & Moderate Heavy performance & Heavy performance
entry/usage is graphics usage w/ performance & 2D 2D graphics usage & 2D/3D graphics
central to work general productivity graphics usage w/ w/ general usage w/ unique or
applications general productivity productivity specific applications
applications applications
Blade PC’s Blade
SBC VDI
Workstations
Fit by Segment
Light Workload Heavy Workload

Fewer Applications Many Applications

and Licensing

Feature differentiation
RDP V6.0 RGS PC V5.1 RGS Workstation V5.1
2D, 3D and Multi-media

Acceleration
9
Full multi-media desktop 99
experience Highest end compute and graphics
Peer to Peer
Collaboration
9
1:1 help desk
99
1:many full collaboration
Multi-display 9
Dual Display
9
Dual Display
99
Quad Display
Multi-session
Connect to multiple remote systems
9 99
Max 2; single sign-on
999
Unlimited single sign-on
Remote USB 9
Shared drive, shared printer 99
HID, PDA, scanners, media, 99
HID, PDA, scanners, media,
and smart card pass-through storage, printers, smart cards storage, printers, smart cards
Security 9
128-bit
99
256-bit
99256-bit
Operating Environments 9
Windows only
9
Windows only
99
Windows and Linux
Platforms 9
VDI
9VDI
99
VDI
Blade PC Blade PC Blade PC
Blade Workstation

and Licensing
HP RGS product structure

HP Remote Graphics Software Version 5.1
Product Description and Contents

Product
Number WinXP-32 WinXP-64 RHEL 4 SLES 9 • All RGS products
HP RGS Receiver V5 (Web only - free download from hp.com/go/softwaredepot)
HP RGS Receiver V5 unlimited license-to-use on supported HP and non-HP systems
Free
Download
• • •
are PL5X PSG
HP RGS Receiver Software Download (hp.com/go/softwaredepot)
products
Must be ordered
HP RGS Workstation V5 GN035AA • • • •
HP RGS Workstation V5 license-to-use certificate for a single user session on an HP system
HP xw HP Blade
•
HP RGS Workstation Edition CD-ROM Media Kit Wkstns only Wkstn only
through PSG order
HP RGS Workstation 3-year Software Assurance
HP RGS Workstation 3-year Software Assurance Entitlement Certificate
GN036AA • • • •
processing
systems
HP xw HP Blade
Access to all HP RGS Workstation enhancement and maintenance release updates Wkstns only Wkstn only
Must be purchased with original HP RGS Workstation license or HP Blade Workstation product
HP RGS PC V5 GN038AA • • Available through

HP RGS PC V5 license-to-use certificate for a single user session on an HP system
HP RGS PC Edition CD-ROM Media Kit
direct factory
HP RGS PC 3-year Software Assurance GN039AA •
orders or on-line
HP RGS PC 3-year Software Assurance Entitlement Certificate for a single HP RGS license
Access to all HP RGS PC enhancement and maintenance release updates
via software depot
Must be purchased with original HP RGS PC license or HP Blade PC product
HP Remote Graphics Software Version 4

Product
Product Description and Contents Number WinXP-32 WinXP-64 RHEL 3 HP-UX 11i
HP RGS Receiver V4 RG090AA • • • •
HP RGS Receiver license-to-use certficate for an HP and non-HP system
HP xw wkstns
HP RGS product registration and softwrae download certificate ony
HP RGS Workstation V4 RG088AA • • • •

HP RGS Workstation V4 sender and receiver license-to-use certficates for an HP system
HP xw wkstns HP xw wkstns
HP RGS product registration and softwrae download certificate ony ony
HP RGS Workstation 3-year Software Assurance GN036AA • • • •

HP RGS Workstation 3-year Software Assurance Entitlement Certificate
HP xw wkstns HP xw wkstns
Access to all HP RGS Workstation enhancement and maintenance release updates only only
Must be purchased with original HP RGS Workstation license or HP Blade Workstation product

and Licensing
HP Remote Graphics software licensing terms

• RGS Receiver License
– Right-to-use and install on any supported HP and
non-HP RGS Receiver platform (see RGS
Datasheet)
– Free download at hp.com/go/softwaredepot
• HP Personal Workstations
– One license required per sending system
– HP RGS sender is only supported on HP systems
(bios check at start-up)
• HP Blade Workstations
– RGS Workstation license bundled
• HP Blade PCs (CCI)
– RGS PC license included with selected bundles
– RGS Workstation available as upgrade
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
– One RGS license required for each virtual machine
user session
– Match RGS license count to number of RGS users
per system

and Licensing
HP Remote Graphics software support

• HP RGS Workstation 3-Year Software Assurance
– Access to ALL HP RGS Workstation enhancement and maintenance releases
for 3 years from time of purchase
– One RGS Workstation Software Assurance entitlement certificate required per
RGS license
– Must be purchased with the original Blade Workstation system or stand-alone
RGS Workstation license
• HP RGS PC 3-Year Software Assurance
– Access to ALL HP RGS PC enhancement and maintenance releases for 3 years
from time of purchase
– One RGS PC Software Assurance entitlement certificate required per RGS
license
– Must be purchased with the original Blade PC system or stand-alone RGS PC
license
• HP Technical Phone-in Assistance Care Packs
– 1 Year 9x5 Technical Software Support
– 1 Year 24x7 Technical Software Support

and Licensing
RGS Release and Support strategy

Nov Feb May Aug Nov Feb May Aug Nov Feb
5.1
5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4
Escalated Defect Fix

6.0.0
6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3 6.0.4
Escalated Defect Fix

6.x.0
6 months 6 months x.x New Update Train

• New Update Train
Free Updates
– About every year
– New unique download kiosk URL. Must have software assurance or purchase
• Free Updates
– Updates (defects and enhancements) about every 3 months
– Customer found defects needed to win business (and selected enhancements)
– Delivered free to customers on same download kiosk created for “New Update Train”
• Escalated Defect Fix
– Fix critical defects being escalated by customers as must fix
– No more automatic delivery of updates
• Release Trains supported for 3 years

and Licensing
RGS numbering scheme

RGS Numbering Scheme: Major.Minor.Sub
• Major = major release.
– No compatibility guaranteed between sender and receiver of
different major versions.
– New Update release with unique download URL (requires
software assurance or product purchase)
• Minor = addition of new features without breaking
compatibility
– New Update release with unique download URL (requires
software assurance or product purchase)
• Sub = Updates delivered free to customer at same URL
created when new update stream released

and Licensing
RGS Sender/Receiver compatibility

RGS receivers and senders can be mixed if they have the same major release
revision.
RGS
Receivers RGS 4.0 RGS 4.2 RGS 4.2.5
LVF Compatibility
RGS
RGS 4.0 RGS 4.2.5
Senders
LVF Compatibility – “Lesser Version Feature” Compatibility. Feature set enabled is

that of lowest RGS version number (only for features requiring updated software
versions on both the client and receiver (very few of them)).
Compatibility between sender and receiver is not guaranteed between major releases
• Same major release of RGS sender and RGS receiver is required for HP guarantee of
support
– If customer hits issue running mixed sender/receiver, they will be told to synchronize the
versions and then HP will reproduce the issue.
• HP has the “right” to break compatibility at major releases. Attempts will be made to
maintain compatibility
• At a major release, HP may retire support for an operating system.

and Licensing
Questions?

and Licensing


HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation Core Class Support and Call Flow
HP ProLiant xw460c
Class
Module 13: Support and Call Flow
Ricardo Sarti, World Wide Product Service Manager
November 2007
HP Restricted

xw460C support overview

• Product warranty is 3-year, next business day for the Workstation Blade
and the client
• The model is based on the support for the solution (Blade + Client
(hardware + software))
– North America
– EMEA
– APJ
• Care Packs
– Hardware
• 9x5
• 24x7 (dependents on the region)
– Software
• 9x5
• 24x77 (dependents on the region)
• Incident base care pack

HP global limited warranty and technical

support (1 of 2)
• Technical Support for your HP Software, HP pre-installed third-party
software and third-party software purchased from HP, including
initial setup support, is available from HP via multiple contact
methods, including electronic media and telephone, for ninety (90)
days from date of purchase.
• See "Contacting HP" for online resources and telephone support.
Any exceptions to this will be specified in your End User License
Agreement (EULA).

HP global limited warranty and technical

support (2 of 2)
• Support includes assistance with:
– Answering your installation questions (how to, first steps, and
prerequisites).
– Setting up and configuring the software and options supplied or
purchased with HP hardware
– Products (how-to and first steps)
– Interpreting system error messages
– Isolating system problems to software usage problems
– Obtaining support pack information or updates for software supplied
or purchased with HP
– Hardware Products
• Support does NOT include assistance with:
– Generating or diagnosing user generated programs or source codes
– Installation of non-HP products
– System optimization, customization, and network configuration

Contract services uplift to the warranty

The existing warranty can be uplifted or extended with the purchase
of Care Packs.
• Hardware Care Packs enhance the response time for hardware
replacement
– 4 hours 24x7 same day
– 4 hours same business day
• Software
– The operating system coverage can be extended from 90 days to 1
year by purchasing
• 1 year normal business hours response time (3, 10, 25 or 50 incidents)
• 1 year 24x7 (10, 25 or 50 incidents)
• 1 year unlimited calls, normal business hours
• 1 year unlimited calls 24x7
– The offer varies from region to region depending on the regional
capabilities

Care pack features

• Access to electronic support information and services (HP Live
is to be removed)
• Access to technical resources
• Problem analysis and resolution
• Escalation management
• Software features and operational support
• 1 year extension of the 90 days standard software warranty

Blade Workstations
Software technical support care packs
Care Pack Description WW Price

HP 3-year, 9x5 Blade Workstation Software $300
UC271E Tech support (2-hour response)
UF584E HP 3-year, 24x7 Blade Workstation $369
Software Tech support (2-hour response)
UE354E HP 1-year, 9x5 3-incident Blade Workstation $115
Software Tech support
(2-hour response)
U4873E HP 3-year, 4-hour response upgrade, 9x5 $179
Blade Workstation only, Onsite hardware
support
U4875E HP 3-year, 4-hour response, 24x7 Blade $249
Workstation only, Onsite hardware support

Blade Workstations client

care packs
Care Pack Description WW Price
HP 3-year, 4-hour 9x5 Client Appliance $129
U4863E only, Onsite, Hardware Support. Excludes
monitor.
H4493E HP 3-year, 4-hour 24x7 Client Appliance $159
only, Onsite, Hardware Support.
Excludes monitor.

Software support
• The current Care Packs lift the software warranty to 3 years
to cover:
– Windows
– RGS
– Embedded Client operating system
• With the introduction of Linux (Red Hat 4.3) on the
Workstation blades, we will create Linux specific Care Packs
– These will probably extend the support from 90 days to 1 year.

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HP ProLiant xw460c Blade

Workstation Core Class

November 2007 – HP Restricted Agenda - 1

Blade Workstation Solution Overview 8:30 AM 9:15 AM

Product Marketing 9:15 AM 9:45 AM

Break 9:45 AM 10:00 AM

Network Connectivity: Latency, Bandwidth, Scalability. 11:00 AM 11:30 AM

Client Software 11:15 AM 12:15 PM

Lunch 12:15 PM 12:45 PM

Power Considerations 12:45 PM 1:30 PM

xw460c Workstation Blade BIOS 1:30 PM 1:45 PM

Remote Manageability and Monitoring 1:45 PM 2:15 PM

Break 2:15 PM 2:30 PM

Windows XP Blade Edition 2:30 PM 3:00 PM

Novel Linux on Blade 3:00 PM 4:00 PM

Break 4:00 PM 4:15 PM

Remote Graphics Software 4:15 PM 4:55 PM

Remote Graphics Software, Marketing and Licensing 4:55 PM 5:15 PM

Support and Call Flow 5:15 PM 5:30 PM

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Lab Overview 8:30 AM 9:00 AM

OA/iLO Configuration LAB 9:00 AM 10:30 AM

Break 10:30 AM 10:50 AM

Blade Workstation Setup (RGS Install) LAB 10:50 AM 12:00 PM

Lunch 12:00 PM 1:00 PM

dc72 Blade Workstation Client Setup LAB 1:00 PM 2:00 PM

RGS Connections LAB 2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Break 3:00 PM 3:20 PM

T5720 Client Setup LAB 3:20 PM 4:50 PM

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Insight Control for Blades Overview Demonstration 8:30 AM 10:00 AM

SAM Training and LAB 10:00AM 12:00 PM

Lunch 12:00 PM 1:00 PM

SAM Training and LAB continued 1:00 PM 5:00 PM

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What is the Blade Workstation Value

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Our customers buy Workstations because of a specific value proposition that is

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Hardware overview — c-Class Blade

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Dual Intel multi-core CPU sockets

8 Memory sockets (up to 32GB)

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What is the Blade Workstation Value

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Blade Server “abilities”

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Windows software environment