Installing and powering on the workstation blade, Preparing the workstation blade infrastructure, Configuring the workstation blade hardware – HP WS460C G6 User Manual
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Installing and powering on the workstation blade
For an overview of the installation and powering processes, see the HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation
Blade with WS460c Graphics Expansion Blade Installation Instructions. Because the workstation blade
shares many components with the server blade, for details on the installing and turning on the workstation
blade, see the following server blade documents:
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HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide
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Power Supply Installation Instructions for HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures
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HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide
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HP BladeSystem c3000 Tower Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide
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HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blade with WS460c Graphics Expansion Blade User Guide
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HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide
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Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide
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Interconnect device documentation
Preparing the workstation blade infrastructure
To prepare the workstation blade infrastructure (enclosure, power supplies, Onboard Administrator modules,
and networking):
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To set up the enclosure, including wiring the PDUs, follow the instructions in the HP BladeSystem c7000
Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide.
2.
Install power supplies in the enclosure according to the HP BladeSystem power guidelines on the HP
website
3.
Install and configure the Onboard Administrator modules according to the HP BladeSystem Onboard
Administrator User Guide.
Configuring the workstation blade hardware
The workstation blade hardware is configured before installing the blade in the enclosure. Unless otherwise
noted, the hardware listed can be configured on the WS460c Workstation Blade.
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Intel® Xeon® processors—The workstation blade supports Intel® Xeon® processors, offering multiple
frequencies of each processor type. In dual processor configurations, both processors must be identical.
For a description of the processors that are available for each workstation blade, see Hardware and
Software Supported by HP ProLiant Workstation Blades.
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Memory—Up to 12 memory DIMMs can be installed in the workstation blade, supporting up to 192 GB
of memory for the WS460c Workstation Blade. For a description of per-OS memory limitations, see
Hardware and Software Supported by HP ProLiant Workstation Blades.
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HP Graphic Expansion Blade—The graphics expansion blade comes attached to the top of the
workstation blade and accommodates full length PCI-Express graphics cards.
The graphics expansion blade can only be purchased factory-attached to the workstation blade.
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NVIDIA graphics adapter—The WS460c Workstation Blade supports a number of graphics adapters,
which can be ordered factory-installed or as after-market option kits. For a list of the NVIDIA graphics