Connecting media to the workstation blade, Powering on the workstation blade, Workstation blade sleep states – HP WS460C G6 User Manual

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adapters that are available, see Hardware and Software Supported by HP ProLiant Workstation

Blades.

Disk drives—The WS460c Workstation Blade supports one or two SAS or SATA disk drives.

BBWC—The WS460c Workstation Blade can be ordered with:

o

256 MB of memory

o

512 MB of memory
For the latest information about BBWC, see the HP website.

Connecting media to the workstation blade

The workstation blade architecture supports three primary methods of connecting media to the blade (such as
a CD/DVD drive).

Connecting media to one of the USB connectors on the Local I/O Cable

Connecting a shared network drive to the blade

Using iLO 2 virtual media to mount PC media (such as a CD/DVD drive) to the workstation blade

In addition, the c3000 Enclosure supports an optional DVD drive that can be used to install the operating

system or software on a workstation blade. Using the c3000 Onboard Administrator, the DVD drive can be
attached to any or all workstation blades in the enclosure.

Powering on the workstation blade

The workstation blade powers on in User Mode. For more information, see "Remote Console modes (on
page

6

)".

You can power on the workstation blade manually by pressing the power button on the front of the

workstation blade, by using the iLO 2 Remote Console, or by Onboard Administrator.
To power on the workstation blade locally using the Local I/O Cable:

1.

Install the workstation blade in the c3000 or c7000 Enclosure. The blade is hot-pluggable and can be

inserted and removed while the enclosure is powered.

2.

Connect the Local I/O Cable to the Local I/O Connector on the front of the workstation blade. Connect
a monitor, USB keyboard, and USB mouse to the Local I/O Cable.
Depending on how you interact with the workstation blade and how many USB devices you have
connected to the Local I/O Cable (such as a keyboard and mouse), you might have to add a USB hub

to connect additional USB devices, such as a USB CD/DVD drive.

3.

Power on the blade by pressing the front panel Power On button. The boot sequence appears on the
monitor. Set Remote Console Mode to Setup Mode, save the BIOS setting, and then continue with the

boot process.

4.

If using the Graphics Expansion Blade, allow the Onboard Administrator to power up the blade.

Workstation blade sleep states

The workstation blade supports two sleep states: S0 (fully on) and S5 (off but connected to power). Do not use

any other power management states (such as Hibernate or Standby). From sleep state S5, WOL is supported

by both NIC1 and NIC2. However, a workstation blade in sleep state S5 is unable to respond to an RGS

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