HP WS460C G6 - Manual (Page 9)

Operating the workstation blade 9
Operating the workstation blade
Workstation blade management overview
HP offers management and diagnostic software for the workstation blade with graphics expansion blade.
For more information, see the HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blade with WS460c Graphics
Expansion Blade User Guide.
The workstation blade design is based on the design of the corresponding server blade, and most of the
manageability features are common between workstation blades and server blades. The following
documents contain information about the manageability of the systems:
• HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade User Guide
• HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide
• HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide
• HP BladeSystem c3000 Tower Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide
• HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide
• HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide
WS460c installation process overview
This chapter describes the following process to install, power on, boot and validate the HP Workstation
Blade Solution:
1. Set up the client computer.
2. Install and power on the first workstation blade by performing these steps:
a. Prepare the blade enclosure and the networking infrastructure.
b. Configure the workstation blade hardware.
c. Install the workstation blade into the enclosure and then boot the operating system.
3. Configure the operating system.
4. Verify network connections to the workstation blade Ethernet ports: NIC1, NIC2, and iLO 2.
5. Install RGS on the workstation blade, and then verify RGS operation between the workstation blade and
the client computer.
6. Install the required applications on the workstation blade.
7. Validate the solution consisting of the workstation blade, the applications, RGS, and the client
computer.
You can integrate other workstation blades and client computers into the solution.