HP (Hewlett-Packard) xw460c blade workstation manual

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    ISS Technolo g y Update Volume 6, Numb er 9 Keeping you informed of the latest ISS technology I/O configuration for the HP ProL iant xw460c Blade Workstation............................................................ 1 Future of PCI-X slots in ProLiant servers ...................................................................................... .[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 2 Graphics traffic to remote workstations The question has been asked, how is graphics data transmitte d from the HP ProLiant xw460 Blade Workstation to remot e workstations? Users may assume that since it is in a mezzani ne slot, the graphics data goes to interconnect bays 3 and 4. However, there is no conn[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 3 Additional resources For additional information on the topics discusse d in this article, visi t the following link s: Resource URL HP ProLiant xw460c Bla de Workstation QuickSpecs http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products /quickspecs/12680_na/1 2680_na.PDF HP ProLiant xw460c Bla de Workstation - Business Support[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 4 and continue to provide backward compatibility, although it is ex pected that almost all fu ture discrete I/O devices, regardless of their bandwidth requirements, will be developed to the PCIe standard. HP has been a leader in the development and implementation of industry-standard I/O technology and conti[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 5 When port monitoring is enabled, a warning icon appears on the Virtual Connect Manager page, as shown in Figure 3-1. If port monitoring is configured and enabled within the Virtual Connect domain, Ethernet data from the monitored ports is replicated on the network analyzer port, for that reason it is impor[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 6 Licensing ports on the Brocade 4/12 S AN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem The Brocade 4/12 SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem is provid ed with 12 port licenses, two of which are pre-res erved for external ports. This article focuses on po rt licensing as it relates to the many qu estions that HP repre[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 7 If DPOD has been turned off, simply us e the licensePort command to initiate it. NOTE For the Brocade 4Gb SAN switch, DPOD assigns a port license only when a server blade with HBA installed is inserted in the enclosure. A se rver blade without an ac tive HBA will not pro mpt the switch to assign a port lic[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 8 Additional resources For additional information on the topics discusse d in this article, visi t the following link s: Resource URL Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem – user guide and other reference manuals http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsup port/TechSupport/DocumentInd ex.jsp?contentType=S[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 9 Question #3_______________ ______________ ______________ ____________ ___________ ______________ Q. Is it required to use a connection broker in a VDI environment? A. No. Many customers implement VDI wi thout using a connection broker. The ability to hand an end user a dedicated resource may make sense in [...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 10 Question #7_______________ ______________ ______________ ____________ ___________ ______________ Q. Where is user data stored in a VDI environment? A. Administrators actually have a choice of wher e they can store en d-user data in a VDI environment. It is possible, especially in non-brokered environments[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 11 Additional resources For additional information on the topics discusse d in this article, visi t the following link s: Resource URL HP VDI www.hp.com/go/vdi HP RGS PC trial site http://h2029 3.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/d isplayProductInfo.do?productNumber=GN 038AAT HP RGS PC edition site http://h20293.ww[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 12 Figure 5-2. Table view Once you display the collection, you can click the [Cus tomize…] link to the upper right of the table and hide columns that do not need to be displayed for this purpose such as the non-hardware status columns, system type, and so forth. You will th en have a table that looks like [...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 13 Figure 5-3. Non-hardware status[...]

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    ISS Technology Update Volume 6, Number 9 Legal Notices © Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packar d Developm ent Company , L.P. The informat ion containe d herein is sub ject to change without n otice. The only warranties for HP products an d services are set forth in the expre ss warranty statements ac companying su ch products and services . Nothing herei [...]