Administrator's Guide HP Session Allocation Manager (SAM) v.2.1

database to determine if a connection to a computing resource can be made and, if so, which
computing resources should be accessed.
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HP SAM Registration Service—The HP SAM Registration Service (registration service) runs on
the computing resource, and communicates the status of any access device connections to the
HP SAM Web Server.
NOTE: Refer to the documentation that shipped with your computing resource and your access device
to determine which of the above components are factory-installed on your hardware and which
components you’ll need to install. For example, the HP SAM Client and the RGS Receiver are both
factory-installed on the HP dc72 Blade Workstation Client. Other RGS software is optional and must be
acquired separately. For more information on RGS, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/rgs.
Common Tasks
Setting up HP SAM
1. Install HP SAM. See Installation on page 12.
2. Add users.
a. Create administrative groups, assign users, and customize permissions. See
Manage
Administrative Permissions on page 31.
b. Add new users. See
Add New Users on page 35.
3. Assign computing resources or roles to the users. See
Manage Users on page 32.
Setting up a User with a Dynamic Resource
HP SAM enables computing resources to be dynamically shared among users.
Figure 1-2 Dynamic Connection Example
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