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

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Configure HP SAM System Settings
Log in to the HP SAM administrator console, go to the System Settings tab, and make appropriate
changes. See
System Settings Tab on page 40 for detailed instructions.
Install and Validate the HP SAM Registration Service
Software
Manually installing this software consists of these steps:
1.
Install the HP SAM Registration Service on page 14
2.
Create the HP SAM Registration Service Configuration File on page 15
3.
Start/Restart the HP SAM Registration Service on page 16
4.
Test the HP SAM Registration Service on page 16
Install the HP SAM Registration Service
Log in to the blade PC using an account with local administrative rights, and then run the bladesvc-
xx ##.msi file (## is the software version; replace xx with EN for English, JA for Japanese, FR for
French, DE for German, KO for Korean, ZH-CN for Simplified Chinese to install the service.
Stop the service by going to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, and look for HP
SAM Registration Service. If it is running, stop it.
Customize the service CFG file to match HP SAM. Go to the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard
\HP PC Session Allocation Manager Registration Service folder and edit the hpevent.cfg-
sample file. For details about how to customize this file, see
Create the HP SAM Registration
Service Configuration File on page 15.
After you customize the configuration file, rename (or Save As) the sample file to hpevent.cfg.
Start the HP SAM registration service by going to Control Panel > Administrative Tools >
Services, and start the service under the name HP SAM Registration Service.
If the computing resource has a firewall, enable the ports below.
NOTE: Additional ports must be opened for RDP and RGS.
Incoming:
- From Web server (UDP/47777) to blade (UDP/47777)
- From Web server (TCP/ANY) to blade (TCP/139)
- From access devices (TCP/ANY) to blade (TCP/3389)—RDP
- From access devices (TCP/ANY) to blade (TCP/42966)—RGS
Outgoing:
- From blade (TCP/ANY) to Web server (TCP/80—HTTP)
- From blade (UDP/47777) to Web server (UDP/47777)
NOTE: Another way to enable the port is to enable the software service itself. Follow the firewall
instructions to enable the HP SAM Registration Service software.
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