Administrator's Guide for Linux on HP ProLiant WS460c G6 Workstation Blades with WS460c Graphics Expansion Blade

Installing and powering on the workstation blade 7
• SAS disks—A second SAS disk, or SAS disks with different storage capacities, can be installed.
• Intel® Xeon® processors—A second processor, or processors with different speeds, can be installed.
No mezzanine 1 cards are supported by Linux, so the mezzanine 1 slot must remain empty. The
factory-installed NVIDIA graphics adapter is a mezzanine 2 card, and is the only card supported in the
mezzanine 2 slot.
Methods to connect media to the workstation blade
• Connecting media to one of the USB connectors on the Local I/O Cable
• Using Linux, NFS mount a network drive to the workstation blade
• Using iLO 2 virtual media to mount PC media (such as a CD/DVD drive) to the workstation blade.
Virtual media enables the workstation blade to access the PC media directly, as if the media is
physically attached to the workstation blade. For more information about iLO 2 virtual media, see "iLO
2 virtual media."
Powering on the workstation blade
You can power on the workstation blade by using either the Local I/O Cable or the iLO 2 Remote Console.
To use the Local I/O Cable, a keyboard, mouse, and monitor are connected to the Local I/O Cable. This
enables the user to view and interact directly with the workstation blade without depending on the correct
operation of iLO 2. The disadvantage of using the Local I/O Cable is that it requires being proximate to the
workstation blade, which might be installed in a difficult-to-access location, such as a congested, noisy data
center.
The iLO 2 Remote Console enables you to install RHEL 4 from any computer that has a JavaScript-enabled
browser and local media, such as a CD drive. Because of the convenience of performing a remote
installation, the iLO 2 Remote Console is used as an example in installing RHEL 4 in this guide.
To power on the workstation blade:
1. Insert the workstation blade in the c3000 or c7000 Enclosure. Because the workstation blade is
hot-pluggable, it can be inserted and removed while the enclosure is powered on.
2. To view the boot process, establish a connection to the iLO 2 Remote Console.
3. Power on the workstation blade by pressing the front panel Power On button. The boot sequence
appears on the iLO 2 Remote Console. Set Remote Console Mode to Setup Mode. Save the BIOS
setting, and then continue with the boot process.
An error message might appear, because no operating system is detected.