HP c7000 User's Manual
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1. IP settings for the OA Ethernet Port You will assign a static IP Address for the OA Ethernet Port from the Insight Display Next contigure the network interface card on a laptop or desktop within the same IP subnet as on the OA With a crossover cable connect the OA Ethernet Port to the NIC on the laptop or desktop Start a browser session XSLT enabled browser with support for JavaScript 1 3 or equivalent and ActiveX enabled and type the IP address of the OA as the URL Sign in to the active OA and run the First Time Setup wizard Figure 10 Onboard Administrator Sign In HP Onboard Administrator Cogryright 2006 Hewlett Packard ine Al rights reserved HP the HP Pius and the HP Logo are regittered radermarts of Hewiet Packard nc Enter the user name and initial administration password for your HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator account found on the tag attached to the Onboard Administrator 14 Figure 11 First Time Setup Wizard EJ HP Onboard Administrator j Wieds Ertiaure Mate DINABIOUE SenlNumbe DEMARIS Pot rier HATEN Atii Tag LD Siia 3 or E Active Orbosd Adaria Cnboa a g haigh ingli ence Dwys E interconnect Bays f B Powe ard Trea Vitus Connect Manager E Usernl uthentication Wep Ciayaary Virba Corien Mate Once the enclosure is configured insert the c Class blade in the slot and wait for the OA to recognize it Insert your operating system CD into the laptop or deskto2. PXE client requests and obtains IP address from DHCP server DHCP server supplies IP address to PXE client to allow communication with PXE server DHCP server BH Alter obtaining IP address from DHCP server PXE client talks with PXE server to obtain Network Bootstrap Program NBF via TFTP After downloading NBP from PXE server client executes image DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP simplifies the administrative management of IP address configuration by automating address configuration for network clients The DHCP standard provides for the use of DHCP servers which are defined as any computer running the DHCP service The DHCP server automatically allocates IP addresses and related TCP IP contiguration settings to DHCP enabled clients on the network The use of DHCP is required to utilize the Preboot eXecution Environment PXE The DHCP server supplies the address of a Boot Server PXE Server in the DHCP response For more information on DHCP see the Internet Software Consortium at hitp www isc org products DHCP and also see RFC 2131 at ftp ftp isicedu in notes rfc2 13 1 txt PXE PXE is defined on a foundation of industry standard Internet protocols and services that are widely deployed in the industry namely TCP IP DHCP and TFTP These standardize the form of the interactions between clients and servers In brief the PXE protocol operates as follows The client initiates the protocol b
3. alternatives and operating expenses requires less power and cooling and less administrative staft c Class blades are ideal for large scale deployment of blades where operating expenses are an issue With the c Class blade enclosure s shared backplane you can take advantage of the economies of scale not found with traditional rack mounted servers With the integrated shared backplane you won t need to buy additional network cards cables switches and supporting devices for each additional server blade purchase The c Class blades are optimized for future growth Ease of manageability With the HP c Class Onboard Administrator OA managing multiple server blades has never been easier The OA provides a single point from which to perform basic management tasks on blades or switches within the enclosure The OA pertorms initial configuration steps for the enclosure allows for run time management and configuration of the enclosure components and informs you of problems within the enclosure through e mail SNMP or the enclosure s Insight Display HP StorageWorks SB40c storage blade Another reason for deploying c Class blades for the provisioning server is the availability of industry s first storage blade from HP Because the provisioning server can host numerous images locally on the server blade the SB40c storage blade from HP is an ideal solution The SB40c consist of 6 disk drives with an internal raid controller that sits next to a
4. effectively and efficiently conduct business without being prone to errors Numerous types of errors can occur when humans are charged with the task of configuring and deploying enterprise business critical applications if a consistent procedure is not used Data entry errors or simple lack of technical expertise for any particular setting or configuration item can bring that application to a halt Many of these problems could be overcome by automating the installation and deployment procedure in a consistent process Automation leads to faster time to deployment for applications with a minimum number of problems and provides consistency in the deployment and re deployment of server applications 20 Figure 16 Usage Scenario 2 FE FS ES ES BS RS 7a Sa Fe 2a Ta FT TF Blade Specific Provisioning Server used to provision Server Applications Microsoft OS Microsoft BizTalk Server Microsoft SQL Server Microsott SharePoint Server Scenario 3 managing multi server blade infrastructure e Blade specific provisioning servers provide the ability to reallocate existing server resources to areas that are needed most Perhaps an application server within a server farm has very little usage during a particular time when your web server farm is being stressed to a point where web requests are signiticantly delayed Simply drag and drop an RDP job to re provision and redeploy that application server to a web server to help offset th
5. for provisioning line of business applications such as web servers mail servers database servers and other mission critical applications This specification outlines the use of this server blade design in several different scenarios as a modular component of a Windows infrastructure in support of line of business application deployment This specification assumes a minimum level of Windows infrastructure support that includes DNS DHCP and domain and directory services The specification adheres to Microsoft Windows Server System Reference Architectural best practices and is intended to be used as a component of an HP Adaptive Infrastructure Target audience The intended audience is a solutions architect and or technical consultant requiring an understanding of automated provisioning of service application management updates using HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack on Industry Standard HP ProLiant servers Why server blades for the provisioning server Lower total cost of ownership TCO Although the provisioning server is specific to c Class blades it is not restricted to them The provisioning server can be deployed on HP p Class blades and ProLiant DL and ML lines of servers However there are distinct advantages to using c Class blades over traditional rack mounted servers The total cost of ownership TCO analysis favors blades with respect to capital expenditures each additional blade purchase lowers total cost compared to its
6. have Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS installed Verify all installation parameters and install when ready Once HP ProLiant Essentials RDP is installed you are ready to use the Blade Provisioning Server to deploy various usage scenarios fo manage your network 18 Usage scenarios for the blade provisioning server The three basic IT scenarios hosted on this server blade are 1 Mass deployment of HP ProLiant BL c Class servers within an organization that is looking for automation in order to reduce errors and reduce the amount of time to deploy servers 2 Deploying applications using advanced imaging and scripting technology methodology 3 Managing a multi server blade infrastructure can be a challenging task without the right provisioning tool The blade specitic provisioning server not only automates the deployment of application servers but also provides the ability to manage multi server environments that allow you to deploy and redeploy IT resources where they are most needed quickly and easily to adapt to changing business needs The following outlines the functional requirements that typify the usage of this server blade This includes a technical description of the three 3 scenarios with topology diagram and minimum requirements for hardware software installation and configuration Scenario 1 mass deployment of c Class server blades Betore beginning with scenario 1 it is helpful to reiterate some assumptio
7. server blade This specitication is an example of consolidating these services and as such does not focus on hosting any one of these services for larger deployment scenarios where isolating a service for performance reasons would be required It any one of these services CPU memory or disk requirements exceeds the capacity of the provisioning server blade contiguration then the service should be dedicated to a server that can meet and exceed those requirements HP recommends a proof of concept deployment to determine exact solution and deployment details to meet the specitic business need What is automated provisioning RDP Automated provisioning So what exactly is the automated provisioning of sottware and hardware It means little or no human intervention In other words the process of installation or deployment is laid out for administrators in the form of images scripts or batch files The only requirement is for the administrator to power on the server perhaps execute a couple of scripts or batch files and or respond to a minimal number of prompts for configuration information The process is fully automated so that there are no chances of data entry errors or choosing wrong options that could render your application inoperable The technology that can achieve this level of automation is the ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP RDP is a new generation of server deployment software The software contains Altiris Dep
8. 2 Infrastructure bill of materials BOM c7000 enclosure power OA fan and blade switch bill of materials BOM Table 4 HP Bill of Materials Check for the latest releases and part numbers Quantity PartNumber Description I 412152 B21 BLc7000 Enclosure 1 410917 B21 HP c7000 GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch 412142 B21 HP Redundant Onboard Administrator Option 4 412140 B21 HP Active Cool Fan 4 412138 B21 HP c7000 Enclosure Power Supply HP ProLiant BL480c bill of materials BOM Table 5 HP Bill of Materials Check for the latest releases and part numbers Quantity Part Number Description 1 404707 B21 HP ProLiant BL480c server blade 2 416671 B21 Dual Core Intel Xeon 5140 2 33GHz 1333 FSB Processor 2 397411 B21 HP 2GB Fully Buffered DIMM PC2 5300 2x1GB Memory 4 375861 B21 HP 72GB Hot Plug 2 5 SAS 10 000 rpm Hard Drive Sottware installation requirements tor HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Software requirements for blade specitic provisioning server e Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or Windows Server 2003 R2 32bit e Server may or may not be a domain member e NTFS file system e DHCP Contigured with IP Scope activated e Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 Will install during RDP installation if not already installed e Microsoft Server Desktop Engine MSDE 2000 SP3a or later Disregard if SQL Server is already installed 13 Initial deployment of provisioning server blade Before you begin
9. BladeSystem server providing up to 876 gigabytes of direct attached storage DAS capacity to each blade within an HP BladeSystem c Class enclosure Figure 1 HP StorageWorks SB40c storage blade Purpose of the provisioning server blade The main purpose of the provisioning server blade is to provide the following service s e Installation and deployment of applications to easily facilitate the management of your network in today s environment with the least amount of effort e Automate provisioning of service application management updates using HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP on Industry Standard HP ProLiant servers e Reduce the number of errors that may occur during manual installation or deployment processes e Provide for the capture and storage of the newly deployed server s configuration e Provide DHCP PXE Database File server depending on your existing infrastructure The server blade may or may not provide a DHCP PXE Database File server infrastructure for the HP BladeSystem enclosure depending on your existing network These services may already exist within your infrastructure in which case the provisioning server blade would rely on their services This server blade specification does not address the scaling out of any of these services onto multiple server blades These services can be consolidated onto a single server blade or deployed on other servers or server blades and turned off on the provisioning
10. HP BladeSystem specitication tor a c Class provisioning server blade OD A E E E A A E E AAA A T EA 3 Why server blades for the provisioning server ccccccccccccsscceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 Lower total cost OF ownership PO its cose carers ue decinsieauiadh soa doneains shana deamdeasiadcet dresses EEE EEES 3 Feo MONG CeO INI serene eee a E A E sets scanee s cectesss aecmoaaddseaesncasera 3 HP StorageWorks SB40c storage blade cuss saat venenstaga newton dnd es iadeuede evens vseqeudeteccdudesls deuentiecensawieaaess 3 Purpose of the provisioning server blade cccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssaeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess 4 What is automated provisioning RDP sjcice cade anacanosensaadaaratiansad sesanees di dandaasdestaesasieans lt secede rssidantieesaahegaatecs 5 Automated provisioning nassirashaosensisescdawsthaohsnnmaiahacephnosasdonanseebbhonbsiaweled etantaesdeioheahacubaessonentebetasseesebenss 5 RDP and its underlying technologies ccccccccceeeeseeeeeeeeeeee esse eeeeeeeeeeees see eeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeeeeesaaaeeseeeeess 6 Big E E E E E ss senses sesaessasy ness se E A N 6 E e E E A A E E ira E EE E E E E eeensrsdona soeseee sees 7 BOOT O E oee eee E E E E E EA AE E A E 7 A E S EEE E EE EE ETE E PES OEE EE E EE E E ceeeeseee 7 HP BladeSystem requirements for hosting the server blade cccceeeeececcceceeeeeeeeeeeeesssseseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeee
11. bays Rear side Installed in matched pairs for redundancy 8 total any supported I O fabric Ethernet Fibre Channel InfiniBand IB e HP 1Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module e 3020 Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch e GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch e HP 16 port 4Gb FC Pass Thru Module e Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Interconnects InfiniBand HP 4X DDR IB Switch Module Interconnects Ethernet Interconnects Fibre Channel FC Power supply Rear side Up to 6 x 2250W Cooling fans Rear side HP Active Cool fan technology provides superior airflow power and acoustic performance and is hot pluggable for easy upgrades From 4 up to 10 fans must be installed in a specific order of fan bay locations per how many server blades are installed in the enclosure Insight Display Front side For easy setup and configuration of the BladeSystem located in front of the unit Onboard Administrator Rear side Total 2 for redundant Onboard Administration providing LAN and serial access Height 10U Width 17 5 inches 445 mm fits 19 inch rack Depth 32 inches 813 mm HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch Figure 6 HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem Part number 41091 7 B21 Onboard Administrator management module Figure 7 HP Onboard Administrator management module HP Active Cool Fan Figure 8 HP Active Cool Fan Part number 412140 B21 HP c7000 Enclosure Power Supply HP c7000 Enclosure Power Supply Part n
12. configuring the enclosure and blade it is helpful to reiterate some assumptions made earlier This provisioning server will act as the DHCP Server the PXE Server and the HP RDP Provisioning Server Many organizations may already have an existing DHCP Server in place If a DHCP Server already exists within your infrastructure just be sure to point to that DHCP Server during the time of HP Altiris RDP software installation For the purposes of this document it is assumed that this provisioning server is the only DHCP Server in the company Contiguring the c Class enclosure Before you can provision any servers using the Blade Provisioning Server you have to configure the enclosure first Then you have to install and configure the initial first server blade as the provisioning server by installing HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack This document will be a high level quick spec on how to initially setup and configure the enclosure and blade for the c Class BladeSystem infrastructure For more in depth thorough discussion on the initial enclosure blade configuration please visit http www hp com go bladesystem Power up the c Class BladeSystem Enclosure for the first time and you should see the Insight Display Enclosure Settings screen on the Insight Display You will use this Insight Display to contigure the c7000 enclosure for the first time Scroll through the menu until you can see Enclosure Settings This is where you will configure
13. e web traffic When web request delays are no longer a problem simply re provision and redeploy the web server back to an application server e Manage server updates Service Packs Management Updates Security Packs Provide for the capture and storage of the newly deployed server s contiguration Capture a snapshot of your current server configuration saved as an image file to rapidly deploy to new or existing servers Redeploying an image can save you considerable amounts of time when server availability is crucial to your organization 2 Figure 17 Usage Scenario 3 Blade Specific Provisioning server Service Pack Updates pia aati Servers Management Updates Firew i l Caching Server soecunty Updates piniet Image Capture Storage for quick ne deployment s ie DNS Server a ile Web Server Operations and maintenance It is important to follow guidelines for operating and maintaining the HP BladeSystem c Class solution described in this document You should follow the guidelines documented for the HP BladeSystem c Class Onboard Administrator for example Maintenance documentation for the BL480c the SB40c and the BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure should also be followed Upgrade and migration documentation is also available or may become available for the HP BladeSystem c Class Onboard Administrator the BL480c the SB40c and the BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure HP BladeSystem c Class Onboard Administrato
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15. lowing automated tasks line of business applications Microsoft 2003 Server Microsoft BizTalk Server and Microsoft SQL Server Service Packs and Management Updates 23 For more intormation HP ActiveAnswers www hp com solutions activeanswers HP BladeSystem www hp com go bladesystem or www hp com go blades HP Integrated Lights Out iLO remote management www hp com servers ilo HP ProLiant servers www hp com go proliant HP Services www hp com hps HP storage www hp com storage HP Solution Centers www hp com go solutioncenters How to buy www hp com buy HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP www hp com go rdp To provide comments and feedback on this document please go to http www hp com solutions feedback 2007 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries D 4AA1 0492ENW Rev 1 February 2007 iy invent
16. loyment Solution integrated with the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit that manages the server deployment via a central console and provides imaging or scripting for server and application deployment In short you configure the server the way it should be configured capture an image of the server then deploy or re deploy the image onto servers as many times as necessary with the same results each and every time This provides the consistency offered by the use of RDP The key benefit is that it gives IT administrators the ability to easily deploy servers in an unattended automated fashion More general benefits include improved overall consistency of configurations across servers and reduced IT resource requirements during server deployments For more detailed information on ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP see the following e ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP home page http www hp com go rdp e Quickspecs http h18004 www1 hp com products quickspecs 11053 na 11053_na html Figure 2 ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Deployment solution for HP BladeSystem and other HP Proliant servers RDP and its underlying technologies Understanding the technologies behind RDP is necessary for proper implementation of HP server blade deployment These include DHCP PXE Bootworks and AClient Figure 3 RDP PXE Technology Target server PXE client
17. ly on the server blade With that in mind the HP c Class BladeSystem components for the blade specitic provisioning server include the following HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure The HP BladeSystem 16 bay enclosure can effectively be set up configured and ready to run in approximately 15 minutes By using the initial setup wizard and the Insight Display feature a systems engineer can configure the enclosure for power remote access and networking without a need for a single cable After configuring a static IP address for the Onboard Administrator OA a system administrator can take full remote control of the enclosure and quickly complete the configuration The c Class blades are now ready for the operating system deployment from the RDP server The c7000 enclosure houses the entire infrastructure for all HP BladeSystem components server blades blade network switches or pass through modules blade SAN switches or SAN pass through modules management modules power supplies and fans In addition the enclosure provides an integrated on board Insight Display screen that allows for the physical management of the entire BladeSystem enclosure and components Figure 5 HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure front view empty BLc7000 Enclosure Part number 412152 B21 Table 1 BLc7000 Enclosure Specification e Up 16 Halt Height Blades e Up to 8 Full Height Blades e Mixed contigurations supported Device bays Front side Interconnect
18. ment Database on the local machine with eXpress as the default database name Select the Windows NT Authentication Keep the default locations for installing the Pre boot Operating System files for the WinPE x86 and x64 Select to install PXE Server on the local machine and select Windows PE pre boot operating system as the default PXE boot menu The PXE Server Information window should look similar to Figure 14 Figure 14 Example PXE Server Information window Altiris Deployment Server Installation PE Server Information Enter information about the PSE Server Do you want to use PRE Server No will be using an Altiris automation partition on each client computer Yes want to install PRE Server on a remote computer Remote computer name Browse FPE Server F address 192 16s 100 27 Deployment Server IP address 152 168 100 2 EE Server install path C Program Files Wltins express Deployment Server Select the pre boot operating system to use as the default FSE boot menu iter f pos Linux f Windows PE lt Back Cancel Help You will receive a message stating that the DHCP service must be running on the network for PXE to function correctly Select to choose clients to connect directly to the Deployment Server with the correct IP address Install the Deployment Console on the local machine If you choose to install the Deployment Web Console Information on the local machine be sure you
19. ns made earlier This provisioning server will act as the DHCP Server the PXE Server and HP RDP Provisioning Server Many organizations may already have an existing DHCP Server in place If a DHCP Server already exists within your infrastructure just be sure to point to that DHCP Server during the time of HP Altiris RDP sottware installation For the purposes of this document assume that this provisioning server is the only DHCP Server in the company Unattended and automated large scale deployment of c Class blade servers will benefit from the blade specific provisioning server by significantly reducing the time to bring the servers online In addition the automation allows for very little if any human intervention which reduces any chances of error that may occur during the deployment process 19 Figure 15 Usage Scenario 1 Blade Specific Provisioning Server Domain Controllers DNS Servers File Servers Web Servers Application Servers Firewall Caching Server FTF Server Scenario 2 deploying applications The blade specitic provisioning server provides a strategy solution for rapidly deploying applications Microsoft Windows Server 2003 BizTalk Server SQL Server on HP ProLiant BL c Class servers using ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack By providing automated systems provisioning a key component of the HP Adaptive Infrastructure strategy for applications customers are better equipped to easily
20. p CD DVD ROM drive The server blade will use the laptop desktop CD DVD drive as its virtual media device to boot from Once the OA detects the blade click on the Integrated Lights Out iLO link for that particular blade Then click on the Integrated Remote Console link At this point you will see the POST for that server blade and boot from the OS CD on the laptop desktop computer Finish the OS installation and install the HP ProLiant Essentials RDP 3 1 CD into the CD DVD ROM drive to configure the initial c Class server blade 15 Contiguring the initial server blade Betore you install HP ProLiant Essentials RDP 3 1 or later on the initial c Class blade be sure you have the following core requirements installed e DHCP configured with IP Scope activated e Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 Will install during RDP installation if not already installed e Microsoft Server Desktop Engine MSDE 2000 SP3a or later Disregard if SQL Server is already installed on a different server Insert the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack CD into the laptop or desktop CD DVD ROM drive During the installation be sure to checkmark all boxes in the Rapid Deployment Pack window as shown in Figure 12 Figure 12 Check all boxes in RDP window Rapid Deployment Pack LA Rapid Deployment Pack Windows Edition invent Installation This utility will install the following components M a Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 Wo cy Mic
21. r see this page Perform regular maintenance lt See this page for BL480c gt Upgrade and migrate lt See this page for BL480c gt 22 Operations guide e Integrating with other Microsoft applications If appropriate e Server Upgrades lt See this page for BL480c gt Software Updates Hardware upgrades Firmware upgrades Implementation services HP Services HP BladeSystem Services Microsoft Windows HP Recommended BladeSystem c Class Services HP Factory Express The HP Factory Express portfolio includes 5 packaged services including customized configuration factory racking on site installation complex solution configuration and system design Customized solutions are also available More information can be found at http h20219 www2 hp com services cache 1 14089 0 0 225 121 html Implementing a proof of concept HP has presented example scenarios and configurations in this paper that retlect a specitic deployment and workload which may not exactly match a customer s specitic situation HP therefore recommends that the readers implement a proof of concept deployment to determine exact solution and deployment details to meet their specitic business need Summary The goal of this specitication was to provide a modular server blade design that can be used to automate the provisioning of line of business applications services and management updates The server blade specification provided for the fol
22. rosoft SOL Server Desktop Engine MSDE 2000 SP3a This component is only necessary if you do not already have a local or a remote MS SOL database if oy Altiris Deployment Server 6 8 HP ProLiant Integration Module 3 10 x U This component adds support for deploying Windows YMware Red Hat and SUSE to ProLiant servers The server will reboot once all the core pre installation requirements are installed Upon rebooting accept the default File server path and insert the appropriate license file On the Deployment Server Information window install the Deployment Server on the local machine c Class initial server blade Insert the appropriate static IP address of the server and type the user name and password It should look something like Figure 13 Figure 13 Example deployment server window Altiris Deployment Server Installation Ea Deployment Server Information Enter information about the Deployment Server Where would you like to install the Deployment Server C Ona remote computer Remote computer name Browse E edee 192 168 100 27 Data Manager Port eosa Deployment Server install path fc Program Files 4ltine epress D eployment Server The following Administrator account must exist on the Deployment Share and the Deployment Server Fusing Active Director enter domain user name Service User name Serice pasword Administrator Back Cancel Help 17 Install the Deploy
23. s a DOS boot image to be created and made available on a PXE Server This process is done during the Altiris software installation which is beyond the scope of this document DHCP is also required As a result the target server connects to a PXE Server and downloads the DOS boot image The Altiris Deployment Solution installation will walk you through creating a DOS boot image and installing the PXE and DHCP server components during the RDP application installation e DOS Boot Diskette For non PXE enabled servers this is an alternative option for booting to DOS A boot diskette must be created for each NIC type Altiris provides a boot disk wizard that takes you step by step through the process of building a boot diskette AClient AClient agent is an Altiris application that downloads to the client server that enables it to communicate with the deployment server It is a small utility that allows target servers to be managed by the deployment server The AClient agent must be on the target server so that it can communicate with the deployment server AClient agents are responsible for pre contiguring the target server prior to executing any images as well as any post configuration of servers after any imaging event such as rebooting when necessary HP BladeSystem requirements tor hosting the server blade Figure 4 HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure rear view Deployment Whether a small medium or large corporate network infrastruct
24. tial server blade so us2dascnnecsacannancnssedasdossansacnecusaazacceneseseedaagusesadadnacceeataccness suoadaiess 16 Usage scenarios for the blade provisioning server ccccccccceeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeseeeeessseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess 19 Scenario 1 mass deployment of c Class server blades cccccccccccceeeeeeeeesseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeaaaaas 19 Scenario 2 deploying applications xcmw lx scern cee ecco wataine Idi cadence eels wcaencceelaa ola dain he 20 Scenario 3 managing multi server blade infrastructure cccccccccccecceeeceeeeessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaaaas 21 Operations and mGinienanees t 2 niios iain eli oeiesisy did donsisiedie beds ond edaudad luli ddeusmaledsedetaaeildoss 22 Operations gude sessie ne nnn oe ee ee 23 Implementalion Services 03 4 o saute eae eater aad Glas ore alert ot al 23 ES NA E eee Oe rem eer OE EN co Ree Tne SPN ee Meats ie E eT ee ee T eer eee emo 23 Fl ROGIOR Yee S oitarsat cceettcantacne ce csnten sae nt esr nares acted A ae mee eerast 23 Implementing a proof of concept ixs 3iehi ji eisontueisy sn kialennd oki tel sontuaisenakialyand end bel cldowiyeiaeeakialdons 23 SUNT MN yeh ait eaten tac danas dati AA SE E dian al eee eee i aoa E EEE AT 23 FOP SOE NT ON EL E a A E E EEE E EE E E E EE ebackhus E T 24 Executive summary This document specities the design of an HP BladeSystem c Class server blade that serves as a Microsoft Windows infrastructure server
25. umber 412138 B21 Table 2 HP c Class Power Specification Power input type one of the following Integrated in enclosure Single or 3 Phase power options for maximum power configuration flexibility Additional power supplies up to six can be added to your enclosure allowing the BladeSystem to grow with your changing needs Three types of HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosures are available depending on type of datacenter power infrastructure e Single phase enclosure available worldwide for use with in rack PDUs which accept C19 C20 power cords e Three Phase enclosure with a pair of US Japan power cords with NEMA L15 30P power connectors e Three phase enclosure with a pair of International power cords with IEC309 5 Pin 16A power connectors N N and N 1 power supply redundancy configurations to ensure power performance cost and reliability can be matched to your needs 11 HP ProLiant BL480c server blade Up to 8 in a single c7000 enclosure Figure 9 HP ProLiant BL480c Server Blade Table 3 HP ProLiant BL480c Server Blade Specification Processor Memory Storage Storage Controller Networking Dual Core Intel Xeon Processor 5140 2 33 GHz 1333MHz FSB AGB 4x1 GB PC2 5300 DDR2 up to 48GB 4 72GB 10K SAS 2 5 Hot Plug Hard Drive RAID 5 HP Smart Array P400i Two 2 embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters One 1 embedded NC326i Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter 1
26. ure HP BladeSystem provides a faster simpler and lower cost way to build and configure in an IT infrastructure The HP BladeSystem c Class infrastructure of unitied server storage network power cooling and management capabilities provides quick and easy delivery of applications and services while operating the IT environment Using HP BladeSystem tools with the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP all contiguration tasks can be accomplished in an efficient and timely matter The requirements for this implementation are to support the server blade operation in one to three basic IT scenarios The server blade would first require specific physical and electrical requirements from the hosting enclosure and also require some physical and electrical infrastructure support to host a Windows operating system i e support services from the network such as a TCP IP infrastructure a SAN infrastructure if that functionality is required power and cabling infrastructure etc This server blade would require the support of an HP BladeSystem enclosure as detailed below The following is a detailed list of requirements for the HP BladeSystem enclosure that is required to host and operate this server blade This blade specitication is written with the assumption that all services will be executed locally on the server blade itself Therefore this server blade will act as the PXE server and DHCP server In addition all images will be stored local
27. y broadcasting a DHCPDISCOVER containing an extension that identifies the request as coming from a client that implements the PXE protocol Assuming that a DHCP server or a Proxy DHCP server implementing this extended protocol is available after several intermediate steps the server sends the client a list of appropriate Boot Servers The client then discovers a Boot Server of the type selected and receives the name of an executable file on the chosen Boot Server The client uses TFTP to download the executable trom the Boot Server Finally the client initiates execution of the downloaded image At this point the client s state must meet certain requirements that provide a predictable execution environment for the image Source Intel Preboot Execution Environment PXE Specification For in depth information on PXE visit the Preboot Execution Environment PXE Specification from Intel at fto download intel com design archives witm downloads pxespec pdf Bootworks Bootworks is pushed out by the PXE Server to the target client server This allows the Altiris Deployment Solution to manage the client or target server when off line before it is configured with an operating system All disk cloning requires that DOS be loaded on the target PC Bootworks is a patented Altiris technology that provides access to the network under a DOS boot Bootworks presents the following options for getting DOS loaded on the target PC e PXE PXE require
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