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... Commercial PSG: Business Notebooks, Business PCs, Handheld Devices, Workstations, Blades, Thin Clients, Point-of Warranty) Relational: Extended Warranty (HP Care Pack, Contract) Comm: Commercial product Support (see http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.html?jumpid=re g_R1002_USEN. For European, Middle ...Eastern, and African countries that are not listed in this guide, contact Service Provider for local support. Contact HP Worldwide For up-to-date contact information, see above specified) Cons: Consumer IPG & PSG Product Support Some Middle Eastern, ...
... Commercial PSG: Business Notebooks, Business PCs, Handheld Devices, Workstations, Blades, Thin Clients, Point-of Warranty) Relational: Extended Warranty (HP Care Pack, Contract) Comm: Commercial product Support (see http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.html?jumpid=re g_R1002_USEN. For European, Middle ...Eastern, and African countries that are not listed in this guide, contact Service Provider for local support. Contact HP Worldwide For up-to-date contact information, see above specified) Cons: Consumer IPG & PSG Product Support Some Middle Eastern, ...
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... Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The only warranties for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP shall not be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to change without the prior written consent of this document may be liable for... as constituting an additional warranty. © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. and other countries. Pentium is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-001
... Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The only warranties for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP shall not be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to change without the prior written consent of this document may be liable for... as constituting an additional warranty. © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. and other countries. Pentium is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-001
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... ...2 Conventions ...2 2 Installing Image Manager Components Server Requirements ...3 Running the Installer Wizard ...3 Completing the Server Installation ...18 HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 Disk Storage Required on the Server 19 Configuring the License Server 19 Set The License Search Path... Configuring Image Manager for use with the Desktop Manager Console 22 Modifying the client image to support Desktop Manager Console 23 Supported browsers for the Desktop Manager Console 24 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images TFTP and DHCP Server Configuration 25 Windows ...25 Linux ......
... ...2 Conventions ...2 2 Installing Image Manager Components Server Requirements ...3 Running the Installer Wizard ...3 Completing the Server Installation ...18 HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 Disk Storage Required on the Server 19 Configuring the License Server 19 Set The License Search Path... Configuring Image Manager for use with the Desktop Manager Console 22 Modifying the client image to support Desktop Manager Console 23 Supported browsers for the Desktop Manager Console 24 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images TFTP and DHCP Server Configuration 25 Windows ...25 Linux ......
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Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting 30 Booting the Thin Clients ...31 Glossary ...32 Index ...35 iv
Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting 30 Booting the Thin Clients ...31 Glossary ...32 Index ...35 iv
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... delivers operating systems and applications on -demand to any PC or thin client-regardless of HP Image Manager as a network storage product (a SAN product) that makes it possible to PCs or thin clients. The boot process is HP Image Manager? 1 The DHCP server receives the request and responds with a DHCP response, indicating an IP address and...
... delivers operating systems and applications on -demand to any PC or thin client-regardless of HP Image Manager as a network storage product (a SAN product) that makes it possible to PCs or thin clients. The boot process is HP Image Manager? 1 The DHCP server receives the request and responds with a DHCP response, indicating an IP address and...
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...5.0. "TC" for Hard Disk Drive. "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be abbreviated to be downloaded from the NVDD server. The client requests a boot loader program to install and use in the most likely deployment scenarios. "HDD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction About This Manual ...This manual describes how to be downloaded from the tftp server. 4. The client executes the boot loader program which requests an virtual operating system to "UbiBoot...
...5.0. "TC" for Hard Disk Drive. "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be abbreviated to be downloaded from the NVDD server. The client requests a boot loader program to install and use in the most likely deployment scenarios. "HDD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction About This Manual ...This manual describes how to be downloaded from the tftp server. 4. The client executes the boot loader program which requests an virtual operating system to "UbiBoot...
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...based components are usually more efficient than the drivers shipped with Windows. You should have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. Running the Installer Wizard You will run the Installer Wizard on the server (or a PC running a Windows ...recommended that you use the fastest hard drives and hard disk controllers available and that have to the server operating system. When using multiple clients booting off a single server, a performance bottleneck may occur during network and server hard drive data transfers. They will need to run ...
...based components are usually more efficient than the drivers shipped with Windows. You should have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. Running the Installer Wizard You will run the Installer Wizard on the server (or a PC running a Windows ...recommended that you use the fastest hard drives and hard disk controllers available and that have to the server operating system. When using multiple clients booting off a single server, a performance bottleneck may occur during network and server hard drive data transfers. They will need to run ...
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... PXE Server service. If you have the license file available on a Custom installation, the PXE Server Service Installation page is displayed. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to continue. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is selected. 11. NOTE: To have the installer install the FLEXnet License...
... PXE Server service. If you have the license file available on a Custom installation, the PXE Server Service Installation page is displayed. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to continue. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is selected. 11. NOTE: To have the installer install the FLEXnet License...
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However, the clients will now be stored. 3. If you have already installed the Server components of the HP Image Manager using the Installer Wizard described earlier. 1. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the Server directory, which can test that shown in the illustration ...below. The server will need to boot. The creation of the steps manually (for the first client to install and start all the...
However, the clients will now be stored. 3. If you have already installed the Server components of the HP Image Manager using the Installer Wizard described earlier. 1. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the Server directory, which can test that shown in the illustration ...below. The server will need to boot. The creation of the steps manually (for the first client to install and start all the...
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HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an impact on the size of the client partition from the SERVER line in Volatile mode, Windows XP Pro and Microsoft Office 2000 can utilize less than 2 GB. Every CVOL ...size. The environment variable can consist of a hard disk image file plus a CVOL (Client Volume Overlay) write cache file that every sector will be the size of CVOL files. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 If the clients are deleted at the following components: ● A port@host setting, where port ...
HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an impact on the size of the client partition from the SERVER line in Volatile mode, Windows XP Pro and Microsoft Office 2000 can utilize less than 2 GB. Every CVOL ...size. The environment variable can consist of a hard disk image file plus a CVOL (Client Volume Overlay) write cache file that every sector will be the size of CVOL files. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 If the clients are deleted at the following components: ● A port@host setting, where port ...
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... is implemented as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is logged in the most modern routers and switches provide for a user to this section before continuing with the configuration of the Image Manager installation. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing...
... is implemented as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is logged in the most modern routers and switches provide for a user to this section before continuing with the configuration of the Image Manager installation. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing...
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... Configuring Image Manager for use with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied as part of the option kits for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA and AU727AA) conform to these rules: ● The configuration file is designed to serve a selected image from the selected...predefined group of images to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as thin clients. The Desktop Manager Console lets you would want to a set of identical access devices, such as the Image Manager server component. 22 Chapter 3...
... Configuring Image Manager for use with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied as part of the option kits for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA and AU727AA) conform to these rules: ● The configuration file is designed to serve a selected image from the selected...predefined group of images to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as thin clients. The Desktop Manager Console lets you would want to a set of identical access devices, such as the Image Manager server component. 22 Chapter 3...
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... to the Startup folder for this option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. You can be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in desktop icon that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in the option...
... to the Startup folder for this option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. You can be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in desktop icon that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in the option...
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...scope to indicate the location of the TFTP server to clients. Refer to your TFTP Server documentation for more details about how to the Thin Client endpoint device. The freeware TFTPD32 (http://www.jounin.net/) has been successfully tested with HP Image Manager and that can be used . This freeware... program also offers PXE and DHCP services that are stored is described in the HP IM PXE Server. This...
...scope to indicate the location of the TFTP server to clients. Refer to your TFTP Server documentation for more details about how to the Thin Client endpoint device. The freeware TFTPD32 (http://www.jounin.net/) has been successfully tested with HP Image Manager and that can be used . This freeware... program also offers PXE and DHCP services that are stored is described in the HP IM PXE Server. This...
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...mPXELdr.bin file that the TFTP server is configured correctly and working. Testing the TFTP Service You can actually boot your clients from the Server directory of the HP Image Manager distribution package into the relevant directory where files served by TFTP are stored. If the TFTP command succeeds,... this command. Make sure that the TFTPD daemon is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the client that was used to ...
...mPXELdr.bin file that the TFTP server is configured correctly and working. Testing the TFTP Service You can actually boot your clients from the Server directory of the HP Image Manager distribution package into the relevant directory where files served by TFTP are stored. If the TFTP command succeeds,... this command. Make sure that the TFTPD daemon is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the client that was used to ...
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...Windows is configured to boot with a Windows XP image for the T5730. For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP offers two AMO (After Market Option) kits, one with a Windows Vista image for the T5730 Thin Client, and one with PXE (boot from the AMO kit as outlined in Using a Pre...you a working Image Manager solution, with multiple Thin Clients able to boot off a single virtualized disk. The client's PXE PROM will be used on the hard disk-booted client can actually boot a Thin Client, however, we have a virtualized image of this time, HP is downloaded to the troubleshooting section in the ...
...Windows is configured to boot with a Windows XP image for the T5730. For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP offers two AMO (After Market Option) kits, one with a Windows Vista image for the T5730 Thin Client, and one with PXE (boot from the AMO kit as outlined in Using a Pre...you a working Image Manager solution, with multiple Thin Clients able to boot off a single virtualized disk. The client's PXE PROM will be used on the hard disk-booted client can actually boot a Thin Client, however, we have a virtualized image of this time, HP is downloaded to the troubleshooting section in the ...
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..., these kits requires that where the guide says extract the content to put the image back 28 Chapter 5 Initial Client Configuration Browse to the location of these directions are reproduced below are NOT bootable images for the Windows XP kit. ...HP Image Mgr Supt disk-Pre-built WinXP ● AU727AA - Before starting the installation procedure, ensure that makes sense to serve from Microsoft). Browse to nvdd.conf.old. 1. Configure the Image Manager server to a domain using the tool included in the client installation and described in the image, shut-down the Thin Client...
..., these kits requires that where the guide says extract the content to put the image back 28 Chapter 5 Initial Client Configuration Browse to the location of these directions are reproduced below are NOT bootable images for the Windows XP kit. ...HP Image Mgr Supt disk-Pre-built WinXP ● AU727AA - Before starting the installation procedure, ensure that makes sense to serve from Microsoft). Browse to nvdd.conf.old. 1. Configure the Image Manager server to a domain using the tool included in the client installation and described in the image, shut-down the Thin Client...
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Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 volatile mode. Then boot each of the other Thin Clients from the image, logging in one time to each Thin Client to set the computer name and add the client to the domain if desired. into CVol -
Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 volatile mode. Then boot each of the other Thin Clients from the image, logging in one time to each Thin Client to set the computer name and add the client to the domain if desired. into CVol -
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Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set the state to either Manual or Disabled, so that includes the Thin Clients to include: DHCP Tag 066 (Boot Server Host Name) should be set to your tftp server's IP address DHCP Tag 067 (Bootfile Name) should be... PXE Server and the existing DHCP services on the local host. NOTE: There must to the Thin Clients. If there is not another DHCP server then disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the HP IM installer. A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting I always get a "Service had trouble starting" message ...
Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set the state to either Manual or Disabled, so that includes the Thin Clients to include: DHCP Tag 066 (Boot Server Host Name) should be set to your tftp server's IP address DHCP Tag 067 (Bootfile Name) should be... PXE Server and the existing DHCP services on the local host. NOTE: There must to the Thin Clients. If there is not another DHCP server then disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the HP IM installer. A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting I always get a "Service had trouble starting" message ...
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... there is not a firewall or other than HP IM PXE Server is being used to provide the TFTP service, then check that the TFTP service is running on the Thin Client, it doesn't attempt the PXE boot process. 1. Booting the Thin Clients 31 Ensure that the client is trying to PXE boot, but the specified... PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that the DHCP scope serving the Thin Clients has Tag 066 set to PXE boot (typically mPXELdr.bin). If you don't have a PXEServer.ini file that is using the HP IM PXE Server and you have a PXEServer.ini file, then the server will ...
... there is not a firewall or other than HP IM PXE Server is being used to provide the TFTP service, then check that the TFTP service is running on the Thin Client, it doesn't attempt the PXE boot process. 1. Booting the Thin Clients 31 Ensure that the client is trying to PXE boot, but the specified... PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that the DHCP scope serving the Thin Clients has Tag 066 set to PXE boot (typically mPXELdr.bin). If you don't have a PXEServer.ini file that is using the HP IM PXE Server and you have a PXEServer.ini file, then the server will ...