Installing with the HP driver CD ......................................................................................... 18
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled computers .................................................... 19
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 19
Setting up Novell SLED ...................................................................................................................... 19
Updating the computer ....................................................................................................................... 19
Updating the computer after first boot ............................................................................... 19
Upgrading the BIOS ........................................................................................................... 19
Determining current BIOS ................................................................................. 20
Upgrading BIOS ................................................................................................ 21
Upgrading device drivers ................................................................................................... 21
3 Restoring the operating system .................................................................................................................. 22
Restore methods ................................................................................................................................ 22
Ordering backup software .................................................................................................................. 23
Restoring Windows 7 or Windows Vista ............................................................................................. 23
Ordering the RestorePlus! media ...................................................................................... 23
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 23
Restoring Windows XP Professional .................................................................................................. 24
Creating RestorePlus! media ............................................................................................. 24
Creating HP Backup and Recovery (HPBR) media ........................................................... 25
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 26
Using RestorePlus! ........................................................................................... 26
Using HPBR ..................................................................................................... 26
Using the recovery partition .............................................................................. 26
Restoring Novell SLED ....................................................................................................................... 26
Creating restore media ...................................................................................................... 26
4 System management .................................................................................................................................... 28
BIOS ROM ......................................................................................................................................... 29
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility ....................................................................................................... 29
Computer Setup (F10) functionality ................................................................................... 29
Accessing the Computer Setup (F10) Utility ..................................................................... 31
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu ............................................................................ 32
Desktop management ........................................................................................................................ 39
Initial computer configuration and deployment .................................................................. 40
Installing a remote system ................................................................................................. 40
Replicating the setup ......................................................................................................... 41
Copying a setup configuration to a single computer ......................................... 41
Copying a setup configuration to multiple computers ....................................... 42
Updating and managing software ...................................................................................... 43
HP Client Manager Software ............................................................................................. 43
Altiris Client Management Solutions .................................................................................. 43
HP SoftPaq Download Manager ........................................................................................ 44
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