HP Z400

Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ............................................. 21
Verifying hardware compatibility ............................................................... 21
Setting up Novell SLED ........................................................................................................... 21
Updating the workstation ........................................................................................................ 21
Updating the workstation after first boot ..................................................................... 21
Upgrading the BIOS ................................................................................................ 21
Determining current BIOS .......................................................................... 22
Upgrading BIOS ...................................................................................... 23
Upgrading device drivers ......................................................................................... 23
3 Restoring the operating system ....................................................................................... 24
Restore methods ..................................................................................................................... 24
Ordering backup software ...................................................................................................... 25
Restoring Windows 7 or Windows Vista ................................................................................... 25
Ordering the RestorePlus! media ............................................................................... 25
Restoring the operating system .................................................................................. 25
Restoring Windows XP Professional .......................................................................................... 26
Creating RestorePlus! media ..................................................................................... 26
Creating HP Backup and Recovery (HPBR) media ........................................................ 27
Restoring the operating system .................................................................................. 28
Using RestorePlus! .................................................................................... 28
Using HPBR ............................................................................................. 28
Using the recovery partition ....................................................................... 28
Restoring Novell SLED ............................................................................................................ 28
Creating restore media ............................................................................................ 29
4 System management ...................................................................................................... 30
BIOS ROM ............................................................................................................................ 31
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility .............................................................................................. 31
Computer Setup (F10) functionality ............................................................................ 31
Accessing the Computer Setup (F10) Utility ................................................................ 33
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu ...................................................................... 34
Workstation management ....................................................................................................... 43
Initial workstation configuration and deployment ......................................................... 44
Installing a remote system ......................................................................................... 44
Replicating the setup ................................................................................................ 45
Copying a setup configuration to a single workstation .................................. 45
Copying a setup configuration to multiple workstations ................................. 46
Updating and managing software ............................................................................. 47
HP Client Manager Software .................................................................................... 47
Altiris Client Management Solutions .......................................................................... 47
HP SoftPaq Download Manager ............................................................................... 48
System Software Manager ....................................................................................... 49
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