HP Z800

Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .......................................................................................... 21
Installing with the HP driver CD ................................................................................. 21
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ............................................. 22
Verifying hardware compatibility ............................................................... 22
Setting up Novell SLED ........................................................................................................... 22
Updating the workstation ........................................................................................................ 22
Updating the workstation after first boot ..................................................................... 22
Upgrading the BIOS ................................................................................................ 22
Determining current BIOS .......................................................................... 23
Upgrading BIOS ...................................................................................... 24
Upgrading device drivers ......................................................................................... 24
3 Restoring the operating system ....................................................................................... 25
Restore methods ..................................................................................................................... 25
Ordering backup software ...................................................................................................... 26
Restoring Windows Vista ........................................................................................................ 26
Ordering the RestorePlus! media ............................................................................... 26
Restoring the operating system .................................................................................. 26
Restoring Windows XP Professional .......................................................................................... 27
Creating RestorePlus! media ..................................................................................... 27
Creating HP Backup and Recovery (HPBR) media ........................................................ 28
Restoring the operating system .................................................................................. 29
Using RestorePlus! .................................................................................... 29
Using HPBR ............................................................................................. 29
Using the recovery partition ....................................................................... 29
Restoring Novell SLED ............................................................................................................ 29
Creating restore media ............................................................................................ 30
4 System management ...................................................................................................... 31
BIOS ROM ............................................................................................................................ 31
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility .............................................................................................. 32
Computer Setup (F10) functionality ............................................................................ 32
Accessing the Computer Setup (F10) Utility ................................................................ 34
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu ...................................................................... 35
Workstation management ....................................................................................................... 44
Initial workstation configuration and deployment ......................................................... 45
Installing a remote system ......................................................................................... 45
Replicating the setup ................................................................................................ 46
Copying a setup configuration to a single workstation .................................. 46
Copying a setup configuration to multiple workstations ................................. 47
Updating and managing software ............................................................................. 48
HP Client Manager Software .................................................................................... 48
Altiris Client Management Solutions .......................................................................... 48
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