HP (Hewlett-Packard) 799UT#ABA Personal Computer User Manual


 
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ................................................ 19
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 19
Setting up Novell SLED ...................................................................................................................... 19
Updating the workstation .................................................................................................................... 19
Updating the workstation after first boot ............................................................................ 19
Upgrading the BIOS ........................................................................................................... 19
Determining current BIOS ................................................................................. 20
Upgrading BIOS ................................................................................................ 21
Upgrading device drivers ................................................................................................... 21
3 Restoring the operating system
Restore methods ................................................................................................................................ 22
Ordering backup software .................................................................................................................. 23
Restoring 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
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
Workstation management .................................................................................................................. 39
Initial workstation configuration and deployment ............................................................... 40
Installing a remote system ................................................................................................. 40
Replicating the setup ......................................................................................................... 41
Copying a setup configuration to a single workstation ...................................... 41
Copying a setup configuration to multiple workstations .................................... 42
Updating and managing software ...................................................................................... 43
HP Client Manager Software ............................................................................................. 43
Altiris Client Management Solutions .................................................................................. 43
System Software Manager ................................................................................................ 44
Proactive Change Notification ........................................................................................... 44
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