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Using Windows Vista® on the workstation blade
Acquiring Windows Vista®
Windows Vista® recovery media is shipped with your workstation blade. If your Windows Vista®
recovery media is lost or damaged, you can order new recovery media.
The Windows Vista® recovery media does not contain the following four modules. You must download
and install these modules after Windows Vista® is installed:
• HP Insight Management Agents
• HP ProLiant iLO 2 Management Controller Driver
• HP ProLiant Integrated Lights-Out Management Interface Driver
• HP System Management Homepage
Installing Windows Vista®
This section describes how to install Windows Vista® using the Windows Vista® OS DVD and the
RestorePlus! DVD.
The installation process repartitions and reformats the workstation blade hard drive. Because all files are
deleted from the hard drive during this process, be sure to archive all important files before beginning the
installation.
There are two primary methods to install Windows Vista®:
• Run the installation process using devices attached to the Local I/O Cable-A USB hub (with a
keyboard, mouse, and CD/DVD drive), and a monitor.
• Run the installation process using iLO 2 virtual media from your local PC. Note that this method is
slower than the above method, and is susceptible to network issues.
In the description of the installation process in the next section, CD/DVD drive refers to either to a USB
CD/DVD drive connected to the Local I/O Cable or to a CD/DVD drive on your client PC connected to
the workstation blade through iLO 2 virtual media.
Windows Vista® installation steps
Perform the following steps to install Windows Vista® on the workstation blade:
1. Insert the Windows Vista® RestorePlus! DVD into the CD/DVD drive.
2. Boot the workstation blade from the DVD. When the GUI Language selection screen appears, select
a language (for the installation process, not for localization of the operating system), and then click
Next.
3. After selecting the GUI Language for the install process, a warning message appears, advising you
that all data will be erased from your primary hard disk drive. Click Begin.
4. Select the operating system language, and then click Next. A warning message appears.
