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HP BladeSystem Management
 
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Provides basic Lights-Out management as standard components of the ProLiant server

Optimize graphical remote console performance (for Windows)

The mouse response and performance in graphical remote console of the iLO/RILOE/RILOE II can be significantly improved by following these simple steps. It takes only a few minutes to make these settings on the host server. HP recommends users to implement these settings.

Server Display Properties
  • Plain Background (no wallpaper pattern)
  • Smaller display resolutions (800x600 or 1024x768 pixels)
Server Mouse Properties
  • Select None for mouse pointer Scheme
  • Uncheck Enable pointer shadow
  • Select Motion or Pointer Options and set the pointer Speed slider to the middle position
  • Turn off mouse acceleration
    • Set pointer Acceleration to None (on Windows NT or Windows 2000)
    • Uncheck Enhance pointer precision (on Windows Server 2003)
Mouse Optimization Utility
The HPONCFG (HP ONline ConFiGuration) utility is a Windows 32-bit console application that (among other things) automates the configuration of the optimum mouse settings via its "/mouse" option. Click here to download this utility.