HP Integrity BL870c HP Integrity iLO 2 Operations Guide, Eleventh Edition - Page 128
Virtual Media CD/DVD Operating System, Creating the iLO 2 Disk Image Files, Windows Server 2003
View all HP Integrity BL870c manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 128 highlights
5. Click Connect. The connected drive icon and LED changes states to reflect the current status of the virtual CD/DVD. Figure 8-14 Virtual Media Dialog Box (after connection) After you are connected, virtual devices are available to the host server until you close the vMedia applet or sign out from a web session. When you are finished using the virtual CD/DVD, disconnect the device from the host server or close the applet. NOTE: The vMedia applet must remain open when using a vMedia device. Virtual Media CD/DVD Operating System You can view the list of supported operating systems on the HP website at http://www.hp.com/ go/integrityilo. vMedia CD/DVD operating systems information is listed as follows: • Currently, EFI console only supports El Torito bootable CD format media. • Windows Server 2003: The virtual CD/DVD displays automatically after Windows has recognized the mounting of the USB device. Use it as you would a locally attached CD/DVD device. • Linux On servers with a locally attached IDE CD/DVD, the virtual CD/DVD device is accessible at /dev/cdrom1. However, on servers without a locally attached CD/DVD (such as the HP Integrity server blades) the virtual CD/DVD is the first CD/DVD accessible at/dev/cdrom. The virtual CD/DVD can be mounted as a normal CD/DVD device using: mount /mnt/cdrom1. • HP-UX 11.23 To recognize the hardware path and special files, run the ioscan -kfnC disk command. To mount the virtual CD/DVD/image file on a directory, use the # mount / command. • OpenVMS Creating the iLO 2 Disk Image Files The iLO 2 vMedia feature enables you to create CD and DVD image files within the same applet. The image files created are ISO-9660 file system images and El Torito bootable CD images. The 128 Using iLO 2