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- vMedia enables remote attachment of a USB read-only CD or DVD storage device, or ISO file image, including support for bootable media. - Use vMedia to easily upgrade firmware on npars. - Create an ISO file of a vfat file system with the required files ◦ Start vMedia, present .iso file to npar, boot to EFI, go to the fsX: that corresponds to the vMedia, run e.g. update.nsh and repeat on next partition - For Windows, you can do installs remotely without having to cable up the VGA/USB card to an IP console switch or a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse. • Integrated VGA graphics and USB ports offer flexibility in the datacenter to monitor a system with full KVM functionality from boot, to desktop, to shutdown. • Easily accessed through the iLO 2 web GUI. Additional Lights-Out Advanced KVM card Information HP Lights-Out Advanced KVM Card for sx2000 Servers White Paper on the HP website at: http://docs.hp.com/en/AD307-90001/AD307-90001.pdf You can read about the Lights-Out Advanced KVM card on the HP website at: http://www.hp.com/go/integrityilo You can read the Quick Specs on the HP website at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12602_na/12602_na.HTML You can read an example of ordering and configuration information on the HP website at: http://ccesalewspr02.cce.hp.com/docfiles/V7%20Content/KGNew/6158816/c00430232.pdf Lights-Out Advanced KVM card Requirements This section addresses the following Lights-Out Advanced KVM card requirements and conditions: • You need Java on the browser system to use vMedia. • You need Internet Explorer Active-X controls to use the IRC. • Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (minimum) is required for the IRC. • You need to be running Internet Explorer (with Active-X) on the browser system to use the IRC. Currently, IRC only supports partitions running Windows. • You can only launch one vMedia per complex. For example, if you have vMedia running for nPar1, you cannot run vMedia for nPar2. • A network link to the partition's Lights-Out Advanced KVM card is required to launch vMedia. If there is no network link, the following message displays Status: vMedia is in use or unavailable. • Vista client systems are not currently supported. You can still run your SSH and Telnet sessions to the MP for VFP, character console, and streaming live system event logs. Table 5-1 lists the supported system configurations for the Lights-Out Advanced KVM card at the time this document was written. For the most recent product specifications, see www.hp.com/go/integrityilo. 58 Adding Advanced Features

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vMedia enables remote attachment of a USB read-only CD or DVD storage device, or
ISO file image, including support for bootable media.
—
Use vMedia to easily upgrade firmware on npars.
—
Create an ISO file of a
vfat
file system with the required files
◦
Start vMedia, present .iso file to npar, boot to EFI, go to the fsX: that corresponds
to the vMedia, run e.g.
update.nsh
and repeat on next partition
—
For Windows, you can do installs remotely without having to cable up the VGA/USB
card to an IP console switch or a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
•
Integrated VGA graphics and USB ports offer flexibility in the datacenter to monitor a system
with full KVM functionality from boot, to desktop, to shutdown.
•
Easily accessed through the iLO 2 web GUI.
Additional Lights-Out Advanced KVM card Information
HP Lights-Out Advanced KVM Card for sx2000 Servers White Paper on the HP website at:
You can read about the Lights-Out Advanced KVM card on the HP website at:
http://www
.hp.com/go/integrityilo
You can read the Quick Specs on the HP website at:
You can read an example of ordering and configuration information on the HP website at:
Lights-Out Advanced KVM card Requirements
This section addresses the following Lights-Out Advanced KVM card requirements and conditions:
•
You need Java on the browser system to use vMedia.
•
You need Internet Explorer Active-X controls to use the IRC.
•
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (minimum) is required for the IRC.
•
You need to be running Internet Explorer (with Active-X) on the browser system to use the
IRC. Currently, IRC only supports partitions running Windows.
•
You can only launch one vMedia per complex. For example, if you have vMedia running
for nPar1, you cannot run vMedia for nPar2.
•
A network link to the partition's Lights-Out Advanced KVM card is required to launch
vMedia. If there is no network link, the following message displays
Status: vMedia is
in use or unavailable
.
•
Vista client systems are not currently supported. You can still run your SSH and Telnet
sessions to the MP for VFP, character console, and streaming live system event logs.
Table 5-1
lists the supported system configurations for the Lights-Out Advanced KVM card at
the time this document was written. For the most recent product specifications, see
www.hp.com/go/integrityilo
.
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Adding Advanced Features