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AftertheservercompletesPOST,theserversystemROMtransferscontroltotheoperatingsystem bootloader.IfyouareusingLinux,youcanconfiguretheoperatingsystembootloadertointeract withtheserverserialportinsteadofthekeyboard,mouse,andVGAconsole.Thisconfiguration enablesyoutoviewandinteractwiththeoperatingsystembootsequencethroughtheRemote Serialconsole.ForanexampleofaLinuxoperatingsystembootloader,see“Linuxconfiguration example”(page101). Aftertheoperatingsystembootloadercompletes,theoperatingsystemcontinuestoload.Ifyou areusingaLinuxoperatingsystem,youcanconfiguretheoperatingsystemtoprovidealogin sessiontothesystemthroughtheserialport,enablingtheRemoteSerialConsoletopromptyou forthesystemuserloginIDandpassword.Usingthisconfigurationenablesyoutointeractwith theoperatingsystemasanoperatingsystemuserorasasystemadministrator. AlthoughadditionalconfigurationstepsarerequiredtouseRemoteSerialConsole(ascompared tousingtheremoteconsoleorIRC),theRemoteSerialConsoleallowsTelnetorSSHuserstointeract withtheserverremotelyandwithoutrequiringaniLO2Advancedlicenseandistheonlywaya truetext-basedremoteconsoleispresentedbyiLO2. Linuxconfigurationexample Thebootloaderistheapplicationthatloadsfromthebootabledevicewhentheserversystem ROMfinishesPOST.ForLinuxoperatingsystems,thebootloaderthatisusuallyusedisGRUB.To configureGRUBtousetheRemoteSerialConsole,modifytheGRUBconfigurationfiletolooklike thefollowing(RedHatLinux7.2sampleshown): serial -unit=0 -speed=115200terminal -timeout=10 serial consoledefault=0timeout=10#splashimage=(hd0,2) /grub/splash.zpm.gztitle Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-4smp)root (hd0,2)kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-4smp ro root=/dev/sda9 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200initrd /initrd-2.4.18-rsmp.img AfterLinuxisfullybooted,aloginconsolecanberedirectedtotheserialport.The/dev/ttyS0 and/dev/ttyS1devices,ifconfigured,enableyoutoobtainserialttysessionsthroughthe RemoteSerialConsole.Tobeginashellsessiononaconfiguredserialport,addthefollowingline tothe/etc/inittabfiletostarttheloginprocessautomaticallyduringsystemboot(thisexample invokestheloginconsoleon/dev/ttyS0): Sx:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 115200 ttyS0 vt100 FormoreinformationaboutconfiguringLinuxforusewiththeRemoteSerialConsole,seethe technicalpublicationIntegratedLights-OutVirtualSerialPortconfigurationandoperationHOWTO ontheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/servers/lights-out. VirtualSerialPortenhancements iLO2firmware1.35implementsadynamicflagthatinstantlyinformstheserversystemROMof aniLO2RemoteSerialConsoleconnection.AfterthesystemROMPOSTcoderecognizesthe RemoteSerialConsoleconnection,thesystembeginsredirectingtheconsoleinputandoutputto theserverserialportandtheRemoteSerialConsole.YoucanestablishaRemoteSerialConsole sessionatanytimebeforeorduringthesystemPOSTsequence,andyoucanviewandmodify thePOST.AfterdisconnectingtheRemoteSerialConsolesession,theiLO2firmwareresetsthe dynamicflagtoinformtheserversystemROMthatthesessionisnolongeractive.Then,theserver systemROMcancelstheredirectiontotheserverserialport. ThesystemROMRBSUsetupmustbeconfiguredtouseiLO2VirtualSerialPortforthisenhancement tobeoperational.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRemoteSerialConsole”(page100). iLO2RemoteConsole101
WindowsEMSConsole TheWindowsEMSConsole,ifenabled,providestheabilitytoperformEmergencyManagement Servicesincaseswherevideo,devicedrivers,orotheroperatingsystemfeatureshaveprevented normaloperationandnormalcorrectiveactionsfrombeingperformed. iLO2,however,enablesyoutouseEMSoverthenetworkthroughaWebbrowser.MicrosoftEMS enablesyoutodisplayrunningprocesses,changethepriorityofprocesses,andhaltprocesses. TheEMSconsoleandtheiLO2RemoteConsolecanbeusedatthesametime. TheWindowsEMSserialportmustbeenabledthroughthehostsystemRBSU.Theconfiguration allowsfortheenablingordisablingoftheEMSport,andtheselectionoftheCOMport.TheiLO 2systemautomaticallydetectswhethertheEMSportisenabledordisabled,andtheselectionof theCOMport. ToobtaintheSAC>prompt,enteringEntermightberequiredafterconnectingthroughtheVirtual SerialPortconsole. FormoreinformationonusingtheEMSfeatures,seetheWindowsServer2003documentation. Virtualserialportrawmode YoucanusethevirtualserialportcapabilityofiLO2toconnectaWindowsKernelDebugger fromaremoteclientusingWiLODbg.exe.WiLODbg.exebypassesthedecodingofbytesbythe iLO2firmware.Afterbypassingthedecodingofbytes,thevirtualserialportisinRAWmode (unprocessed)andsentdirectlytotheserialport. TheWiLODbg.exeutilityisexecutedonaclientsystemwiththeMicrosoftapplicationWinDBG.exe orKD.exeinstalled.WhenyouexecuteWiLODbg.exe,itestablishesavirtualserialportconnection toiLO2andenablesRAWmode.WiLODbg.exealsoautomaticallylaunchesWinDBG.exewith theappropriateswitchesnecessaryforWinDBG.exetoconnecttotheremoteiLO2device. Toconfiguretheserver,youmustconfiguretheSystemRBSU: 1.Toenableavirtualserialport,assignVirtualSerialPortaCOMportfromtheSystemOptions menu. 2.SetBIOSSerialConsolePortandEMSConsoletoDisable,orsetittothesameportasan embeddedserialport. 3.SettheMicrosoftWindowsdebugporttothesameportasthevirtualserialport.Youcanuse thebootcfgcommandormodifytheboot.inifile. Exampleusingthebootcfgcommand: AtthecommandpromptonaWindowsserver,issuethefollowingcommand: Bootcfg /debug on /port com2 /baud 115200 /id 1 Exampleofamodifiedboot.inifile: [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Debug (com2)" /fastdetect /debug /debugport=com2 /baudrate=115200 Iftheserverisconfiguredtobootintodebugmode,andanormalvirtualserialportconnection isestablishedwhiletheserverisbooting,severalbytesofdebugdataaresenttothevirtual serialportclient.Toavoidthis,donotboottheserverintodebugmodewhileanormalvirtual serialportconnectionisinuse. 102UsingiLO2
SerialPortConfigurationdisplaysserverconfigurationinformation,availableserialports,and virtualserialportstatus.Statusappearsas: •Available–Thevirtualserialportisnotinuse •Inuse–Normalmodewhenthevirtualserialportisconnectednormally •Inuse–RawmodewhentheWiLODbg.exeutilityisusedtoconnect Whenthevirtualserialportisinuse,theDisconnectbuttonisenabledandcanbeusedtoterminate anytypeofvirtualserialportconnection.UsingtheDisconnectfeaturestoterminateavirtualserial portconnectionthatwasestablishedusingSSHcompletelydisconnectstheSSHconnectionand doesnotreturntothehpiLO->prompt.Asimilardisconnectoccursifthevirtualserialport connectionisestablishedusingTelnet.Ifaremoteserialconnectionappletisusedtomakethe connectionfromabrowser,theappletisdisconnected.Theappletwindowmustbeclosedand reopenedtoreestablishtheremoteserialconnection. UsingaremoteWindowsKernelDebugger TostartaWindowsKernelDebugger,youmustlaunchtheWiLODbg.exeutilityonaclientsystem thathasMicrosoftWinDBG.exeorKD.exeinstalled,andthenreboottheremoteserverintodebug modetoattachthedebugger.WiLODbgautomaticallylaunchesWinDBG.exeorKD.exe.For example: WiLODbg [ -c CommandLine][ -e][ -k][ -p Password][ -s SocketNumber][ -t][ -u Username]If a parameter has whitespace in it, enclose it in quotes. RequiredParameters: IP Address = istheIPAddressindotformatorfullUNCname.isa seriesofcharacters.Requiredparametersmustoccurintheordershownintheexample. OptionalParameters: •-c CommandLine = Providesadditionalcommandlineparameterstothe selecteddebugger.Ifthereareembeddedspacesordashes(-)enclosetheminquotation marks.=Aseriesofcharacters. •-e = Turnsonencryptionforthecommunicationslink.Encryptiononlyworks withtheTelnetoptioninthisversion.Defaultisdisabled. •-k = UseKDinsteadofWinDbg.DefaultistouseWinDbg. •-p Password = SetsthePasswordtouseforiLO2login.Ifnotprovided, passwordisrequested.Isaseriesofcharacters. •-s SocketNumber = SetsthesocketnumberforconnectiontoiLO2. SocketNumbermustmatchtheRawSerialDataPortsettingontheiLO2youareconnecting to.Socket3002isthedefault. = [sign]digits. •-t = UsesaTelnetconnectionindirectlythroughthisutilityfromthedebugger. Socketconnectiontosocket3002isthedefaultsetting. •-u Username = SetstheUsernameforiLO2login.Ifnotprovidedusername isrequested.isaseriesofcharacters.Optionscanoccurinanyorder. Examplecommandlines: •ToconnecttoiLO2at16.100.226.57,validatetheuserwiththeusernameofadminwith thepasswordmypass,andstartWinDBG.exewiththeadditionalcommandline: wilodbg 16.100.226.57 -c "-b" -u admin -p mypass iLO2RemoteConsole103
ThisexamplestartsWinDBG.exewithanadditionalcommandlineof-bandusesadirect socketconnectionfromWinDBG.exetoiLO2onport3002. •ToconnecttoiLO2at16.100.226.57andvalidatetheiLO2userwiththeusernameof adminandpasswordmypass,andstartkdwithanadditionalcommandlineforkdof-b: wilodbg 16.100.226.57 -k -c "-b" -u admin -p mypass -s 7734 Thisexamplestartskdwithanadditionalcommandlineforkdof-b,andusesadirectsocket connectionfromkd toiLO2onport7734.Tousethisexample,youmustconfigureiLO2 touseport7734. •ToconnecttoiLO2at16.100.226.57andrequestausernameandpassword: wilodbg 16.100.226.57 -c "-b" -t -e ThisexamplestartsWinDBG.exewithanadditionalcommandlineof-bandusesanencrypted TelnetconnectionfromWiLODbgtoiLO2andpassesWinDBG.exedatathroughtheutility totheTelnetencryptedconnection. Virtualmedia VirtualMediaisalicensedfeature,ifVirtualMediaisnotlicensed,themessageiLO 2 feature not licensedappears.Formoreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26).TheabilitytouseiLO 2VirtualMediaisgrantedorrestrictedthroughiLO2userprivileges.YoumusthavetheVirtual Mediaprivilegetoselectavirtualmediadeviceandconnectittothehostserver. TheiLO2VirtualMediaoptionprovidesyouwithaVirtualFloppydiskdriveandCD/DVD-ROM drive,whichcandirectaremotehostservertobootandusestandardmediafromanywhereon thenetwork.VirtualMediadevicesareavailablewhenthehostsystemisbooting.iLO2Virtual mediadevicesconnecttothehostserverusingUSBtechnology.USBenablesnewcapabilitiesfor theiLO2VirtualMediadeviceswhenconnectedtoUSB-supportedoperatingsystems.Different operatingsystemsprovidevariouslevelsofUSBsupport. •IftheVirtualFloppycapabilityisenabled,thefloppydrivenormallycannotbeaccessedfrom theclientoperatingsystem. •IftheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMcapabilityisenabled,theCD/DVD-ROMdrivecannotbeaccessed fromtheclientoperatingsystem. CAUTION:Topreventfileanddatacorruption,donotaccessthelocalmediawhenusing localmediaasvirtualmedia. Youcanaccessvirtualmediaonahostserverfromaclientthroughagraphicalinterfaceusinga JavaappletandthroughascriptedinterfaceusinganXMLengine.TheVirtualMediaappletdoes nottimeoutwhenVirtualMediaisconnectedtothehostserver.TheVirtualMediaappletclosesif theuserlogsout. ToaccessiLO2VirtualMediadevicesusingthebrowser-basedinterface,clickVirtualMedia>Virtual MediaApplet.AnappletloadsinsupportoftheVirtualFloppyorVirtualCD/DVD-ROMdevice. YoucanalsoaccessvirtualmediathroughtheIntegratedRemoteConsole.TheIntegratedRemote ConsoleenablesyoutoaccessthesystemKVMandcontrolVirtualPowerandVirtualMediafrom asingleconsoleunderMicrosoftInternetExplorer.FormoreinformationonaccessingVirtualPower andVirtualMediausingtheIntegratedRemoteConsole,see“IntegratedRemoteConsoleoption” (page85). UsingiLO2VirtualMediadevices Youcanaccessvirtualmediaonahostserverfromaclientthroughagraphicalinterfaceusinga JavaappletandthroughascriptinterfaceusinganXMLengine. 104UsingiLO2
ToaccessiLO2VirtualMediadevicesusingthegraphicalinterface,selectVirtualMediaonthe VirtualDevicestab.AnappletloadsinsupportoftheVirtualFloppyorVirtualCD/DVD-ROM device. VirtualMediaandWindows7 Bydefault,Windows7powersofftheILOvirtualhubwhennovirtualmediadevicesareenabled orconnectedduringboot.Topreventthisissue,manuallyoverridethepowermanagementfeature intheWindows7throughtheControlPanelsothevirtualhubdoesnotpowerdown. 1.OpenDeviceManager. 2.ClickView. 3.Fromthemenu,selectDevicesbyconnection. 4.TodisplaytheUSBdevicesincludingtheGenericUSBHub,selectandexpandStandard UniversalPCItoUSBHostController.TheGenericUSBHuboptionistheILO2virtualUSB hubcontroller. 5.Right-clickGenericUSBHubandselectProperties. 6.SelectthePowerManagementtab. 7.CleartheAllowthecomputertoturnoffthisdevicetosavepowercheckbox. iLO2VirtualFloppy/USBKey TheiLO2VirtualFloppydiskisavailableatserverboottimeforalloperatingsystems.Booting fromtheiLO2VirtualFloppyenablesyoutoupgradethehostsystemROM,deployanoperating systemfromnetworkdrives,andperformdisasterrecoveryoffailedoperatingsystems,among othertasks. IfthehostserveroperatingsystemsupportsUSBmassstoragedevicesorsecuredigitaldevices, thentheiLO2VirtualFloppy/USBKeyisalsoavailableafterthehostserveroperatingsystemloads. YoucanusetheiLO2VirtualFloppy/USBKeywhenthehostserveroperatingsystemisrunning toupgradedevicedrivers,createanemergencyrepairdiskette,andperformothertasks.Having theVirtualFloppyavailablewhentheserverisrunningcanbeespeciallyusefulifyoumustdiagnose andrepairaissuewiththeNICdriver. TheVirtualFloppy/USBKeydevicecanbethephysicalfloppy,USBkey,orsecuredigitaldriveon whichyouarerunningthewebbrowser,oranimagefilestoredonyourlocalharddriveornetwork drive.Formaximumperformance,HPrecommendsusingthelocalimagefilesstoredeitheronthe harddriveofyourclientPCoronanetworkdriveaccessiblethroughahigh-speednetworklink. TouseaphysicalfloppyorUSBkeydriveinyourclientPC: 1.FromtheVirtualFloppy/USBKeysection,selectLocalMediaDrive. 2.Fromthemenu,selectthedriveletterofthedesiredlocalfloppyorUSBkeydriveonyour clientPC.Toensurethesourcedisketteorimagefileisnotmodifiedduringuse,selectthe Forceread-onlyaccessoption. 3.ClickConnect. TheconnecteddriveiconandLEDchangesstatetoreflectthecurrentstatusoftheVirtualFloppy Drive. Virtualmedia105
Touseanimagefile: 1.FromtheVirtualFloppy/USBKeysectionoftheVirtualMediaapplet,selectLocalImageFile . 2.TolocatetheimagefileusingtheChooseDiskImageFiledialogbox,enterthepathorfile nameoftheimageinthetext-box,orclickBrowse.Toensurethesourcedisketteorimagefile isnotmodifiedduringuse,selecttheForceread-onlyaccessoption. 3.ClickConnect. TheconnecteddriveiconandLEDwillchangestatetoreflectthecurrentstatusoftheVirtualFloppy, USBkeydrive,orsecuredigitaldevice.Whenconnected,thedevicesareavailabletothehost serveruntilyouclosetheVirtualMediaapplet.Whenyouarefinished,youcaneitherselectto disconnectthedevicefromthehostserverorclosetheapplet. NOTE:TheVirtualMediaappletmustremainopeninyourbrowseraslongasyoucontinueto useaVirtualMediaDevice. TheiLO2VirtualFloppy/USBKeyisavailabletothehostserveratruntimeiftheoperatingsystem onthehostserversupportsUSBfloppyorkeydrives.Forinformationonwhichoperatingsystems supportUSBmassstorageatthetimeofthepublicationofthismanual,see“Operatingsystem USBsupport”(page107). Toyouroperatingsystem,iLO2VirtualFloppy/USBKeyappearsjustlikeanyotherdrive.When usingiLO2forthefirsttime,thehostoperatingsystemmightpromptyoutocompleteaNew HardwareFoundwizard. WhenyouarefinishedusingiLO2VirtualMediaanddisconnectit,youmightreceiveawarning messagefromthehostoperatingsystemregardingunsaferemovalofadevice.Thiswarningcan beavoidedbyusingtheoperatingsystem-providedfeaturetostopthedevicebeforedisconnecting itfromtheVirtualMedia. VirtualFloppy/USBKeyoperatingsystemsnotes •MS-DOS DuringbootandMS-DOSsessions,theVirtualFloppydeviceappearsasastandardBIOS floppydrive.ThisdeviceappearsasdriveA.Ifaphysicallyattachedfloppydriveexists,is 106UsingiLO2
obscuredandunavailableduringthistime.Youcannotuseaphysicallocalfloppydriveand theVirtualFloppysimultaneously. •WindowsServer2008orlaterandWindowsServer2003 VirtualFloppyandUSBkeydrivesappearautomaticallyafterMicrosoftWindowshas recognizedthemountingoftheUSBdevice.Useitasyouwouldalocallyattacheddevice. TouseVirtualFloppyduringaWindowsinstallationasadriverdiskette,disabletheintegrated diskettedriveinthehostRBSUwhichforcestheVirtualFloppytoappearasdriveA. TouseVirtualUSBKeyduringaWindowsinstallationasadriverdiskette,changetheboot orderoftheUSBkeydriveinthesystemRBSU.HPrecommendsplacingtheUSBkeydrive firstinthebootorder. •WindowsVista VirtualmediadoesnotworkcorrectlyonWindowsVistausingInternetExplorer7withProtected Modeenabled.IfyouattempttousevirtualmediawithProtectedModeenabled,variouserror messagesappear,includingcould not open cdrom (the parameter is incorrect. Tousevirtualmedia,clickTools/InternetOptions/Security,clearEnableProtectedMode,then clickApply.AfterdisablingProtectedMode,youmustcloseallopenbrowserinstancesand restartthebrowser. •NetWare6.5 NetWare6.5supportstheuseofUSBdisketteandkeydrives.Forstep-by-stepinstructions, see“MountingUSBVirtualFloppy/USBKeyinNetWare6.5”(page107). •RedHatandSUSELinux LinuxsupportstheuseofUSBdisketteandkeydrives.Forstep-by-stepinstructions,see “MountingUSBVirtualMedia/USBKeyinLinux”(page108). OperatingsystemUSBsupport TousevirtualmediadevicesyouroperatingsystemmusthavesupportforUSBdevices.Your operatingsystemmustalsosupportUSBmassstoragedevices.Currently,WindowsServer2008, Windows2003,RedHatEnterpriseLinux3,RedHatEnterpriseLinux4,RedHatEnterpriseLinux 5,SUSESLES9,andSUSESLES10supportUSBdevices.Otheroperatingsystemscanalsosupport USBmassstoragedevices. Duringsystemboot,theROMBIOSwillprovidetheUSBsupportuntiltheoperatingsystemloads. SinceMS-DOSusestheBIOStocommunicatewithstoragedevices,utilitydiskettesthatbootDOS willalsofunctionwithvirtualmedia. NOTE:RedHatEnterpriseLinux3doesnotallowyoutoprovideadriverdisketteusingvirtual media. MountingUSBVirtualFloppy/USBKeyinNetWare6.5 1.AccessiLO2throughabrowser. 2.SelectVirtualMediaintheVirtualDevicestab. 3.Insertthemediaintothelocalfloppydrive,selectadiskettedrive,andclickConnect. Alternatively,selectadisketteimagetobeusedandclickConnect. InNetWare6.5,usethelfvmountcommandontheserverconsoletoassignthedeviceadrive letter. TheNetWare6.5operatingsystemwillpickthefirstavailabledriveletterfortheVirtualFloppy drive.Thevolumescommandcannowbeusedbytheserverconsoletoshowthemountstatus ofthisnewdrive. Virtualmedia107
Whenthedrivelettershowsasmounted,thedrivewillnowbeaccessiblethroughtheserverGUI aswellasthesystemconsole. WhentheVirtualFloppyDriveismounted,ifthemediaischangedinthelocalfloppydrive,you mustreissuethelfvmount commandontheserverconsoletoseethenewmediaintheNetWare 6.5operatingsystem. MountingUSBVirtualMedia/USBKeyinLinux 1.AccessiLO2throughabrowser. 2.SelectVirtualMediaintheVirtualDevicestab. 3.Selectadiskettedriveordisketteimage. a.Forafloppydriveorimage,selectaLocalMediaDriveorLocalImageFileandclick Connect. b.ForaUSBkeydriveorimage,selectaLocalImageFileandclickConnect. ForaphysicalUSBkeydrive,enter/dev/sdaintheLocalImageFiletextbox. 4.LoadtheUSBdrivers,usingthefollowingcommands: modprobe usbcore modprobe usb-storage modprobe usb-ohci 5.LoadtheSCSIdiskdriver,usingthefollowingcommand: modprobe sd_mod 6.Mountthedrive. •Tomountthediskettedrive,usethefollowingcommand: mount /dev/sda /mnt/floppy -t vfat •TomounttheUSBkeydrive,usethefollowingcommand: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/keydrive NOTE:Usetheman mountcommandforadditionalfilesystemtypes. ThefloppyandkeydrivecanbeusedasaLinuxfilesystem,ifformattedassuch,withthemount command.However,1.44-Mbdiskettesareusuallyaccessedutilizingthemtoolsutilitiesdistributed withbothRedHatandSLES.ThedefaultmtoolsconfigurationdoesnotrecognizeaUSB-connected floppy.ToenablethevariousmcommandstoaccesstheVirtualFloppydevice,modifytheexisting /etc/mtools.conffileandaddthefollowingline: drive v: file="/dev/sda" exclusive ToenablethevariousmtoolscommandstoaccesstheVirtualUSBKeydevice,modifytheexisting /etc/mtools.conffileandaddthefollowingline: drive v: file="/dev/sda1" exclusive TolisttheVirtualUSBKeydevicepartitiontabletofindthedesiredpartition,usethefollowing command: fdisk -l /dev/sda ThismodificationenablesthemtoolssuitetoaccesstheVirtualFloppyasv.Forexample: mcopy /tmp/XXX.dat v: mdir v: mcopy v:foo.dat /tmp/XXX 108UsingiLO2
Changingdiskettes WhenusingtheiLO2VirtualFloppyorUSBkeydrive,andthephysicaldiskettedriveontheclient machineisaUSBdiskettedrive,diskchangeoperationswillnotberecognized.Forexample,in thisconfiguration,ifadirectorylistingisobtainedfromafloppydisketteandthedisketteischanged, asubsequentdirectorylistingwillshowthelistingforthefirstdiskette.Ifdiskchangesarenecessary whenusingiLO2VirtualFloppy/USBKey,besuretheclientmachinecontainsanon-USBdiskette drive. iLO2VirtualCD/DVD-ROM TheiLO2VirtualCD/DVD-ROMisavailableatserverboottimeforoperatingsystemsspecified in“OperatingsystemUSBsupport”(page107).BootingfromtheiLO2VirtualCD/DVD-ROM enablesyoutodeployanoperatingsystemfromnetworkdrivesandperformdisasterrecoveryof failedoperatingsystems,amongothertasks. IfthehostserveroperatingsystemsupportsUSBmassstoragedevices,thentheiLO2Virtual CD/DVD-ROMisalsoavailableafterthehostserveroperatingsystemloads.YoucanusetheiLO 2VirtualCD/DVD-ROMwhenthehostserveroperatingsystemisrunningtoupgradedevicedrivers, installsoftware,andperformothertasks.HavingtheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMavailablewhenthe serverisrunningcanbeespeciallyusefulifyoumustdiagnoseandrepairanissuewiththeNIC driver. TheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMcanbethephysicalCD/DVD-ROMdriveonwhichyouarerunningthe Webbrowser,oranimagefilestoredonyourlocalharddriveornetworkdrive. NOTE:Forbestperformanceuseimagefiles.HPrecommendsusinglocalimagefilesstored eitherontheharddriveofyourclientPCoronanetworkdriveaccessiblethroughahigh-speed networklink. TouseaphysicalCD/DVD-ROMdriveinyourclientPC: 1.SelectLocalMediaDrivewithintheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMsection. 2.SelectthedriveletterofthedesiredphysicalCD/DVD-ROMdriveonyourclientPCfromthe dropdownmenu. 3.ClickConnect. Touseanimagefile: Virtualmedia109
1.SelectLocalImageFilewithintheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMsectionoftheVirtualMediaapplet. 2.EnterthepathorfilenameoftheimageinthetextboxorclickBrowsetolocatetheimage fileusingtheChooseDiskImageFiledialog. 3.ClickConnect. TheconnecteddriveiconandLEDwillchangestatetoreflectthecurrentstatusoftheVirtual CD/DVD-ROM.Whenconnected,virtualdevicesareavailabletothehostserveruntilyouclose theVirtualMediaapplet.WhenyouarefinishedusingtheVirtualCD/DVD-ROM,youcanchoose todisconnectthedevicefromthehostserverorclosetheapplet.TheVirtualMediaappletmust remainopenwhenusingaVirtualMediaDevice. TheiLO2VirtualMediaCD/DVD-ROMisavailabletothehostserveratruntimeiftheoperating systemonthehostserversupportsUSBfloppydrives.Formoreinformation,see“Operatingsystem USBsupport”(page107). TheiLO2VirtualMediaCD/DVD-ROMappearstoyouroperatingsystemjustlikeanyother CD/DVD-ROM.WhenusingiLO2forthefirsttime,thehostoperatingsystemmightpromptyou tocompleteaNewHardwareFoundwizard. WhenyouarefinishedusingiLO2virtualmediaanddisconnectit,youmightreceiveawarning messagefromthehostoperatingsystemregardingunsaferemovalofadevice.Thiswarningcan beavoidedbyusingtheoperatingsystem-providedfeaturetostopthedevicebeforedisconnecting itfromtheVirtualMedia. VirtualMediaCD/DVD-ROMoperatingsystemnotes •MS-DOS ThevirtualCD/DVD-ROMisnotsupportedinMS-DOS. •WindowsServer2008andWindowsServer2003 ThevirtualCD/DVD-ROMdisplaysautomaticallyafterWindowshasrecognizedthemounting oftheUSBdevice.UseitasyouwouldalocallyattachedCD/DVD-ROMdevice. •Linux RedHatLinux OnserverswithalocallyattachedIDECD/DVD-ROM,thevirtualCD/DVD-ROMdevice isaccessibleat/dev/cdrom1.However,onserverswithoutalocallyattached ◦ CD/DVD-ROM,suchastheBL-classbladesystems,thevirtualCD/DVD-ROMisthefirst CD/DVD-ROMaccessibleat/dev/cdrom. ThevirtualCD/DVD-ROMcanbemountedasanormalCD/DVD-ROMdeviceusing: mount /mnt/cdrom1 ◦SLES9 TheSLES9operatingsystemplacesUSB-connectedCD/DVD-ROMsinadifferentlocation andthevirtualCD/DVD-ROMcanbefoundat/dev/scd0,unlessthereisalreadya USB-connectedlocalCD/DVD-ROM,inwhichcase,itwouldbe/dev/scd1. ThevirtualCD/DVD-ROMcanbemountedasanormalCD/DVD-ROMdeviceusing: mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom11 Forstep-by-stepinstructions,see“MountingUSBVirtualMediaCD/DVD-ROMinLinux”(page 110). MountingUSBVirtualMediaCD/DVD-ROMinLinux 1.AccessiLO2throughabrowser. 2.SelectVirtualMediaintheVirtualDevicestab. 110UsingiLO2