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							•Whenvirtualdevicesareconnected,theyareavailabletothehostserveruntilyoudisconnect
them.WhenyouarefinishedusingaVirtualMediadeviceandyoudisconnectit,youmight
receiveawarningmessagefromthehostoperatingsystemregardingunsaferemovalofa
device.Youcanavoidthiswarningbyusingtheoperatingsystemfeaturetostopthedevice
beforedisconnectingit.
•TheiLOVirtualFloppy/USBkeyorVirtualCD/DVD-ROMisavailableatserverboottimefor
supportedoperatingsystems.BootingfromaniLOVirtualFloppy/USBkeyorVirtual
CD/DVD-ROMenablesyoutoperformtaskssuchasdeployinganoperatingsystemfrom
networkdrivesandperformingdisasterrecoveryoffailedoperatingsystems.
•IfthehostserveroperatingsystemsupportsUSBmassstoragedevicesorsecuredigitaldevices,
theiLOVirtualFloppy/USBkeyisavailableafterthehostserveroperatingsystemloads.
◦YoucanusetheiLOVirtualFloppy/USBkeywhenthehostserveroperatingsystemis
runningtoupgradedevicedrivers,createanemergencyrepairdisk,andperformother
tasks.
◦HavingtheiLOVirtualFloppy/USBkeyavailablewhentheserverisrunningcanbeuseful
ifyoumustdiagnoseandrepairtheNICdriver.
◦TheiLOVirtualFloppy/USBkeycanbethephysicalfloppydisk,USBkey,orsecure
digitaldriveonwhichthewebbrowserisrunning,oranimagefilestoredonyourlocal
harddriveornetworkdrive.
◦Foroptimalperformance,HPrecommendsusingimagefilesstoredontheharddriveof
yourclientPCoronanetworkdriveaccessiblethroughahigh-speednetworklink.
•IfthehostserveroperatingsystemsupportsUSBmassstoragedevices,theiLOVirtual
CD/DVD-ROMisavailableafterthehostserveroperatingsystemloads.
◦YoucanusetheiLOVirtualCD/DVD-ROMwhenthehostserveroperatingsystemis
runningtoupgradedevicedrivers,installsoftware,andperformothertasks.
◦HavingtheiLOVirtualCD/DVD-ROMavailablewhentheserverisrunningcanbeuseful
ifyoumustdiagnoseandrepairtheNICdriver.
◦TheiLOVirtualCD/DVD-ROMcanbethephysicalCD/DVD-ROMdriveonwhichthe
webbrowserisrunning,oranimagefilestoredonyourlocalharddriveornetwork
drive.
◦Foroptimalperformance,HPrecommendsusingimagefilesstoredontheharddriveof
yourclientPCoronanetworkdriveaccessiblethroughahigh-speednetworklink.
•Youcanusethe.NETIRCtomountaVirtualFoldertoaccessandcopyfilesbetweenaclient
andamanagedserver.
•BeforeyouusetheiLOVirtualMediafeature,reviewtheoperatingsystemconsiderationsin
“VirtualMediaoperatingsysteminformation”(page133).
•YoucanalsoaccesstheVirtualMediafeatureusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC,XML
configurationandcontrolscripts,ortheSMASHCLP.
•IftheVirtualFloppy/USBkeyorVirtualCD/DVD-ROMcapabilityisenabled,youcannot
typicallyaccessthefloppydriveorCD/DVD-ROMdrivefromtheclientoperatingsystem.
CAUTION:Topreventfileanddatacorruption,donotaccessthelocalmediawhenyou
areusingitasiLOVirtualMedia.
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							VirtualMediaoperatingsysteminformation
ThissectiondescribestheoperatingsystemrequirementstoconsiderwhenyouareusingtheiLO
VirtualMediafeatures.
OperatingsystemUSBrequirement
TouseVirtualMediadevices,youroperatingsystemmustsupportUSBdevices,includingUSB
massstoragedevices.Formoreinformation,seeyouroperatingsystemdocumentation.
Duringsystemboot,theROMBIOSprovidesUSBsupportuntiltheoperatingsystemloads.Because
MS-DOSusestheBIOStocommunicatewithstoragedevices,utilitydiskettesthatbootDOSwill
alsofunctionwithVirtualMedia.
UsingVirtualMediawithWindows7
Bydefault,Windows7powersofftheiLOvirtualhubwhennoVirtualMediadevicesareenabled
orconnectedduringboot.Tochangethissetting,usethefollowingprocedure:
1.OpenDeviceManager.
2.SelectView→Devicesbyconnection.
3.ExpandStandardUniversalPCItoUSBHostControllertodisplaytheUSBdevices,including
theGenericUSBHub.
TheGenericUSBHuboptionistheiLOvirtualUSBhubcontroller.
4.Right-clickGenericUSBHubandselectProperties.
5.ClickthePowerManagementtab.
6.CleartheAllowthecomputertoturnoffthisdevicetosavepowercheckbox.
Operatingsystemconsiderations:VirtualFloppy/USBkey
•BootprocessandDOSsessions—DuringthebootprocessandDOSsessions,thevirtualfloppy
deviceappearsasastandardBIOSfloppydrive(driveA).Ifaphysicallyattachedfloppy
driveexists,itisunavailableatthistime.Youcannotuseaphysicallocalfloppydriveanda
virtualfloppydrivesimultaneously.
•WindowsServer2008orlaterandWindowsServer2003—VirtualFloppy/USBkeydrives
appearautomaticallyafterWindowsrecognizestheUSBdevice.Usethevirtualdeviceas
youwouldusealocallyattacheddevice.
TouseaVirtualFloppyasadriverdisketteduringaWindowsinstallation,disablethe
integrateddiskettedriveinthehostRBSU,whichforcesthevirtualfloppydisktoappearas
driveA.
TouseavirtualUSBkeyasadriverdisketteduringaWindowsinstallation,changetheboot
orderoftheUSBkeydrive.HPrecommendsplacingtheUSBkeydrivefirstinthebootorder.
•WindowsVista—VirtualMediadoesnotworkcorrectlyonWindowsVistaifyouareusing
InternetExplorer7withProtectedModeenabled.IfyouattempttouseVirtualMediawith
ProtectedModeenabled,variouserrormessagesappear.TouseVirtualMedia,select
Tools→InternetOptions→Security,clearEnableProtectedMode,andthenclickApply.After
youdisableProtectedMode,closeallopenbrowserinstancesandrestartthebrowser.
•RedHatandSUSELinux—LinuxsupportstheuseofUSBdisketteandkeydrives.
Changingdiskettes
WhenyouareusingaVirtualFloppy/USBkeyonaclientmachinewithaphysicalUSBdiskdrive,
disk-changeoperationsarenotrecognized.Forexample,ifadirectorylistingisobtainedfroma
floppydisk,andthenthediskischanged,asubsequentdirectorylistingshowsthedirectorylisting
forthefirstdisk.IfdiskchangesarenecessarywhenyouareusingaVirtualFloppy/USBkey,
makesurethattheclientmachinecontainsanon-USBdiskdrive.
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							Operatingsystemconsiderations:VirtualCD/DVD-ROM
•MS-DOS—TheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMisnotsupportedinMS-DOS.
•WindowsServer2008andWindowsServer2003—TheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMappears
automaticallyafterWindowsrecognizesthemountingofthedevice.Useitasyouwoulduse
alocallyattachedCD/DVD-ROMdevice.
•Linux—TherequirementsforRedHatLinuxandSLESfollow:
RedHatLinux
OnserversthathavealocallyattachedIDECD/DVD-ROM,theVirtualCD/DVD-ROM
deviceisaccessibleat/dev/cdrom1.However,onserversthatdonothavealocally
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attachedCD/DVD-ROM,suchasBLc-Classbladesystems,theVirtualCD/DVD-ROMis
thefirstCD/DVD-ROMaccessibleat/dev/cdrom.
YoucanmounttheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMasanormalCD/DVD-ROMdevicebyusing
thefollowingcommand:
mount /mnt/cdrom1
◦SLES
TheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMcanbefoundat/dev/scd0,unlessaUSB-connectedlocal
CD/DVD-ROMispresent.Inthatcase,theVirtualCD/DVD-ROMuses/dev/scd1.
YoucanmounttheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMasanormalCD/DVD-ROMdevicebyusing
thefollowingcommand:
mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom11
Forinstructions,see“MountingaUSBVirtualMediaCD/DVD-ROMonLinuxsystems”
(page134).
MountingaUSBVirtualMediaCD/DVD-ROMonLinuxsystems
1.LogintoiLOthroughthewebinterface.
2.Startthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
3.SelecttheVirtualDrivesmenu.
4.SelecttheCD/DVD-ROMtouse.
5.Mountthedrivebyusingthefollowingcommands:
ForRedHatLinux:
mount /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1
ForSLES:
mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom1
Operatingsystemconsiderations:VirtualFolder
•BootprocessandDOSsessions—TheVirtualFolderdeviceappearsasastandardBIOSfloppy
drive(driveA).Ifaphysicallyattachedfloppydriveexists,itisunavailableatthistime.You
cannotuseaphysicallocalfloppydriveandtheVirtualFoldersimultaneously.
•Windows—AVirtualFolderappearsautomaticallyafterWindowsrecognizesthemounting
ofthevirtualUSBdevice.Youcanusethefolderthesamewaythatyouusealocallyattached
device.VirtualFoldersarenonbootable.AttemptingtobootfromtheVirtualFoldermight
preventtheserverfromstarting.
•RedHatandSLES—LinuxsupportstheuseoftheVirtualFolderfeature,whichusesaFAT16
filesystemformat.
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							UsingiLOVirtualMediafromtheiLOwebinterface
TheVirtualMediapageallowsyoutoperformthefollowingtasks:
•VieworchangetheVirtualMediaport.
YoucanalsochangetheportontheAdministration→AccessSettingspage.
•Vieworejectlocalmedia,includinglocallystoredimagefiles,floppydisks,USBkeys,
CDs/DVD-ROMs,andvirtualfolders.
•View,connect,eject,orbootfromscriptedmedia.Scriptedmediareferstoconnectingimages
hostedonawebserverbyusingaURL.iLOwillacceptURLsinHTTPorHTTPSformat.FTPis
notsupported.
ViewingandmodifyingtheVirtualMediaport
TheVirtualMediaportistheportthatiLOusestolistenforincominglocalVirtualMediaconnections.
Thedefaultvalueis17988.
YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetochangetheVirtualMediaport.
TochangetheVirtualMediaport:
1.NavigatetotheVirtualMedia→VirtualMediapage,asshowninFigure72(page135).
Figure72VirtualMediapage
2.EnteranewportnumberintheVirtualMediaPortbox.
3.ClickChangePort.
ThesystempromptsyoutoresetiLO.
4.ClickOK.
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							Viewingandejectinglocalmedia
WhenlocalVirtualMediaisconnected,thedetailsarelistedinthefollowingsections:
•VirtualFloppy/USBKey/VirtualFolderStatus
ImageInserted—TheVirtualMediatypethatisconnected.Localmediaisdisplayedwhen
localmediaisconnected.
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◦Connected—IndicateswhetheraVirtualMediadeviceisconnected.
•VirtualCD/DVD-ROMStatus
ImageInserted—TheVirtualMediatypethatisconnected.Localmediaisdisplayedwhen
localmediaisconnected.
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◦Connected—IndicateswhetheraVirtualMediadeviceisconnected.
ToejectlocalVirtualMediadevices,clicktheForceEjectMediabuttonintheVirtualFloppy/USB
Key/VirtualFolderStatussectionorVirtualCD/DVD-ROMStatussection.
NOTE:ForbladeserverswithoutaniLOlicensethatgrantsfullVirtualMediaprivileges,you
cannotusetheForceEjectMediaoptionwithavirtualmediaimagethatwasmountedviaURL.In
thiscase,theconnectionismostlikelytheHPBladeSystemOnboardAdministratorDVDDrive.
ThisconnectionmustbedisconnectedthroughtheOnboardAdministrator.AniLOresetwillalso
closetheconnection.
Connectingscriptedmedia
YoucanconnectscriptedmediafromtheVirtualMediapage.Usethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC,
RIBCL/XML,ortheiLOCLItoconnectothertypesofVirtualMedia.Scriptedmediasupportsonly
1.44MBfloppyimages(.img)andCD/DVD-ROMimages(.iso).Theimagemustbelocated
onawebserveronthesamenetworkasiLO.
Toconnectscriptedmedia:
1.NavigatetotheVirtualMedia→VirtualMediapage,asshowninFigure72(page135).
2.EntertheURLforthescriptedmediaintheScriptedMediaURLboxintheConnectVirtual
Floppysection(.imgfiles)ortheConnectCD/DVD-ROMsection(.isofiles).
3.SelecttheBootonNextResetcheckboxiftheservershouldboottothisimageonlyonthe
nextserverreboot.
Theimagewillbeejectedautomaticallyonthesecondserverrebootsothattheserverdoes
notboottothisimagetwice.
Ifthischeckboxisnotselected,theimagewillremainconnecteduntilitismanuallyejected,
andtheserverwillboottoitonallsubsequentserverresets,ifthesystembootoptionsare
configuredaccordingly.
4.ClickInsertMedia.
5.Optional:Toboottotheconnectedimagenow,clickServerResettoinitiateaserverreset.
Viewingandejectingscriptedmedia
WhenscriptedVirtualMediaisconnected,thefollowingdetailsarelistedintheVirtual
Floppy/VirtualFolderStatussectionandVirtualCD/DVD-ROMStatussection:
•ImageInserted—TheVirtualMediatypethatisconnected.Scriptedmediaisdisplayedwhen
scriptedmediaisconnected.
•Connected—IndicateswhetheraVirtualMediadeviceisconnected.
•ImageURL—TheURLthatpointstotheconnectedscriptedmedia.
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							Toejectscriptedmediadevices,clicktheEjectMediabuttonintheVirtualFloppy/VirtualFolder
StatussectionorVirtualCD/DVD-ROMStatussection.
UsingiLOVirtualMediafromtheRemoteConsole
YoucanaccessVirtualMediaonahostserverbyusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC,theiLOweb
interface,XMLconfigurationandcontrolscripts,andtheCLP.Thissectiondescribeshowtouse
theiLOVirtualMediafeaturewiththe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
UsingaVirtualDrive
TheVirtualDrivefeaturesupportstheuseofaphysicalfloppydiskorCD/DVD-ROM,aUSBkey
drive,animagefile,andanimagefilethroughaURL.
UsingaphysicaldriveonaclientPC
1.Startthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.ClicktheVirtualDrivesmenu,andthenselectthedriveletterofafloppydisk,CD/DVD-ROM,
orUSBkeydriveonyourclientPC.
ThevirtualdriveactivityLEDchangestoreflectthecurrentstatusofthefloppydisk,
CD/DVD-ROM,orUSBkeydrive.
NOTE:Whenyouareusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCwithWindowsVistaorWindowsServer
2008orlater,youmusthaveWindowsadministratorrightsinordertomountaphysicaldrive.
Usinganimagefile
1.Startthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.ClicktheVirtualDrivesmenu,andthenselectImageFileRemovableMedia(.imgfiles)or
ImageFileCD-ROM/DVD(.isofiles).
The.NETIRCorJavaIRCpromptsyoutoselectadiskimage.
3.EnterthepathorfilenameoftheimagefileintheFilenametextbox,orbrowsetotheimage
filelocation,andthenclickOpen.
ThevirtualdriveactivityLEDchangestoreflectthecurrentstatusofthevirtualdrive.
UsinganimagefilethroughaURL(IIS/Apache)
Youcanconnectscriptedmediabyusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.Scriptedmediasupportsonly
1.44MBfloppydiskimages(.img)andCD/DVD-ROMimages(.iso).Theimagemustbelocated
onawebserveronthesamenetworkasiLO.
1.Startthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Dependingontheimagetypeyouwilluse,selectVirtualDrives→URLRemovableMedia
(.img)orVirtualDrives→URLCD-ROM/DVD(.iso).
TheImagefileatURLdialogboxopens.
3.EntertheURLfortheimagefilethatyouwanttomountasavirtualdrive,andthenclick
Connect.
ThevirtualdriveactivityLEDchangestoreflectthecurrentstatusofthevirtualdrive.
UsingtheCreateMediaImagefeature(JavaIRConly)
WhenyouuseiLOVirtualMedia,performanceisfastestwhenimagefilesareusedinsteadof
physicaldisks.Youcanuseindustry-standardtoolslikeDDtocreateimagefilesortocopydata
fromadiskimagefiletoaphysicaldisk.YoucanalsousetheiLOJavaIRCtoperformthesetasks.
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							CreatinganiLOdiskimagefile
TheiLOCreateMediaImagefeatureenablesyoutocreatediskimagefilesfromdatainafileor
onaphysicaldisk.
TocreateanISO-9660diskimagefile(.imgor.iso):
1.StarttheJavaIRC.
2.SelectVirtualDrives→CreateDiskImage.
TheCreateMediaImagedialogboxopensasshowninFigure73(page138).
Figure73CreateMediaImagedialogbox
3.VerifythattheDisk>>Imagebuttonisdisplayed.IfthebuttonlabelisImage>>Disk,clickthe
buttontochangeittoDisk>>Image.
4.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouwilluseafile,selecttheMediaFileoption,andthenclickBrowseandnavigateto
thefileyouwanttouse.
•Ifyouwillusephysicalmedia,selectthedriveletterofthefloppydisk,USBkey,or
CD-ROMintheMediaDrivemenu.
5.EnterthepathandfilenamefortheimagefileintheImageFiletextbox.
6.ClickCreate.
TheJavaIRCbeginstheprocessofcreatingtheimagefile.Thefollowingmessageisdisplayed:
Creating image file, please wait...
Whentheimagecreationiscomplete,thefollowingmessageisdisplayed:
Image file was created successfully.
7.ClickClosetoclosetheCreateMediaImagedialogbox.
8.Confirmthattheimagewascreatedinthespecifiedlocation.
Copyingdatafromanimagefiletoaphysicaldisk
TheiLOCreateMediaImagefeatureenablesyoutocopythedatafromadiskimagefiletoa
floppydiskorUSBkey.Only.imgdiskimagefilesaresupported.CopyingdatatoaCD-ROM
isnotsupported.
TocopydiskimagedatatoafloppydiskorUSBkey:
1.StarttheJavaIRC.
2.SelectVirtualDrives→CreateDiskImage.
TheCreateMediaImagedialogboxopensasshowninFigure73(page138).
3.ClicktheDisk>>ImagebuttontotogglethesettingtoImage>>Disk.
4.SelectthedriveletterofthefloppydiskorUSBkeyintheMediaDrivemenu.
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							5.EnterthepathandfilenamefortheexistingimagefileintheImageFiletextbox.
TheJavaIRCbeginstheprocessofcopyingthedatafromtheimagefiletothedisk.The
followingmessageisdisplayed:
Creating disk, please wait...
Whenthediskcreationiscomplete,thefollowingmessageisdisplayed:
Disk was created successfully.
6.ClickClosetoclosetheCreateMediaImagedialogbox.
7.Confirmthatthefileswerecopiedtothespecifiedlocation.
UsingaVirtualFolder(.NETIRConly)
Thisfeatureenablesyoutoaccess,browseto,andtransferfilesfromaclienttoamanagedserver.
Youcanmountanddismountalocalornetworkeddirectorythatisaccessiblethroughtheclient.
Afteryoucreateavirtualimageofafolderordirectory,theserverconnectstothatimageasa
USBstoragedevice,enablingyoutobrowsetotheserverandtransferthefilesfromthe
iLO-generatedimagetoanylocationontheserver.
ThisfeatureandmanyothersarepartofaniLOlicensingpackage.Formoreinformationabout
iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
TheVirtualFolderisnonbootableandread-only;themountedfolderisstatic.Changestotheclient
filearenotreplicatedinthemountedfolder.
TouseaVirtualFolder:
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.SelectVirtualDrives→Folder.
TheBrowseForFolderwindowopens,asshowninFigure74(page139).
Figure74BrowseForFolderwindow
3.Selectthefolderthatyouwanttouse,andthenclickOK.
TheVirtualFolderismountedontheserverwiththenameiLOFolder.
SettingupIISforscriptedVirtualMedia
BeforeyousetupIISforscriptedVirtualMedia,verifythatIISisoperational.UseIIStosetupa
simplewebsite,andthenbrowsetothesitetoverifythatitisworkingcorrectly.
ConfiguringIIS
ToconfigureIIStoservedisketteorISO-9660CDimagesforread-onlyaccess:
1.Addadirectorytoyourwebsiteandplaceyourimagesinthedirectory.
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							2.VerifythatIIScanaccesstheMIMEtypeforthefilesyouareserving.
Forexample,ifyourdisketteimagefilesusetheextension.img,youmustaddaMIMEtype
forthatextension.UsetheIISManagertoaccessthePropertiesdialogboxofyourwebsite.
OntheHTTPHeaderstab,clickMIMETypestoaddMIMEtypes.
HPrecommendsaddingthefollowingtypes:
.img application/octet-stream
.iso application/octet-stream
Afteryoucompletethesesteps,youshouldbeabletonavigatetothelocationofyourimagesby
usingawebbrowser,andthendownloadtheimagestoaclient.Ifyoucancompletethisstep,
yourwebserverisconfiguredtoserveread-onlydiskimages.
ConfiguringIISforread/writeaccess
1.InstallPerl(forexample,ActivePerl).
2.CustomizetheVirtualMediahelperapplicationasneeded.
Forasamplehelperapplication,see“SampleVirtualMediahelperapplication”(page141).
3.CreateadirectoryonyourwebsitefortheVirtualMediahelperscript,andthencopythescript
tothatdirectory.
Thesamplescriptusesthedirectorynamecgi-bin,butyoucanuseanyname.
4.OnthePropertiespageforyourdirectory,underApplicationSettings,clickCreatetocreate
anapplicationdirectory.
TheiconforyourdirectoryinIISManagerchangesfromafoldericontoagearicon.
5.SettheExecutepermissionstoScriptsonly.
6.VerifythatPerlissetupasascriptinterpreter.ClickConfigurationonthePropertiespageto
viewtheapplicationassociations.PerlmustbeconfiguredasshowninFigure75(page140).
Figure75Perlconfigurationexample
7.VerifythatWebServiceExtensionsallowsPerlscriptstoexecute.Ifnot,clickWebService
ExtensionsandsetPerlCGIExtensiontoAllowed.
8.Verifythattheprefixvariableinthehelperapplicationissetcorrectly.
Toviewasamplehelperapplication,see“SampleVirtualMediahelperapplication”(page141).
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