HP Ilo 2 User Guide

							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).
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							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.
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							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
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							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.
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							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.
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							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
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							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.
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							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
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							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:
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							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.
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