HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

3.1.2 Discovering bare-metal servers using virtual media
The Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool allows you to perform a discovery of a bare-metal server.
Figure 3-1 Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool
IMPORTANT: You can use the Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool tool for servers that will be
PXE-booted or that will use virtual media.
If you are using virtual media, you can only use this tool for bare-metal discovery of an iLO-based
management processor. Furthermore, before using this tool, you must first discover the server's
iLO and define the network configuration definitions using the Network Configuration Editor.
For more information on defining the network configuration and discovering the iLO, see
Chapter 2 (page 25). For information on the Network Configuration Editor, see “Using the
Network Configuration Editor” (page 31).
You can also use the Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool to discover bare-metal systems through
PXE.
Follow these steps to perform a bare-metal discovery:
1. Invoke the Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool by selecting Options→IC-Linux→Initiate
Bare Metal Discovery.
2. Select the management processor for the server you want to discover as the target and select
Next>.
NOTE: You can select multiple management processors to discover multiple servers.
3. Verify the target and select Next>.
4. Select the Virtual Media radio button.
5. Select Run Now.
6. When HP SIM correctly identifies the server, a new task named Bare Metal Discovery
Post Processing appears in the Task Results list, which you can view with the Tasks
& Logs→View Task Results… menu item.
Allow the task to run to completion.
7. At this time, the server appears in the HP SIM All Servers collection and the associated
management processor appears in the HP SIM All Management Processors collection.
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