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5-16 Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition User Guide
Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
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Clicking Virtual Power Button in the Power section of the Remote Insight
navigation frame is analogous to pressing the physical power button of the
host server. The Virtual Power Button turns the host server’s power on or off,
depending on the power state of the host server.
IMPORTANT: Using the Virtual Power Button option does not gracefully shut down the
host server’s operating system. For a graceful shutdown of a server’s operating system,
use Compaq Insight Manager XE or the Remote Console before using the Virtual Power
Button option.
Using the Virtual Floppy Drive
With the Virtual Floppy Drive, an administrator can easily direct a host server
to boot and use a standard 1.44-MB diskette from anywhere on the network by
means of a standard Web browser. The Virtual Floppy Drive eliminates the
need to visit a remote host server to insert and use a diskette, enabling remote
operating system installation from a network drive and remote host server
ROM updates.
Use the Virtual Floppy Drive options to carry out any of the following
functions:
■ Running Compaq User Diagnostics by booting remote host servers from
a diagnostic diskette
NOTE: Compaq recommends that you first delete the SYSMON2.TM file before using
Compaq User Diagnostics with the Virtual Floppy Drive.
■ Applying ROMPaq upgrades to remote host servers
■ Deploying an operating system on remote host servers from network
drives
■ Performing disaster recovery of failed operating systems
IMPORTANT: If the Virtual Floppy Drive feature is not present, flash the Remote Insight
Lights-Out Edition option ROM. RILOE boards with a firmware 2.11 or earlier will require a
ROM update for this feature. The ROM update can be obtained from the following website:
www.compaq.com/lights-out
NOTE: The Virtual Floppy Drive feature does not support Remote Insight Lights-Out
Edition firmware upgrade. To upgrade the firmware, use the firmware upgrade feature in
the Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition.