Users Guide

82 Remote Access Controller
Configuring the DRAC Remote Features
Properties
NOTE: You must have Administrator privileges in Server Administrator to use the
Remote Access Controller.
If the local boot image on the managed system has been corrupted, a DRAC
has the ability to boot its host server using a diskette boot image that it
downloads from a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server. This feature is
called remote floppy boot. A DRAC can also update its firmware using a
firmware image located on a TFTP server. This feature is called remote
firmware update, and the process is similar to flashing a system BIOS.
To configure the remote floppy boot feature and the remote firmware update
feature of your DRAC, perform the following steps:
1
Click Modular Enclosure → System/Server Module → Main System
Chassis/Main System
→ Remote Access and then click the
Configuration tab.
The
Configure Network Properties window appears.
2 Click Remote Features .
The
Remote Properties window appears.
3 Select the check box next to Enable Remote Floppy Boot to configure the
remote boot parameters,
4 Configure the DRAC's remote boot parameters:
a Select the check box next to Enable Remote Floppy Boot .
b Type the TFTP server's IP address in the Remote Floppy TFTP
Address
field.
c Type the boot image filename in the Remote Floppy TFTP Path field.
The path must be relative to the root directory of the TFTP server.
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