HP Integrity iLO 3 Operations Guide

Virtual Media CD/DVD-ROM operating system
You can view the list of supported browser and operating systems in the Quickspec document on
the HP website at http://www.hp.com/go/integrityilo.
The vMedia CD/DVD-ROM supports the following operating systems:
• UEFI console currently supports only El Torito bootable CD format media.
• Windows Server 2003 or 2008:
The virtual CD/DVD-ROM displays automatically after the Windows operating system has
recognized the mounting of the USB device. Use it as a locally attached CD/DVD-ROM device.
• Linux (Red Hat and SUSE)
On servers with a locally attached IDE CD/DVD-ROM, the virtual CD/DVD-ROM device is
accessible at /dev/cdrom1. However, on servers without a locally attached CD/DVD-ROM
(such as the HP Integrity server blades) the virtual CD/DVD-ROM is the first CD/DVD-ROM
accessible at/dev/cdrom. The virtual CD/DVD-ROM can be mounted as a normal
CD/DVD-ROM device using: mount /mnt/cdrom1.
• HP-UX 11i
To recognize the hardware path and special files, run the ioscan -kfnC disk command.
To mount the virtual CD/DVD-ROM/image file on a directory, run the # mount <special
files path> /<dir-name> command.
• OpenVMS 8.3-1H1 and 8.4
NOTE: Post operating system boot data format is dependent on the operating system.
Creating the iLO 3 disk image files
The iLO 3 vMedia feature enables you to create CD and DVD image files within the same applet.
The image files created are ISO-9660 file system images and El Torito bootable CD images. The
performance of the iLO 3 vMedia is faster when image files are used. The utility to create the iLO
3 CD/DVD-ROM disk image files is integrated into the vMedia applet.
Store image files on your client computer or on a network drive that you can access from the client
using a fast network segment. A disk image file produces better performance than using a physical
CD in your client computer.
To create image files from physical diskettes, CDs, or DVDs, use the Disk>Image option. The
Disk>Image button changes to Image>Disk when clicked. The Image>Disk option is not valid for
a virtual CD/DVD-ROM image.
NOTE: The iLO 3 Create Media Image utility does not currently support USB devices in Linux or
NetWare.
To create an iLO 3 disk image file:
1. In the Virtual CD-ROM section of the vMedia applet, select Local Image File.
2. Select Local Media Drive.
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