HP Integrity iLO 2 Operations Guide

◦ vMedia enables remote attachment of a USB read-only CD or DVD storage device, or
ISO file image, including support for bootable media.
◦ Use vMedia to easily upgrade firmware on npars.
◦ Create an ISO file of a vfat file system with the required files
– Start vMedia, present .iso file to npar, boot to EFI, go to the fsX: that corresponds to
the vMedia, run e.g. update.nsh and repeat on next partition
◦ For Windows, you can do installs remotely without having to cable up the VGA/USB
card to an IP console switch or a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
• Integrated VGA graphics and USB ports offer flexibility in the datacenter to monitor a system
with full KVM functionality from boot, to desktop, to shutdown.
• Easily accessed through the iLO 2 web GUI.
Additional Lights-Out Advanced KVM card Information
HP Lights-Out Advanced KVM Card for sx2000 Servers White Paper on the HP website at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/AD307-90001/AD307-90001.pdf
You can read about the Lights-Out Advanced KVM card on the HP website at:
http://www.hp.com/go/integrityilo
You can read the Quick Specs on the HP website at:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12602_na/12602_na.HTML
You can read an example of ordering and configuration information on the HP website at:
http://ccesalewspr02.cce.hp.com/docfiles/V7%20Content/KGNew/6158816/c00430232.pdf
Lights-Out Advanced KVM card Requirements
This section addresses the following Lights-Out Advanced KVM card requirements and conditions:
• You need Java on the browser system to use vMedia.
• You need Internet Explorer Active-X controls to use the IRC.
• Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (minimum) is required for the IRC.
• You need to be running Internet Explorer (with Active-X) on the browser system to use the IRC.
Currently, IRC only supports partitions running Windows.
• You can only launch one vMedia per complex. For example, if you have vMedia running for
nPar1, you cannot run vMedia for nPar2.
• A network link to the partition's Lights-Out Advanced KVM card is required to launch vMedia.
If there is no network link, the following message displays Status: vMedia is in use
or unavailable.
• Vista client systems are not currently supported. You can still run your SSH and Telnet sessions
to the MP for VFP, character console, and streaming live system event logs.
Table 14 lists the supported system configurations for the Lights-Out Advanced KVM card at the
time this document was written. For the most recent product specifications, see
www.hp.com/go/integrityilo.
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