Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:05:18 -0500 (EST) From: brad miele <bmiele@ipnstock.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein_Kaldhol?= <Oystein.Kaldhol@mrfylke.no> Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ilo virtual cdrom Message-ID: <20061214080427.G1004@shanty.ipnstock.com> In-Reply-To: <OF5B372ECE.E82E0DF8-ONC1257244.00318A90-C1257244.00318AB0@mr-fylke.org> References: <OF5B372ECE.E82E0DF8-ONC1257244.00318A90-C1257244.00318AB0@mr-fylke.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-233748838-1166101518=:1004 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE thanks, i thnk you have answered my main concern, it seems like you can't= =20 really mount the virtual cdrom on a running server. it needs to be dfined= =20 and then booted to? Brad --------------------- Brad Miele VP Technology IPNStock.com 866 476 7862 x902 bmiele@ipnstock.com On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, =D8ystein Kaldhol wrote: >=20 > -----owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org wrote: ----- >=20 > >To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org > >From: brad miele > >Sent by: owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org > >Date: 12/14/2006 03:33AM > >Subject: ilo virtual cdrom > > > >hi, > > > >my comabny just upgrade ilo licenses on all of my machines. the new > >version has something called a virtual cdrom. Has anyone used this? I > > > >tried using it today, but it didn't seem to do anything. Is it > >supposed to > >create a new entry in /dev or does it replace the onboard cd device? >=20 > The ILO virtual media will appear as a physical device to the OS. Since > it is accessible under boot, we use it to remote install servers. Plug in > power & ILO, and install from the cdrom(or an image) on your local > computer. Since this uses HTTP/SSL it can be done over the internet. I > just used it to install 6.1 on one of our systems. >=20 > It does not replace the onboard cd device as far as I know, it acts just > as another device. Note that in addition to mounting local CD's, you can > also mount image files, virtual floppies etc etc. >=20 > brgrds >=20 > Oystein Kaldhol >=20 > Systems administrator >=20 > County of More & Romsdal, Norway >=20 >=20 > --0-233748838-1166101518=:1004--
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