Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:52:48 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein_Kaldhol?= <Oystein.Kaldhol@mrfylke.no> To: brad miele <bmiele@ipnstock.com> Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Ad: Re: ilo virtual cdrom Message-ID: <OF2A7E2F3B.33D423ED-ONC1257244.00517BC2-C1257244.0052027E@mr-fylke.org> In-Reply-To: <20061214080427.G1004@shanty.ipnstock.com>
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brad miele <bmiele@ipnstock.com> wrote 14.12.2006 14:05:18: =20 > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, =D8ystein Kaldhol wrote: >=20 > >=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.=20 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=20 just > > as another device. Note that in addition to mounting local CD's, you=20 can > > also mount image files, virtual floppies etc etc. > >=20 >=20 > thanks, i thnk you have answered my main concern, it seems like you=20 can't=20 > really mount the virtual cdrom on a running server. it needs to be=20 dfined=20 > and then booted to? No it can be mounted run-time. At least it works fine here. We're using=20 DL360 and DL380's and FreeBSD 6.1 brgrds Oystein Kaldhol Systems Administrator County of More & Romsdal, Norway
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