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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:

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> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, =D8ystein Kaldhol wrote:
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> >=20
> > -----owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org wrote: -----
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> > >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?
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> 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
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> 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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