Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:08:14 +0000 From: Geoff Buckingham <Geoff.Buckingham@reuters.com> To: brad miele <bmiele@ipnstock.com>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein_Kaldhol?= <Oystein.Kaldhol@mrfylke.no> Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ad: Re: ilo virtual cdrom Message-ID: <8753F8EA457BFF4A9707CADA143C8F680238519D@LONSMSXM04.emea.ime.reuters.com>
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You need to confirm you have the correct drivers in your kernel. I believe,= but do not know, that the CD appears as a scsi CD through the USB/cam stac= k. (Maybe someone can confirm). Unless something like usbd picks up the device being "connected" you may ne= ed to rescan with camcontrol. =20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-proliant@fre= ebsd.org] On Behalf Of brad miele Sent: 14 December 2006 15:02 To: =D8ystein Kaldhol Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ad: Re: ilo virtual cdrom do you have to rescan the bus or something to get the device to show up onc= e you create it in ilo? it seems that i should see something happen in mess= ages when i create the virtual drive. Brad --------------------- Brad Miele VP Technology IPNStock.com 866 476 7862 x902 bmiele@ipnstock.com On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, =D8ystein Kaldhol wrote: > brad miele <bmiele@ipnstock.com> wrote 14.12.2006 14:05:18: > > >> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, =D8ystein Kaldhol wrote: >> >>> >>> -----owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org wrote: ----- >>> >>>> 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=20 >>>> version has something called a virtual cdrom. Has anyone used this?=20 >>>> I >>>> >>>> tried using it today, but it didn't seem to do anything. Is it=20 >>>> supposed to create a new entry in /dev or does it replace the=20 >>>> onboard cd device? >>> >>> 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.=20 >>> Plug > in >>> power & ILO, and install from the cdrom(or an image) on your local=20 >>> computer. Since this uses HTTP/SSL it can be done over the internet.=20 >>> I just used it to install 6.1 on one of our systems. >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> thanks, i thnk you have answered my main concern, it seems like you > can't >> really mount the virtual cdrom on a running server. it needs to be > dfined >> and then booted to? > > No it can be mounted run-time. At least it works fine here. We're=20 > using DL360 and DL380's and FreeBSD 6.1 > > brgrds > Oystein Kaldhol > Systems Administrator > County of More & Romsdal, Norway > > > This email was sent to you by Reuters, the global news and information comp= any.=20 To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, exc= ept where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Lt= d.
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