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7. After adding a desired image, select the check box next to the drive that you want to map
and click Mount Selected in Figure 6-5.
Figure 6-5 Selected image mounting
8. The image drive is now accessible by the system.
Closing the session: Closing the Virtual Media Session window when a remote disk is
mapped to the machine causes the machine to lose access to the remote disk.

6.1.2 Local USB port

You can use the local USB port to attach a USB flash drive that contains the OS installation
files. There are several methods to create a bootable flash drive. The following web pages
provide details for using a USB key as an installation medium:
Installing Red Hat Linux from a USB flash drive:
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/h
tml-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#Making_Minimal_Boot_Media
How to create a bootable USB drive to install SLES:
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3499891
Installing Windows from a USB Flash Drive:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn293258.aspx
Formatting a USB Flash Drive to Boot the ESXi Installation or Upgrade:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.instal
l.doc_50%2FGUID-33C3E7D5-20D0-4F84-B2E3-5CD33D32EAA8.html
You can also use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to create a bootable USB flash drive, as
explained in the next section.

6.1.3 Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)

The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) is an environment to boot computers using a
network interface for operating system deployment. All X6 systems support PXE.
For example, you can use xCAT software to deploy a broad set of operating systems by
network. For more information, check the following web page:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat
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