Diskette Image Deployment - HP BL2x220c - ProLiant - G5 Server A User Manual

To deploy with a boot CD:
Use the local I/O cable to connect a USB CD-ROM drive to the server blade. Refer to "Connecting
1.
locally to a server blade with video and USB devices (on page 36)."
Insert the boot CD into the USB CD-ROM drive.
2.
Reboot the server blade.
3.
After the server blade boots, follow the normal installation procedure for an OS.
4.
Windows Server™ 2003 cannot be installed from a USB CD-ROM on the I/O cable if the hard drive is
completely blank (no partitions defined). To install Windows Server™ 2003, use one of the following
methods:
•
Make a partition on the hard drive that Windows Server™ 2003 will be loaded on.
•
Use the SmartStart CD 7.0 or higher.
•
Use the Rapid Deployment Pack.

Diskette image deployment

To deploy with a diskette image, the user creates a DOS-based network-enabled boot diskette that
executes a script that configures the hardware and installs the OS. The diskette enables the server blade
to access the required deployment scripts and files on the network.
This method implies a deployment infrastructure that may include an administrator workstation, PXE
server, Microsoft® Windows® file share, or a Linux file share. For more information, refer to "Deployment
infrastructure (on page 40)."
Before beginning the deployment process, connect the server blade to the network.
NOTE:
that ship with the enclosure.
Two methods are available for diskette image deployment:
•
iLO virtual floppy (on page 44)
•
PXE ("PXE
iLO virtual floppy
To deploy with a boot diskette:
Do one of the following:
1.
Insert the boot diskette into the client PC that is using the iLO 2 Remote Console.
o
Use iLO 2 to create an image file of the boot diskette.
o
Copy the image of the boot diskette to a location on the network or the client PC hard drive.
o
Remotely access the server blade through iLO 2. Refer to "HP BladeSystem c-Class advanced
2.
management (on page 39)."
Click the Virtual Devices tab.
3.
Select Virtual Media.
4.
Use the Virtual Media applet to select the local diskette or image file and connect the Virtual CD to
5.
the server blade.
Use the iLO 2 Virtual Power Button feature to reboot the server blade.
6.
For more information about hardware and cabling configurations, see the documents
deployment" on page 42)
Software and configuration utilities 44