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The remote console prompts you to select a disk image.
4. Enter the path or file name of the image file in the File name text box.
You can also browse to the image file location, and then click Open.
The virtual drive activity LED will show virtual drive activity.
Using a virtual drive to install an OS and provide a required driver
You can use the remote console virtual drive feature to install an operating system. During the installation, you might be
prompted to provide access to a required driver, such as a storage controller driver.
Prerequisites
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Remote Console privilege
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The Remote Console feature is enabled on the Access Settings page.
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The Virtual Media feature is enabled on the Access Settings page.
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A license that supports this feature is installed. For information about the available license types and the features they
support, see the licensing documentation at the following website: https://www.hpe.com/support/ilo-docs.
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The operating system ISO file is available on the client you will use to run the remote console.
If you will install an operating system on an NVMe drive, the Boot Mode is set to Unified Extensible Firmware
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Interface (UEFI).
Procedure
1.
Download and extract the required driver.
You can obtain drivers from the SPP or download them from the following website: https://www.hpe.com/support/
hpesc.
2.
Copy the driver to a USB key or a folder on the client where you will access the remote console.
3.
Start the remote console.
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If you will use a USB key to provide the required driver, choose the .NET IRC or Java IRC.
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If you will use a virtual folder to provide the required driver, choose the .NET IRC.
4.
Mount the operating system ISO.
a. Select Virtual Drives > Image File CD-ROM/DVD.
The remote console prompts you to select a disk image.
b. Enter the path or file name of the image file in the File name text box.
You can also browse to the image file location, and then click Open.
5.
If you will provide the required driver on a USB key, do the following:
a. Connect the USB key to the client you are using to manage iLO.
b. In the remote console, click the Virtual Drives menu, and then select the drive letter of the USB key on your
client PC.
6.
If you will provide the required driver in a folder on the client you use to manage iLO, do the following:
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