HP Integrated Lights-Out User Manual page 89

NetWare 6.5 supports the use of USB diskette and key drives. See "Mounting USB Virtual
Floppy/USBKey in NetWare 6.5 (on page 89)" for step-by-step instructions.
Red Hat and SUSE Linux
Linux supports the use of USB diskette and key drives. See "Mounting USB Virtual Media/USBKey in
Linux (on page 89)" for step-by-step instructions.
Mounting USB Virtual Floppy/USBKey in NetWare 6.5
Access iLO through a browser.
1.
Select Virtual Media in the Virtual Devices tab.
2.
Insert the media into the local floppy drive, select a diskette drive, and click Connect. Alternatively,
3.
select a diskette image to be used and click Connect.
In NetWare 6.5, use the lfvmount command on the server console to assign the device a drive letter.
The NetWare 6.5 operating system will pick the first available drive letter for the Virtual Floppy drive. The
volumes command can now be used by the server console to show the mount status of this new drive.
When the drive letter shows as mounted, the drive will now be accessible through the server GUI as well
as the system console.
When the Virtual Floppy Drive is mounted, if the media is changed in the local floppy drive, the
lfvmount command must be re-issued on the server console to see the new media in the NetWare 6.5
operating system.
Mounting USB Virtual Media/USBKey in Linux
Access iLO through a browser.
1.
Select Virtual Media in the Virtual Devices tab.
2.
Select a diskette drive or diskette image.
3.
For a floppy drive or image, select a Local Media Drive or Local Image File and click Connect.
a.
For a USB key drive or image, select a Local Image File and click Connect.
b.
For a physical USB key drive, enter /dev/sda in the Local Image File text box.
Load the USB drivers, using the following commands:
4.
modprobe usbcore
modprobe usb-storage
modprobe usb-ohci
Load the SCSI disk driver, using the following command:
5.
modprobe sd_mod
Mount the drive.
6.
To mount the diskette drive, use the following command:
o
mount /dev/sda
To mount the USB key drive, use the following command:
o
mount /dev/sda1
NOTE: Use the man mount command for additional file system types.
/mnt/floppy –t vfat
/mnt/keydrive
Using iLO 89