HP Integrated Lights-Out User Manual page 92

On Windows® 2000 SP3 or later, My Computer on the host server displays an additional CD-ROM
drive when the Virtual Media applet is connected. If the server operating system is up and running
and you attempt to disconnect and reconnect within the Virtual Media applet, it can fail. The icon
turns green, but the additional CD-ROM drive does not display in My Computer.
To resolve this problem, reboot the host server, and, after the operating system is available, the
Virtual Media CD/DVD-ROM is ready for use. This problem only occurs on servers with no physical
CD/DVD-ROM drive.
Linux
Red Hat Linux
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On servers with a locally attached IDE CD/DVD-ROM, the virtual CD/DVD-ROM device is
accessible at /dev/cdrom1. However, on servers without a locally attached CD/DVD-ROM, such
as the BL-class blade systems, the virtual CD/DVD-ROM is the first CD/DVD-ROM accessible at
/dev/cdrom.
The virtual CD/DVD-ROM can be mounted as a normal CD/DVD-ROM device using:
mount /mnt/cdrom1
SLES 9
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The SLES 9 operating system places USB-connected CD/DVD-ROMs in a different location and
the virtual CD/DVD-ROM can be found at /dev/scd0, unless there is already a USB-connected
local CD/DVD-ROM, in which case, it would be /dev/scd1.
The virtual CD/DVD-ROM can be mounted as a normal CD/DVD-ROM device using:
mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom11
See "Mounting USB Virtual Media CD/DVD-ROM in Linux (on page 92)" for step-by-step
instructions.
Mounting USB Virtual Media CD/DVD-ROM in Linux
Access iLO through a browser.
1.
Select Virtual Media in the Virtual Devices tab.
2.
Select the CD/DVD-ROM to be used and click Connect.
3.
Mount the drive using the following command:
4.
mount /dev/cdrom1
For SLES 9:
mount /dev/scd0
Creating iLO disk image files
The iLO virtual media feature enables you to create diskette and CD-ROM image files within the same
applet. Creation of DVD image files using the Virtual Media applet is not supported. The image files
created from the applet are ISO-9660 file system images. The performance of iLO virtual media is faster
when image files are used. The utility to create iLO Virtual Floppy and CD-ROM disk image files is
integrated into the Virtual Media applet; however, images can also be created using industry-standard
tools, such as DD.
To create an image file:
Click Create Disk Image.
1.
Select the local media drive from the dropdown menu.
2.
/mnt/cdrom1
/media/cdrom1
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