HP Integrated Lights-Out User Manual page 72

72 User Guide Integrated Lights-Out
Changing Diskettes
When using the iLO virtual floppy drive, and the physical floppy drive on the
client machine is a USB floppy drive, disk change operations will not be
recognized. For example, in this configuration, if a directory listing is obtained
from a floppy diskette and the diskette is changed, a subsequent directory listing
will show the listing for the first diskette. If disk changes are necessary when
using iLO virtual floppy, make sure the client machine contains a non-USB
floppy drive.
iLO Virtual CD-ROM
The iLO Virtual CD-ROM is available at server boot time for operating systems
specified in the "Operating System USB Support (on page 65)" section. Booting
from the iLO Virtual CD-ROM enables you to deploy an operating system from
network drives, and perform disaster recovery of failed operating systems,
among other tasks.
If the host server operating system supports USB mass storage devices, then the
iLO Virtual CD-ROM is also available after the host server operating system
loads. You can use the iLO Virtual CD-ROM when the host server operating
system is running to upgrade device drivers, install software, and perform other
tasks. Having the Virtual CD-ROM available when the server is running can be
especially useful if the administrator must diagnose and repair a problem with the
NIC driver.
The Virtual CD-ROM can be the physical CD-ROM drive on which you are
running the Web browser, or an image file stored on your local hard drive or
network drive. For maximum performance, HP recommends the use of local
image files stored either on the hard drive of your client PC or on a network drive
accessible through a high-speed network link.
To use a physical CD-ROM drive in your client PC:
1. Select Local CD-ROM Drive.
2. Select the drive letter of the desired physical CD-ROM drive on your client
PC from the dropdown menu.