HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide

The connected drive icon and LED will change state to reflect the current status of the Virtual Floppy Drive.To use an image file:1. Select Local Image File within the Virtual Floppy/USBKey section of the Virtual Media applet.2. Enter the path or file name of the image in the text-box, or click Browse to locate the image fileusing the Choose Disk Image File dialog. To ensure the source diskette or image file is not modifiedduring use, select the Force read-only access option.3. Click Connect.The connected drive icon and LED will change state to reflect the current status of the Virtual Floppy orUSB key drive. When connected, the virtual devices are available to the host server until you close theVirtual Media applet. When you are finished using the Virtual Floppy/USBKey, you can either select todisconnect the device from the host server or close the applet.NOTE: The Virtual Media applet must remain open in your browser as long as you continue to use a VirtualMedia Device.iLO 2 Virtual Floppy/USBKey is available to the host server at run time if the operating system on the hostserver supports USB floppy or key drives. Refer to "Operating System USB Support (on page 91)" forinformation on which operating systems support USB mass storage at the time of the publication of thismanual.iLO 2 Virtual Floppy/USBKey appears to your operating system just like any other drive. When using iLO2 for the first time, the host operating system might prompt you to complete a New Hardware Foundwizard.When you are finished using iLO 2 Virtual Media and disconnect it, you might receive a warningmessage from the host operating system regarding unsafe removal of a device. This warning can beavoided by using the operating system-provided feature to stop the device before disconnecting it from theVirtual Media.Virtual Floppy/USBKey operating systems notes• MS-DOSDuring boot and during an MS-DOS session, the Virtual Floppy device displays as a standard BIOSfloppy drive. This device will display as drive A. An existing physically attached floppy drive isobscured and unavailable during this time. You cannot use a physical local floppy drive and theVirtual Floppy simultaneously.• Windows® 2000 SP3 or later and Windows® Server 2003Using iLO 2 86