HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide

• To mount the USB key drive, use the following command:mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/keydriveNOTE: Use the man mount command for additional file system types.The floppy and key drive can be used as a Linux file system, if formatted as such, with the mountcommand. However, 1.44-Mb diskettes are usually accessed utilizing the mtools utilities distributed withboth Red Hat and SLES. The default mtools configuration does not recognize a USB-connected floppy. Toenable the various m commands to access the Virtual Floppy device, modify the existing /etc/mtools.conffile and add the following line:drive v: file="/dev/sda" exclusiveTo enable the various mtools commands to access the Virtual USBKey device, modify the existing/etc/mtools.conf file and add the following line:drive v: file="/dev/sda1" exclusiveTo list the Virtual USBKey device partition table to find the desired partition, use the following command:fdisk -l /dev/sdaThis modification enables the mtools suite to access the Virtual Floppy as v. For example:mcopy /tmp/XXX.dat v:mdir v:mcopy v:foo.dat /tmp/XXXChanging diskettesWhen using the iLO 2 Virtual Floppy or USB key drive, and the physical diskette drive on the clientmachine is a USB diskette drive, disk change operations will not be recognized. For example, in thisconfiguration, if a directory listing is obtained from a floppy diskette and the diskette is changed, asubsequent directory listing will show the listing for the first diskette. If disk changes are necessary whenusing iLO 2 Virtual Floppy/USBKey, be sure the client machine contains a non-USB diskette drive.iLO 2 Virtual CD/DVD-ROMThe iLO 2 Virtual CD/DVD-ROM is available at server boot time for operating systems specified in the"Operating system USB support (on page 91)" section. Booting from the iLO 2 Virtual CD/DVD-ROMenables you to deploy an operating system from network drives and perform disaster recovery of failedoperating systems, among other tasks.If the host server operating system supports USB mass storage devices, then the iLO 2 Virtual CD/DVD-ROM is also available after the host server operating system loads. You can use the iLO 2 VirtualCD/DVD-ROM when the host server operating system is running to upgrade device drivers, installsoftware, and perform other tasks. Having the Virtual CD/DVD-ROM available when the server is runningcan be especially useful if you must diagnose and repair a problem with the NIC driver.The Virtual CD/DVD-ROM can be the physical CD/DVD-ROM drive on which you are running the Webbrowser, or an image file stored on your local hard drive or network drive.NOTE: For best performance use image files. HP recommends using local image files stored either on thehard drive of your client PC or on a network drive accessible through a high-speed network link.To use a physical CD/DVD-ROM drive in your client PC:1. Select Local Media Drive within the Virtual CD/DVD-ROM section.2. Select the drive letter of the desired physical CD/DVD-ROM drive on your client PC from thedropdown menu.Using iLO 2 88