ISOs may be loaded from an HTTP server using Virtual Media with the iLO command-line interface.

Example:

$ ssh -l ilo-admin 10.215.14.5
User:ilo-admin logged-in to ilo.(10.215.14.5)
iLO Advanced 1.82 pass1 at 15:53:34 Aug 22 2005
Server Name: ilo
Server Power: On

hpiLO-> vm cdrom insert http://10.251.20.20/RHEL4.6-i386-ES.iso

Note: use IPs when specifying an HTTP server.

hpiLO-> vm cdrom get
VM Applet = Disconnected
Boot Option = NO_BOOT
Write Protect = Yes
Image Inserted = Connected
Image URL = http://10.251.20.20/RHEL4.6-i386-ES.iso

Note: the "NO_BOOT" means that the system will not boot off the "connected" image. And the "Image URL" option is not shown with ILO version 1.

hpiLO-> vm cdrom set boot_once

Note: The next boot will be from the connected image. You can also use "vm cdrom set connect" to permanently connect the ISO image. If you want to get rid of the ISO image, use "vm cdrom eject".

hpiLO-> power reset

Now, the server will reboot and boot off the ISO image. If you ever run into a situation where it won't boot of the ISO image, but simply skips over booting from the CDROM, then make sure to check if any physical cables are connected to the server, for example, KVM cables or USB keyboards. If this is the case, the server will not boot of any virtual media. Unplug those cables and reboot again, to make the server boot of the ISO image.



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