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Configuring and Deploying Server Blades
2. Remotely access the server blade through iLO Advanced. Refer to the HP
Integrated Lights-Out User Guide.
3. Click the Virtual Devices tab.
4. Select Virtual Media.
5. Use the Virtual Media applet to select the local CD or image file and connect the
Virtual CD to the server blade.
6. Use the iLO Virtual Power Button feature to reboot the server blade.
After the server blade boots, follow the normal network installation procedure for an
operating system.
iLO Virtual Floppy Deployment
To perform a boot diskette deployment:
IMPORTANT: To deploy a server blade without the RDP, you must create a bootable
diskette or an image of a bootable diskette. Refer to ”Creating the Boot Diskette.”
1. Do one of the following:
— Insert the boot diskette into the client PC from which you are running the
iLO Remote Console.
— Use iLO to create an image file of the boot diskette.
— Copy the image of the boot diskette to a location on the network or the client
PC hard drive.
2. Remotely access the server blade through the iLO. Refer to “Integrated Lights-
Out Management” in this chapter.
3. Select the Virtual Devices tab.
4. Select Virtual Media.
5. Use the Virtual Media applet to select the local diskette or image file and connect
the Virtual Disk to the server blade.
6. Use the iLO Virtual Power Button feature to reboot the server blade.
HP ProLiant BL40p Server Blade Setup and Installation Guide 2-3
HP CONFIDENTIAL
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