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Browser Pre-installation 357

Browser Pre-installation

If you are running Linux and your management station has a read-only file

system, a browser can be installed on a client system without requiring a

connection to a DRAC 5. By using the native plug-in installation package, the

browser can be manually installed during the client setup phase.

NOTICE: In a read-only client environment, if the DRAC 5 firmware is updated to a

newer version of the plug-in, then the installed VM plug-in will become inoperative.

This is because earlier plug-in features are disabled when the firmware contains a

newer plug-in version. In this case, the client will be prompted for plug-in

installation. Since the file system is read-only, the installation will fail and the plug-

in features will not be available.

Obtain Plug-in Installation Package

To obtain the plug-in installation package:

Change the URL in the browser's address bar, from:

https://<RAC_IP>/cgi-bin/webcgi/main

to:

https://<RAC_IP>/plugins/ # Be sure to include the

trailing slash.

Notice the two subdirectories

and

vkvm.

Navigate to the appropriate

subdirectory, right click the

rac5XXX.xpi

file, and select

Save Link

Target As....

Choose a location to save the plug-in installation package file.