User guide
Table Of Contents
- HP ProLiant BL490c G7 Server Blade User Guide
- Abstract
- Notice
- Contents
- Component identification
- Operations
- Setup
- Hardware options installation
- Introduction
- Hard drive option
- Memory options
- Processor option
- Mezzanine card option
- HP Trusted Platform Module option
- Cabling
- Software and configuration utilities
- Troubleshooting
- Battery replacement
- Regulatory compliance notices
- Regulatory compliance identification numbers
- Federal Communications Commission notice
- Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
- Modifications
- Cables
- Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
- European Union regulatory notice
- Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union
- Japanese notice
- BSMI notice
- Korean notice
- Chinese notice
- Laser compliance
- Battery replacement notice
- Taiwan battery recycling notice
- Acoustics statement for Germany (Geräuschemission)
- Electrostatic discharge
- Specifications
- Technical support
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index
Software and configuration utilities 47
• USB CD-ROM (on page 47)
iLO virtual CD-ROM
To deploy with a boot CD:
1. Do one of the following:
o Insert the boot CD into the client PC using the iLO 3 Remote Console.
o Use iLO 3 to create an image file of the boot CD.
o Copy the image of the boot CD to a location on the network or the client PC hard drive.
2. Remotely access the server blade through iLO 3. See "HP BladeSystem c-Class advanced management
(on page 43)."
3. Open Integrated Remote console or Java Remote console.
4. Select the local CD-ROM or image file from the Virtual Drives menu, located at the top of the screen.
5. Connect the Virtual CD-ROM to the server blade.
6. Use the iLO 3 power switch feature to reboot the server blade.
7. After the server blade boots, follow the normal network installation procedure for the OS.
USB CD-ROM
This method uses SmartStart to facilitate loading the OS. However, SmartStart also allows for manual loading
of the OS and drivers.
To deploy with a boot CD:
1. Use the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable to connect a USB CD-ROM drive to the server blade. Refer to
"Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices (on page 40)."
2. Insert the boot CD into the USB CD-ROM drive.
3. Reboot the server blade.
4. After the server blade boots, follow the normal installation procedure for an OS.
Diskette image deployment
To deploy with a diskette image, the user creates a DOS-based network-enabled boot diskette that executes
a script that configures the hardware and installs the OS. The diskette enables the server blade to access the
required deployment scripts and files on the network.
This method implies a deployment infrastructure that may include an administrator workstation, PXE server,
Microsoft® Windows® file share, or a Linux file share. For more information, refer to "Deployment
infrastructure (on page 44)."
Before beginning the deployment process, connect the server blade to the network.
NOTE: For more information about hardware and cabling configurations, see the documents
that ship with the enclosure.
Two methods are available for diskette image deployment:
• iLO virtual floppy (on page 48)
• PXE ("PXE deployment" on page 46)