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On the Integrity server:
— vMedia licensing through the Advanced Server Management option (iLO 2 Advanced
Pack) and the user virtual media access right. vMedia is part of the iLO Advanced Pack
feature set. This license is provided and pre-enabled on the Integrity BL860c and BL870c
Server Blade products.
On the management workstation (or a Windows-based PC/server on the same LAN as the Integrity
server):
— Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6 or later.
— Java Plug-in 1.5.0_08 or later. (The vMedia Java applet has only been tested on x86 PCs
and Windows servers.)
— An ISO image of the OpenVMS Integrity servers OE DVD stored on a local disk or a
network drive accessible through a high-speed link. To create the ISO image, you can
use ILO 2 MP through your browser, as described in
“Setting Up vMedia” (page 250)
HP recommends that you do not use vMedia to install or upgrade directly from a DVD
on the management workstation.
NOTE:
When using vMedia to install or upgrade OpenVMS, HP recommends that you
use an image of the OpenVMS Integrity servers OE DVD located on your Windows-based
management station. This has two advantages:
— If the DVD is defective or corrupted, when you attempt to create an image of it, the
imaging software will fail, thereby indicating the DVD's condition.
— Installing or upgrading OpenVMS from the image file is much faster than installing
from a DVD. This advantage outweighs any extra cost or time of copying the DVD to
the ISO image file.
NOTE:
If your Integrity server has a local DVD drive, install or upgrade from the OpenVMS
for Integrity servers OE DVD inserted in the DVD drive on your Integrity server instead of
using vMedia from your Windows-based management workstation. In short, for best
performance with installations or upgrades, choose from the following, listed according to
the potential speed (from fastest to slowest):
— Use local DVD drive — If your Integrity server has a local DVD drive, install or upgrade
using the OpenVMS for Integrity servers OE DVD from that DVD drive.
— Use vMedia with OpenVMS OE DVD ISO image — To install or upgrade using an ISO
image of the OpenVMS for Integrity servers OE DVD, where the image is stored on
your Windows-based management workstation.
— vMedia with OpenVMS OE DVD — It is a slow process, and is not recommended unless
you have no other recourse. Install or upgrade from a DVD drive on your
Windows-based management workstation.
To set up your environment for vMedia support, see
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Up-to-date firmware for the Integrity server (on server blades, this includes the firmware
for the Onboard Administrator).
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Optionally, HP iLO or other means for monitoring the console.
D.1.3 Setting Up InfoServer Support
If you want to use the InfoServer utility to provide a network service for provisioning, follow
the steps described in this section. To use the InfoServer utility to enable provisioning over the
network, the utility must be running on an OpenVMS Alpha or OpenVMS Integrity server system
in the same LAN as the target Integrity server that is to be provisioned. The InfoServer utility
uses the TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (BOOTP server and TFTP servers) to help boot the
OpenVMS operating system. The InfoServer accesses a bootable image of OpenVMS that you
store on a system in the same LAN. Follow these steps to enable the required InfoServer support
for HP SIM provisioning. For more information, see
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