HP Smart Storage Administrator - Manual (Page 11)

Operations 11
Booting from the ISO image on a drive, on a key, or through iLO provides the same GUI interface. The user
can select to run Offline HP SSA GUI, HP SSA CLI, or HP SSA Scripting.
Mounting the image on a local drive
1. Download the HP ProLiant Offline HP Smart Storage Administrator ISO image from the HP website
( http://www.hp.com/go/hpssa ).
2. Using ISO mounting software, mount the Offline HP SSA ISO image to a drive.
3. Set the server to boot the image.
4. Reboot the server.
Mounting the image through iLO
This iLO functionality requires an iLO Advanced license.
To mount the image:
1. Download the HP ProLiant Offline Array Configuration Utility ISO image from the HP website
(
http://www.hp.com/go/hpssa ).
2. Browse to the server iLO page.
3. Start the remote console for the server.
4. On the remote console, use the iLO mount feature to browse to the location of the ISO image.
5. Select the ISO image to be mounted.
6. Reboot the server.
Burning the image to a CD or DVD
1. Download the HP ProLiant Offline HP Smart Storage Administrator ISO image from the HP website
(
http://www.hp.com/go/hpssa ).
2. Use third-party software to burn the ISO image to a CD or DVD.
3. Set the server to boot from the optical drive.
4. Insert the CD or DVD.
5. Reboot the server.
Installing the image on a PXE server
To install the Offline HP SSA ISO image on a PXE server and boot from the image over a network, use the
following procedures:
1. Review the prerequisites (on page 11 ).
2. Set up PXELinux (on page 12 ).
3. Configure PXELinux.
4. Specify the ISO image path.
Depending on the network configuration, boot times might vary.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding with the configuration, you must have all the prerequisites: