Kickstart using HP iLo
I have to install systems using kickstart. There is no physical access to the system. The system doesn't connect to any Satellite Server, Proxy or any PXE booting server. All I have is a kickstart file and a DVD ISO image of RedHat 5.5 server. How do I do it?
I inserted DVD on my local Windows client that I am using to access iLo. I have kickstart in a flash. I inserted the flash to the same client. I then used the iLo interface to connect the installation DVD for booting. Then what?
I inserted DVD on my local Windows client that I am using to access iLo. I have kickstart in a flash. I inserted the flash to the same client. I then used the iLo interface to connect the installation DVD for booting. Then what?
Michael Worsham
Can the HP server ping your window's PC? If so, you could setup a basis website on the PC and use it to let the remote HP server see it as if it was a kickstart web address.
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Well, that is not an option. The project is extremely security oriented and the server network is very restricted. I am looking for a pure iLo based solution, basically utilizing the iLo knowledge. There is an option of mounting the DVD using iLo. And there is an option of mounting a local flash. I just couldn't make everything work together.
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Are you positiive that on iLo you cannot use vitual floppy along with network image. Could you please try to check the accuracy of your idea? I can at least connect both of those together.
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It is still not very clear in my mind. There was no concrete solution.
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It is still not very clear in my mind. There was no concrete solution.