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Hi - We had acquired a Dell 1855 Blade server with 10 blades including hard drives etc.I need a front KVM USB dongle to attach a CDROM to each blade for software installation but they are extremely hard to obtain.<br />
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The Dell 1855 manual mentions the capability of installing software by using a TFTP server. I've no experience of using TFTP as a means of software deployment.<br />
I want to install Server 2008 R2 on each Blade .e.t.c<br />
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Could anyone point me to some useful info/tutorials?
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Hi - We had acquired a Dell 1855 Blade server with 10 blades including hard drives etc.I need a front KVM USB dongle to attach a CDROM to each blade for software installation but they are extremely hard to obtain.

The Dell 1855 manual mentions the capability of installing software by using a TFTP server. I've no experience of using TFTP as a means of software deployment.
I want to install Server 2008 R2 on each Blade .e.t.c

Could anyone point me to some useful info/tutorials?

Install &amp; Configure Dell 1855 Blade Server

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Install &amp; Configure Dell 1855 Blade Server

Install & Configure Dell 1855 Blade Server