You can use the remote- media feature to mount remote media
(such as a CD, DVD, or USB device, disk image, or CD (ISO) image)
that is on the local system to the selected server. You can also upload
an image to the local storage that is available on the baseboard management-controller
(BMC).
Before you begin
Only one user at a time can mount and upload data to the local
storage on the management controller. Other users are prevented from
accessing the local storage on the management controller while it
is mounted or while data is being uploaded to the local storage.
On a server that is running the Linux operating system, mounting
more than one ISO image is not supported.
Procedure
Complete the following steps to mount or move remote media.
- From the Remote Control window, click
the Remote Media icon ().
- Click one of the following actions:
Mount remote media
This action
makes local media resources available to the currently selected server.
A media resource can be mounted to only one server at a time within
a single remote-control session.
When you click Mount
remote media, the following options are available:
- Select an image to be mounted. The image
is available for the currently selected server until you unmount the
device or close the remote-control session. Multiple images can be
mounted to a single server, and each image can be mounted to multiple
servers.
- Select a drive, such as a CD, DVD, or USB device, that
is to be mounted. The device is available to the currently
selected server until you unmount the drive or close the remote-control
session. Multiple devices can be mounted to a single server, but each
device can be mounted to only one server at a time.
Note: If you select
a drive, be sure to unmount the drive before you remove media from
the drive.
- Upload the image to the IMM. Use this option
to store an image in local storage on the management controller for
the selected server.
The image remains on the management
controller even if you end the remote-control session or if the server
is restarted.
You can store approximately 50
MB of data on the management controller.
You
can upload multiple images to the management controller provided that
the total space that is used for all images is less than 50 MB.
Each image that is uploaded to the management controller
is automatically mounted to the server. After you have uploaded an
image to the management controller, you can also move that uploaded
image to the management controller for a different server. When you
move the image, the previously uploaded image is removed from the
current server and uploaded to a selected server.
Move remote media
This action
moves a previously mounted media resource between servers.
Complete
the following steps to make a resource available to a server:
- Select one or more resources.
- Click Add to move the resources to the Selected Resources list.
- Click Mount to mount the resources for
use by the server.
The remote-control session defines a device
for the resource and maps that device to a mount point for the currently
selected server. You have the option to write-protect the mounted
media.