Redirect Storage Devices

Prerequisites:

Follow these steps to redirect a storage device or ISO image:

What to Do

  1. In the Sun ILOM Remote Console window, select the Devices menu.

  2. In the Devices menu, do the following:

    1. Enable the appropriate storage device or image setting.

      CD-ROM

      Select CD-ROM to enable the local CD device. This option causes your local CD-ROM drive to behave as though it were a CD device directly attached to the remote host server.

      Floppy

      Select Floppy to enable the local floppy device. This option causes your local floppy drive to behave as though it were a floppy device directly attached to the remote host server.

      CD-ROM Image

      Select CD-ROM Image to specify the location of a CD-ROM image on your local client or network share.

      Floppy Image

      Select Floppy Image to specify the location of a floppy image on your local client or network share.

      Tip

      There are only two choices for CD/DVD redirection. You can choose to either redirect a CD-ROM drive or redirect a CD-ROM image.

      Tip

      If you are installing software from distribution CD/DVD, insert the CD/DVD into the redirected drive and select CD-ROM drive.

      Tip

      If you are installing software from an ISO image, place the ISO image on your local client or network shared file system then select CD-ROM image.

      A dialog appears prompting you to specify a storage drive location or image file location.

    2. To specify the storage drive location or image file location, do one of the following:

      • In the Drive Selection dialog, select or type a drive location, then click OK.

      • or

        In the File Open dialog, browser to the location of the image, then click OK.

  3. To reuse these storage settings on the host at a later time, click Devices --> Save as Host Default.

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