1. Owner's Guide
  2. Security and Maintenance of Recovery Appliance
  3. Maintaining the Recovery Appliance Hardware
  4. Reimaging a Compute Server
  5. Copying the Image to the New Compute Server

Copying the Image to the New Compute Server

Before you perform the following procedure, replace the failed compute server with the new server. See Expanding a Recovery Appliance Rack with Additional Storage Servers.

To load the image onto the replacement server:

  1. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port on the replacement server.

  2. Log in to the console through the service processor to monitor progress.

  3. Power on the compute server either by physically pressing the power button or by using Oracle ILOM.

  4. If you replaced the motherboard:

    1. Press F2 during BIOS

    2. Select BIOS Setup

    3. Set the USB flash drive first, and then the RAID controller.

    Otherwise, press F8 during BIOS, select the one-time boot selection menu, and choose the USB flash drive.

  5. Allow the system to start.

    As the system starts, it detects the CELLUSBINSTALL media. The imaging process has two phases. Let both phases complete before proceeding to the next step.

    The first phase of the imaging process identifies any BIOS or firmware that is out of date, and upgrades the components to the expected level for the image. If any components are upgraded or downgraded, then the system automatically restarts.

    The second phase of the imaging process installs the factory image on the replacement compute server.

  6. Remove the USB flash drive when the system prompts you.

  7. Press Enter to power off the server.