Using a virtual drive to install an OS and provide a required driver (.NET IRC or Java IRC)

You can use the remote console virtual drive feature to install an operating system. During the installation, you might be prompted to provide access to a required driver, such as a storage controller driver.

Prerequisites
Procedure
  1. Download and extract the required driver.

    You can obtain drivers from the SPP or download them from the following website: https://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc.

  2. Copy the driver to a USB key or a folder on the client where you will access the remote console.
  3. Start the remote console.

    • If you will use a USB key to provide the required driver, choose the .NET IRC or Java IRC.

    • If you will use a virtual folder to provide the required driver, choose the .NET IRC.

  4. Mount the operating system ISO.
    1. Select Virtual Drives > Image File CD-ROM/DVD.

      The remote console prompts you to select a file.

    2. Enter the path or file name of the image file in the File name text box.

      You can also browse to the file location, and then click Open.

  5. If you will provide the required driver on a USB key, do the following:
    1. Connect the USB key to the client you are using to manage iLO.
    2. In the remote console, click the Virtual Drives menu, and then select the drive letter of the USB key on your client PC.
  6. If you will provide the required driver in a folder on the client you use to manage iLO, do the following:
    1. Select Virtual Drives > Folder.
    2. In the Browse for Folder window, select the folder that contains the driver file.
  7. Boot to the operating system ISO.
  8. Follow the onscreen instructions until the operating system installer prompts you for the path to the driver.
  9. When prompted for the driver location, enter the path to the USB key or virtual folder that contains the driver.
  10. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the operating system installation.
  11. Install any additional required device drivers.

    You can obtain device drivers from the SPP.