Cisco Systems 57712, UCSCPCIEBTG Installing the Server OS, OS Installation Methods, KVM Console

C H A P T E R 2

Installing the Server OS

This chapter includes the following sections:

•OS Installation Methods, page 11

•KVM Console, page 11

•PXE Installation Servers, page 12

OS Installation Methods

C-Series servers support several operating systems. Regardless of the OS being installed, you can install it on your server using one of the following tools:

•KVM console

•PXE installation server

KVM Console

The KVM console is an interface accessible from CIMC that emulates a direct keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) connection to the server. The KVM console allows you to connect to the server from a remote location.

Instead of using CD/DVD or floppy drives physically connected to the server, the KVM console uses virtual media, which are actual disk drives or disk image files that are mapped to virtual CD/DVD or floppy drives. You can map any of the following to a virtual drive:

•CD/DVD or floppy drive on your computer

•Disk image files (ISO or IMG files) on your computer

•USB flash drive on your computer

•CD/DVD or floppy drive on the network

•Disk image files (ISO or IMG files) on the network

•USB flash drive on the network

Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 1.5

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