CHAPTER 2

Installing the Server OS
Thischapter includes the followingsections:
•OSInstallation Methods, page 11
•KVMConsole, page 11
•PXEInstallation Servers, page 12

OS Installation Methods

C-Seriesservers support several operating systems. Regardless of the OS being installed, you can install it
onyour server using oneof the following tools:
•KVMconsole
•PXEinstallation server

KVM Console

TheKVM 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.
Insteadof using CD/DVD or floppy drives physically connected to the server, the KVM console uses virtual
media,which are actual disk drives ordisk imagefiles that are mapped to virtualCD/DVD or floppy drives.
Youcan map any of the following to a virtual drive:
•CD/DVDor floppy drive on your computer
•Diskimage files (ISO or IMG files) on your computer
•USBflash drive on your computer
•CD/DVDor floppy drive on the network
•Diskimage files (ISO or IMG files) on the network
•USBflash drive on the network
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