HP Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack--Windows Edition 315379-008 manual Bootworks Partition

Bootworks Diskette, RILOE, and iLO with Virtual Floppy

As an alternative to PXE, target servers can connect to the Deployment Server by creating a physical Bootworks diskette with networking support. When booted, the diskette automatically connects to the Altiris Deployment Server. This diskette can be used in the physical diskette drive, or an image of the diskette can be booted through the Virtual Floppy feature of Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition (RILOE) or Integrated Lights-Out (iLO). However, the Virtual Floppy feature of RILOE and iLO is not an integrated feature of the Rapid Deployment Pack.

The boot diskette must use an NDIS2 driver for network connectivity. For this reason, drivers for each type of NIC in your environment are required (for example, Intel® or Broadcom).

IMPORTANT: To use the Virtual Floppy feature of iLO, you must purchase a license key for the Integrated Lights-Out Advanced Pack. For information on the Integrated Lights-Out Advanced Pack,

refer to http://www.hp.com/servers/lights-out.

NOTE: For details on creating a Bootworks diskette, refer to Chapter 5 of the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition Installation Guide.

NOTE: A physical boot diskette can only be used with the headless ProLiant BL e-Class servers with the bootable USB diskette drive attached to the diagnostic adapter or with the headless ProLiant

BL p-Class servers using the Virtual Floppy feature of iLO.

Bootworks Partition

Similar to the Bootworks diskette mechanism, a hidden or embedded partition can be created on the hard drive of the server. When the partition is made active and booted, it automatically connects to the Deployment Server.

NOTE: The Bootworks Partition deployment mechanism is not recommended for initial deployments or scripted install redeployments.

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