HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Prerequisites for Using vMedia to Install or Upgrade OpenVMS

to installation or upgrade purposes. You can access the virtual device while OpenVMS is running. For example, you can use vMedia to install and enable layered products.

NOTE: DVDs are accessible by vMedia as read only.

The vMedia device is the first in a series of virtual-disk capabilities included in the current generation of MP hardware. vMedia consists of two primary components:

•On the Integrity server where OpenVMS is to be installed or upgraded: iLO 2 MP firmware that emulates a USB DVD and streams the vMedia data across a live network connection between the remote management console and the Integrity server.

•On the management workstation (the remote x86 PC or Windows server from where you

will browse to connect to the Integrity server iLO 2 MP): Java™ code that provides data to the iLO 2 MP firmware as requested.

C.2.1 Prerequisites for Using vMedia to Install or Upgrade OpenVMS

The vMedia functionality is included with the iLO 2 MP. OpenVMS supports the use of vMedia with the HP Integrity rx2660, rx3600, rx6600, rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, and rx8640 servers and with the Integrity BL860c Server Blade. Using vMedia requires the following:

On the Integrity server:

•On Integrity rx2660, rx3600, and rx6600 servers, vMedia licensing through the Advanced Server Management option (iLO 2 Advanced Pack) and the user virtual media access right. vMedia is part of the iLO Advanced Pack feature set. Note that this license is provided and pre-enabled on the Integrity BL860c Server Blade and on the supported cell-based servers (rx7640, rx8640, and Superdomes with the sx2000 chipset).

•On the supported cell-based servers, HP Lights Out Advanced/KVM card (AD370A).

On the Windows-based PC or server from which you browse to the iLO 2 MP:

•Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6 or later

•Java Plug-in 1.4.2_10 or later.

•The vMedia Java applet has only been tested on x86 PCs and Windows servers.

•An ISO image of the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD stored on a local disk or a network drive accessible through a high-speed link. To create the ISO image, you can use ILO 2 MP through your browser, as described in Section C.1.4 (page 207). HP recommends that you do not use vMedia to install or upgrade directly from a DVD on the management workstation.

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