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Column Description or action
Bay
Power State
Remote Console
iLO DVD Status
Device or Image URL
Virtual Power
This field displays the device bay number of the blade within the enclosure.
The power state of the server blade. Possible values are On or Off.
To launch the iLO Remote Console, select Integrated Remote Console (IE) or Remote
Console Applet (Java), and then click Launch.
This field indicates whether the server blade has a Virtual Media connection. Possible
values are Connected, Disconnected, or Unknown. A status of Incompatible Firmware
indicates that the DVD feature is not supported with the iLO firmware installed on the
device. A status of Unknown indicates there is an iLO connectivity issue.
This field displays the current Virtual Media connection of the blade. Possible values
are Virtual Media Applet is connected, Feature not supported on Integrity iLO version
x.xx, SSH is disabled on this blade's iLO processor, Upgrade ProLiant iLO version x.xx
to 1.30 or higher, Enclosure DVD, or Tray Open or No Media. 1
1 NOTE: The actual iLO firmware version is shown in the format x.xx.
The Virtual Power menu enables a Momentary Press or a Press and Hold of the power button, or a Cold Boot
of the selected server blades.
Button Description
Momentary Press
Press and Hold
Cold Boot
One Time Boot
Option Description
Diskette Drive (A:)
CD-ROM
Hard Drive C:
RBSU
PXE NIC
DVD
This button mimics a physical momentary press of the power button on the server blade.
Clicking this button powers the server blade on or off gracefully.
This button mimics a physical press and hold of the power button on the server blade.
Clicking this button forces the server blade to shut power off without first shutting down
the OS. This option is not available when the server blade is off.
Clicking this button immediately removes power from the system. This command
applies only to server blades that are powered on. Issuing a Cold Boot command to a
powered off server blade acts to power on the server blade.
Forces the server blade to reboot to the diskette drive. Be sure the diskette drive is
attached to the server blade before selecting this option.
Forces the server blade to reboot to the CD-ROM drive. Be sure the CD-ROM drive is
attached to the server blade before selecting this option.
Forces the server blade to reboot to the hard disk.
Forces the server blade to boot to the ROM-Based Setup Utility.
Forces the server blade to boot to PXE NIC.
The DVD menu enables you to connect or disconnect the shared DVD drive by selecting Connect to Enclosure
DVD or Disconnect DVD Hardware. You can connect the shared DVD drive to multiple server blades. After
the shared DVD drive is connected, the Virtual Power menu can be used to reboot the selected server blades
in the list. If multiple media disks are required for an installation, then you might have to disconnect and
reconnect for every server when the new media disk is inserted in the DVD.
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