Attaching ISO to Virtual Console – iLO 4

Leaseweb provides Remote Management for every Dedicated Server. As a customer, you are able to utilize Remote Management if you require access to your server outside of your server’s public connection.

Within these Remote Management pages, you are able to utilize a Remote Console, which provides a terminal to your server as if you connected a monitor to your server physically. A part of that functionality is attaching an ISO in order to boot from it. This page will provide an explanation on how to do so for the iLO 4 Remote Management software.

Mounting ISO using the .NET Framework

1. Login to your server’s Remote Management ILO4 site. This information can be found within your server’s Detail page.
2. Once you login, locate on the left hand site the menu entry that says Remote Console. When you click on it, you will have a drop down appear with another menu entry also named Remote Console. Select the Remote Console link that is below the first Remote Console Link.
   
3.  On the page that appears on the right site of the browser, click the button Launch to utilize the .NET Integrated Remote Console.  After you click Launch, please click the Run button on the next pop up that appears.

4. Your iLO Integrated Remote Console will appear. To start mounting the ISO, select the menu option Virtual Drives at the top of the iLO Remote Console window. Within that menu, select Image File CD-ROM/DVD.
   
5. This will open a Windows Explorer window. Browse to the location of  the ISO on your workstation, select it, and click Open.
    
6. Your ISO is now mounted to the server’s virtual DVD drive. You can continue with rebooting your server utilizing the Power Switch menu in the Integrated Console, and then selecting Reset.

7. Once the server reboots, please wait until the option to access the Boot Menu appears. Once it appears, press the corresponding key on your keyboard,
    
8. You will be directed to a boot menu once the POST process completes. Click the appropriate key for One Time Boot to CD-ROM once the boot menu appears (in this example, it is key 1).
   
9. If the following screen appears, you have successfully booted into the mounted ISO.
   

Mounting ISO using HTML5

Perform the following steps to mount an ISO using the HTML5 Console:

1. Select the button HTML5 Console. The HTML5 Console will appear.
   
2. At the top left hand side of the HTML5 Console Window, select the disk icon, Then, click the selection CD/DVD. Click on the button that appears that says Local *.iso file.
   
3. This will open a Windows Explorer window. Browse to the location of  the ISO on your workstation, select it, and click Open.
   
4. If it was mounted successfully, you will see a message as shown below, at the right side of the bottom of your browser window.
    
5. You will now need to do a power reset. At the top left hand side of the HTML5 Console, click the three bars, then click Power, then click Reset.
   

Mounting ISO using Java

1. Within the Remote Console menu, select Web Start.
   
2. If you are utilizing Internet Explorer, you will be prompted with the following box. Select Open.
   
3. You will receive a prompt indicating a security warning. Ensure that you select the box I accept the risk and want to run this application and then click Run.
    
4. Once the console appears, select Virtual Drives and then select Image File CD/DVD-ROM.
   
5. Select the ISO you want to mount. Then reboot your server.
   
6. You will be directed to a boot menu once the POST process completes. Click the appropriate key for One Time Boot to CD-ROM once the boot menu appears (in this example, it is key 1).