the Boot Order to make sure Hard Disk is top and Optical is the second. There are some nifty things with restricting IPs that can remote in and such. You may wish to follow our other guide if you are trying to install VirtualBox. Note2: Here is the link to the iDRAC6 manual. Thank you for this though it really did help me out.
I have ordered the parts for a new computer which I am going to build, however the Windows 7 I have is a disc and I have not ordered an optical drive. Note: do you know if there are any character limitations on iDRAC user/pw? I did notice that it supports AD and Smart Card auth which is awesome, I wonder if I can get it to use YubiRadius.Īlso on step 2 you don't have to mount the ISO's you can mount them directly from iDRAC, at least I was able to in iDRAC6 Enterprise. How To Install The OS Without An Optical Drive Jan 14, 2013. Also make note that you have to reboot the server for your changes to take effect so that you can use the new user/pw that you setup. It would be nice if you included some more screenshots of the iDRAC interface screens on setting it up in step one.