I've just come into posession of an HPE blade system with a c7000 enclosure. System currently working with vmWare vSphere 5.0 on an old license. I've got a trial licence for 6.0 (max version of vSphere that will run on my individual blade). I'm trying to overwrite the OS with this new ISO image I have on CD, but can't seem to get my iLo environment to recognize the external DVD player I am using.
Cuveballs which make this not a straight forward process:
- Running iLo 3, not the most recent 4
- am required to keep a full airgap with this device. No internet connection, and zero usb's to be used. I have this device networked to an isolated desktop that I am accessing the server through via iLo, however even the remote management console will not launch.
I am suspecting this is likely firmware versions, and am working to establish a plan on updating this but wondered if anyone else has any hints to point me in the right direction and save me countless troubleshooting hours when I have such constraints.
Cheers