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January 27th, 2013 08:00
Deploy OS with Lifecycle Controller - Media Not Found
I'm testing all of the various remote management features of a new T320. I'm currently trying to do a remote install (using Virtual Console) of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. Here's the scenario...
I created a SBS2011 bootable USB flash drive from the Dell supplied Windows install disk (using Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool). That UFD is curently connected to the server. Using Virtual Console I was able to boot off of that UFD and do a standard OS install.
Now I want to do an OS install using the Lifecycle Controller OS Deploy feature. I booted into the USC and started the OS Deploy process. At step 4 of 5 it asks to "Insert OS Media". I was hoping that it would recognize the UFD but it does not. Next I thought I would try to use the Remote File Share feature of the DRAC to mount an ISO image of the Windows install disk. I don't have the physical disk handy at the moment so I created an image from the UFD that's connected to the server. I then copied the ISO to a network share and mounted it using Remote File Share. I rebooted and started the USC OS Deply process again hoping that it would recognize the OS media. Still no luck. When I get to the Insert OS Media step and click Next, a message box is displayed stating "Media not found. Please insert a media and retry."
Without physically inserting the OS disk in the server DVD drive, how else could I get it to recognize an OS media disk? Is my ISO image perhaps the problem? In other words since I created it from the UFD and not directly from the original DVD could that be causing a problem? Assuming there's nothing wrong with the ISO would the USC normally recognize an ISO mounted via Remote File Share as a valid OS install disk and proceed beyond step 4?
DELL-Josh Cr
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March 8th, 2021 11:00
The support page says that it supports RHEL 8, so maybe try 8.0 or 8.1 and see if that works better. https://dell.to/3t04sk7
benloveday
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March 8th, 2021 11:00
Hi Diego,
Thanks for your reply!
I'm using a PowerEdge XR2 using the latest 4.40.00.00 iDRAC and the 20.08.09 driver pack mounted, and i'm trying to deploy RHEL 8.2.
I'll try a few other releases to see if that changes anything. For the meantime I've just booted the RHEL 8.2 virtual media directly and installed the OS, but would much prefer to use the LC so I can make the process more streamlined when our team have to build more.
Cheers,
Ben
benloveday
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March 8th, 2021 12:00
Hi Josh,
I'll give that a go. On that note, do you know when the downloads page for the XR2 will be updated? It's still listing old version of OS drivers for RHEL from 2019: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-nz/product-support/product/oth-r440-xr/drivers
Also, the other models like R740 still only list RHEL 7.8 and 8.2 - when can we expect updated driver packs for RHEL 7.9 and 8.3?
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-nz/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=3x1wt&oscode=rhe70&productcode=poweredge-r740xd
Cheers,
Ben
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March 8th, 2021 12:00
Good afternoon Ben,
I'm afraid that the update cycle isn't something we have much visibility to. I know that we release updates on roughly a quarterly basis, but I wouldn't be able to say what would be coming in those release windows, for example. What I can do though, is submit some feedback requesting an updated driver pack.
benloveday
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March 8th, 2021 18:00
Thanks Dylan,
Interestingly, I tried an older R730 and lo and behold, that worked...same media, so possibly an issue with the XR2/iDRAC.
On a separate note, I see the R730 supports RHEL 8, yet the latest OS driver pack (18.12.04, A00) does not actually include 8.x drivers...am I missing something here?
See notes from the driver pack:
Supported OS List:
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 x86_64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 x86_64
Cheers,
Ben
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March 9th, 2021 00:00
Hello @benloveday
The thing with the OS Driver Pack is that it uses a small available internal storage to store the drivers pack. It is such a limited space that it is not possible to include all OS drivers at the same time. You are correct, the R730 supports RHEL 8 but the OS Driver pack does not contain the drivers. So this means that you can install RHEL 8 but you will need to download the drivers and apply them during the instalation.
For example, if you go to firmwares and drivers download page, you will see that you can choose RHEL as OS. So from here you should be able to download the drivers: https://dell.to/3btSk5h
Hope this helps.
benloveday
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March 9th, 2021 11:00
Thanks Diego,
Appreciate your reply mate. I guess I was hoping that there would be a newer release with the latest versions, even if it meant dropping drivers for the older releases
I'll try the manual drivers
Cheers,
Ben
DELL-Josh Cr
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March 9th, 2021 12:00
You may be able to create a custom image with Dell repository manager https://dell.to/3ryQPIj
benloveday
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March 9th, 2021 12:00
Hey Josh,
Thanks mate, I did not think of that
Will give it a go.
Cheers,
Ben