Chandan_VL,

For things regarding the iDrac you could use RACADM, you can find the RACADM CLI guide here. Yet it won't configure anything on the host, so the option you can use is to create a script and mount it as an image to present to the OS to run, via Virtual Console. The issue is there isn't an all encompassing tool that does everything you requested.

Let me know if this helps.

Hi Chris,

I too explored RACADM and could not find anything suitable for me.

You are also suggesting to create a script and mount it as an image. This means I should create a shell script and mount it as a virtual media on CD/DVD and then boot the server through virtual media.

Is my understanding correct or you meant something else?

How to present the image to the OS to run it? Can you please share the documentation containing the procedure to present the image to the OS to run.

And also apart from IDRAC we have several ways to make the server boot from the ISO image. For ex. RACADM, redfish, etc. So please let me know if I can present the image to the OS to run, through any of these methods.

Hi @Chandan_VL,

Well partially yes, create the script and mount it as an image using virtual media in Virtual Console, but Chris mentioned it is used to present it to the OS to run, not to boot from it. 

You would do so through the Virtual Console/Virtual Media, by mounting it as an IMG.

When I try to mount IMG file in Virtual Media, I cannot mount it on CD/DVD, instead I can mount it on Removable Disk, because CD/DVD takes only ISO files and Removable disk takes only IMG files

And as per your suggestion, I have to present the IMG to the OS to run it and not boot from it. So after mounting IMG onto removable disk, what should I do? Should I go for a normal reboot to make the OS run the image ?

Hi,

it should work from the OS so your idea makes sense.

Regards Martin