PowerEdge: How To create a virtual USB ISO To Deploy Operating System Using The LifeCycle Controller.

Summary: Some Dell Servers may not have an optical drive and thus may need an alternative storage method to load raid drivers during remote operating system deployment.

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Instructions

  1. Download the related operating system driver from dell.com/support and select extract.
    Download the related operating system driver from dell.com/support and select extract. 
  2. Select an 'easy to find' location and select "Make new folder," name it, and extract the exact driver payload to that folder.
    Select an 'easy to find' location and select "Make new folder," name it, and extract the exact driver payload to that folder. 
  3. Go to the server iDRAC and ensure that Java is enabled for the iDRAC console.
    Note: The option to create image is only available within the Java Plug-in Type in the virtual console.

    Go to the server iDRAC and ensure that Java is enabled for the iDRAC console. 
  4. Open the virtual console and select create image:
     Open the virtual console and select create image: 
  5. Select the folder that the driver extracted to is correct and "create a new image file from a source folder."
    Select the folder that the driver extracted to is correct and "create a new image file from a source folder." 
  6. The image is created click Finish.
    The image is created click Finish. 
  7. Then Connect to the iDRAC virtual media and select Map Floppy or Removable Disk and select the image file that was created.
    Then Connect to the iDRAC virtual media and select Map Floppy or Removable Disk and select the image file that was created. 
  8. Click open and then select 'map-floppy device.'

     Click open and then select 'map-floppy device.' 
  9. The image should be available as a virtual storage device. The image can be accessed with the iDRAC virtual console to load raid drivers for operating system deployment using software raid.
    The image should be available as a virtual storage device. The image can be accessed with the iDRAC virtual console to load raid drivers for operating system deployment using software raid. 

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Affected Products

PowerEdge R240, PowerEdge R250, PowerEdge R340, PowerEdge R350, PowerEdge R440, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R750 , PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge RAID Controller S150, PowerEdge RAID Controller S130, PowerEdge RAID Controller S140 ...
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Article Number: 000195966
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 26 May 2025
Version:  4
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