https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-remote-server/ilo-virtual-floppy-insert/m-p/3527471#M1182 I looking for ideas from anyone,<BR /><BR />I am attempting to initiate a virtual floppy insert remotely using the cpqlocfg utility. I am using the xml file, the syntax is correct and it works on RILOE I and II's<BR /><BR />I do not want to execute from the server itself (HPLOCFG), I do not want to use the HPLOVM util.<BR /><BR />It would appear that the ILO does not support the inserting of the floppy without actually logging into the RIB.<BR /><BR />Here is the XML code.....<BR /><BR /><!--Server Build Floppy Insert --><BR /><!--Called from the blah.vbs file and written via the script --><BR /><RIBCL version="2.0"><BR /><LOGIN user_login="Admin" password="Password"><BR /><RIB_INFO mode="write"><BR /><INSERT_VIRTUAL_MEDIA device="FLOPPY" image_url="c:\boot.bin"></INSERT_VIRTUAL_MEDIA><BR /></RIB_INFO><BR /><SERVER_INFO mode="write"><BR /><SET_HOST_POWER host_power="Yes"></SET_HOST_POWER><BR /></SERVER_INFO><BR /></LOGIN><BR /></RIBCL> Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:11:32 GMT David Graham_8 2005-04-18T21:11:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-remote-server/ilo-virtual-floppy-insert/m-p/3527471#M1182 I looking for ideas from anyone,<BR /><BR />I am attempting to initiate a virtual floppy insert remotely using the cpqlocfg utility. I am using the xml file, the syntax is correct and it works on RILOE I and II's<BR /><BR />I do not want to execute from the server itself (HPLOCFG), I do not want to use the HPLOVM util.<BR /><BR />It would appear that the ILO does not support the inserting of the floppy without actually logging into the RIB.<BR /><BR />Here is the XML code.....<BR /><BR /><!--Server Build Floppy Insert --><BR /><!--Called from the blah.vbs file and written via the script --><BR /><RIBCL version="2.0"><BR /><LOGIN user_login="Admin" password="Password"><BR /><RIB_INFO mode="write"><BR /><INSERT_VIRTUAL_MEDIA device="FLOPPY" image_url="c:\boot.bin"></INSERT_VIRTUAL_MEDIA><BR /></RIB_INFO><BR /><SERVER_INFO mode="write"><BR /><SET_HOST_POWER host_power="Yes"></SET_HOST_POWER><BR /></SERVER_INFO><BR /></LOGIN><BR /></RIBCL> Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:11:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-remote-server/ilo-virtual-floppy-insert/m-p/3527471#M1182 David Graham_8 2005-04-18T21:11:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-remote-server/ilo-virtual-floppy-insert/m-p/3527472#M1183 Your image URL is not valid for iLO.<BR /><BR />This syntax works for RILOE because the image is transferred/buffered at the board, but this is not the case with iLO.<BR /><BR />You must specify the image url as a file on a web server, ala,<BR />"http://imageserver/boot.bin"<BR />or<BR />"https://imageserver/boot.bin"<BR /><BR />iLO pulls the image data from the URL as it is requested. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:58:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-remote-server/ilo-virtual-floppy-insert/m-p/3527472#M1183 acartes 2005-04-26T16:58:03Z