Why do I say under 2GB? Well if you are going to use the iDrac html5 web interface you are limited to a max of 2GB for upload. There are other ways to upload a bigger ISO but that is for another article.
Let’s go pull Ubuntu 22.04 ISO (This ISO is under 2GB… 24.04 and 26.04 are over 2GB so we can’t use them for this method)
Download it from https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04.5/ubuntu-22.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso
I just ran a simple wget to pull it down
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> wget
https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04.5/ubuntu-22.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso |
Select OverviewàServer then click on VFlash
Select Create from Image tab
Here you will see the
Note that says you are limited to 2GB
For the label I am
setting it to UBU22
For Emulation Type set
it to CD.
Then click on Choose
File in the Image location field.
Select the Ubuntu 22.04
ISO and click Open.
Click Apply
Now watch it
upload. It will take some time. In my case it took ~ 30 minutes.
Installing from an ISO on the vFlash
To now use this ISO on
the vFlash to install do the following.
From the vFlash tool. Select manage then checkbox attached for the ISO you want to install and click Apply.
Now Launch the Virtual
Console
From the Virtual Console
click on Launch Virtual Console
Now power cycle the box.
Watch it reboot in the
virtual console.
Press F10
Now it will enter the
lifecycle controller in a minute as it boots up.
Click on System Setup
then Click on Advanced Hardware Configuration.
Click System BIOS
Click Boot Settings
Click UEFI Boot Settings
Click on UEFI Boot
Sequence
Select our ISO that we
mounted as a CD and click the + button until its at the top.
Click OK
Click Exit
Save the Changes
Click OK
Click Finish
Click Yes.
Now it will start up and
start from the ISO so you can install the OS.
OK now we are at the
install menu!
I am not going to walk
through an Ubuntu 22.04 install but this covered how to get there from an ISO
on your iDrac 😊
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