188 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide7. After adding a desired image, select the check box next to the drive that you want to mapand click Mount Selected in Figure 6-5.Figure 6-5 Selected image mounting8. The image drive is now accessible by the system.6.1.2 Local USB portYou can use the local USB port to attach a USB flash drive that contains the OS installationfiles. There are several methods to create a bootable flash drive. The following web pagesprovide details for using a USB key as an installation medium: Installing Red Hat Linux from a USB flash drive:https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#Making_Minimal_Boot_Media How to create a bootable USB drive to install SLES:http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3499891 Installing Windows from a USB Flash Drive:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn293258.aspx Formatting a USB Flash Drive to Boot the ESXi Installation or Upgrade:https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.install.doc_50%2FGUID-33C3E7D5-20D0-4F84-B2E3-5CD33D32EAA8.htmlYou can also use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to create a bootable USB flash drive, asexplained in the next section.6.1.3 Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) is an environment to boot computers using anetwork interface for operating system deployment. All X6 systems support PXE.For example, you can use xCAT software to deploy a broad set of operating systems bynetwork. For more information, check the following web page:http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcatClosing the session: Closing the Virtual Media Session window when a remote disk ismapped to the machine causes the machine to lose access to the remote disk.
