5 Replies Latest reply: Jun 4, 2010 3:09 PM by tcduncan

SOL/IDE-R what do I need for it to work?

shanfont May 11, 2010 8:33 AM

I have 88+ Dell Optiplex 780's all with vPro enabled. How do I use the ide redirect if I want a pc to boot to my cd or a image file? I'm using the Manageability Developers tool kit to manage my pc's. I scanned all the machines into the Commander Tool and go to control a pc. On the Remote Control tab I choose the Remote reboot to redirect CD but my pc just sits there waiting...and nothing happens. On the Disk Redirect tab I see Redirect Active but when I choose to enable it I get the message "Both a valid floppy and CDROM drive or image file must be specified before IDE Redirect can be enabled". Why a floppy? If I'm reinstalling Win XP I don't need a floppy. So, what am I missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Shane,

1. Re: SOL/IDE-R what do I need for it to work?

tcduncan May 24, 2010 4:56 PM (in response to shanfont)
Hi,
I've attached a video demonstration that used SOL/IDER to repair a system with a corrupt file. I added some notes I hope will help. The big thing is that SOL, IDER & the redirection port be enabled in the Intel(R) AMT Setup / Intel(R) ME and they also be enabled on the "Take Control" tab in Manageability Commander. I am a little concerned about the size of your remote image. Have you tried with a small test image yet? The video refrences the one I used.

Let me know how it's going?
Thanks...td

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2. Re: SOL/IDE-R what do I need for it to work?

tcduncan May 24, 2010 4:56 PM (in response to shanfont)

The "why a valid floppy" image is one I haven't had answered, but all I do is rename a text file with the .img extension since i'm never going to use it. I don't know why it is required, but for this tool at least, it is required.
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Guest May 25, 2010 7:53 AM (in response to tcduncan)

Why the concern over the size of my image file? That video showed everything that I was doing right except the virtual floppy part. I will try the renaming of a text file and test it out.
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shanfont May 25, 2010 9:05 AM (in response to tcduncan)

Why the concern of my image file? That video showed everything that I was doing right, except the virtual floppy. I will try to rename a text file like you suggested and let you know how that goes.
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tcduncan Jun 4, 2010 3:09 PM (in response to shanfont)

I was confused and worried that it might have been a network saturation issue. How's it going?
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