If you are running Linux and your management station has a read-only file system, a browser can be installed on a client system without requiring a connection to a DRAC 5. By using the native plug-in installation package, the browser can be manually installed during the client setup phase.
NOTICE: In a read-only client environment, if the DRAC 5 firmware is updated to a
newer version of the plug-in, then the installed VM plug-in will become inoperative.
This is because earlier plug-in features are disabled when the firmware contains a
newer plug-in version. In this case, the client will be prompted for plug-in
installation. Since the file system is read-only, the installation will fail and the plug-
in features will not be available.
Obtain Plug-in Installation Package
To obtain the plug-in installation package:
Login to an existing DRAC5
Change the URL in the browser's address bar, from:
https://<RAC_IP>/cgi-bin/webcgi/main
to:
https://<RAC_IP>/plugins/ # Be sure to include the
trailing slash.
Notice the two subdirectories vm and vkvm. Navigate to the appropriate
subdirectory, right click the rac5XXX.xpi file, and select Save Link
Target As....
Choose a location to save the plug-in installation package file.
Plug-in Installation
To install the plug-in installation package:
Copy the installation package to the client's native file system share that is
accessible by the client.
Open an instance of the browser on the client system.
Enter the file-path to the plug-in installation package in the browser's
address bar. For example:
file:///tmp/rac5vm.xpi
The browser guides the user through plug-in installation.
Once installed, the browser will not prompt for that plug-in installation again, as long as the target DRAC 5 firmware does not contain a newer version of the plug-in.
