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Creating bootable media for Storage systems

You can create a bootable ISO image for Storage systems.

Complete the following procedure to create bootable media.
Note
You can also run the command bomc.exe --function=jbod --iso bootable.iso -l workingdir to create the bootable media for Storage systems.
  1. On a command line, enter the command name with no option to start the Bootable Media Creator wizard.
    The command name varies and is based on the operating system from which you are running the command. The following table lists the name of the command for each supported operating system. For more information about the supported operating systems, see Supported operating systems.
    Operating systemCommand name
    Microsoft Windowslnvgy_utl_lxce_bomcxxx_{ version }_windows_indiv.exe
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.X AMD64/EM64T and abovelnvgy_utl_lxce_bomcxxx_{ version }_rhel_indiv.bin
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.X AMD64/EM64T and abovelnvgy_utl_lxce_bomcxxx_{ version }_sles_indiv.bin
  2. On the Welcome page, type a description in the Descriptive name field. The descriptive text is displayed on the screen when you use the bootable media.
  3. Click Next.
  4. On the Targeted System page, select one or more machine types to be supported by the bootable media, and then click Next.
    Note
    If you select the machine types in the Lenovo Platforms table, you cannot select the machine types in the Storage Platforms table.
  5. On the Acquire Location page, complete these fields, and then click Next:
    Look in a local directory
    Select this option to find boot environment from the local system. Type the fully qualified path and file name in the given field, or click Browse to select the file.
    Note
    The jbod update utility must be put into the local directory manually. Boot environment can be downloaded from the Web, if it is not found in the local directory.
  6. Click Next to go to the Media Format page.
  7. On the Media Format page, select Write to image file, and specify the fully qualified path and file name for the ISO image in the given field.
  8. Click Next. On the Confirm Choices page, review the configuration information you provided for creating the bootable media.
  9. Optional: Click Save to save this configuration information to a file, which you can import into this tool to recreate this bootable media at a later time.
  10. Click Next.

    The Creation Progress page is displayed. Bootable Media Creator downloads the related files for Storage systems, and then creates the bootable media. A progress bar indicates that the acquisition and creation are in progress and shows the percentage of progress.

  11. When the bootable media is finished, click Next.
  12. Click Finish.