HPE ProLiant DL60 Gen 9 – Please attach some optical or iLO media before continuing

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I'm trying to reinstall the OS on a HPE ProLiant DL60 Gen9 but it refuses to find the built in DVD drive.

I pressed F10 during boot (Provisioning) to install and after the "Select operation system" screen it says "Please attach some optical or iLO media before continuing"

The HP's branded Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials ROK disk is in the DVD drive, but it refuses to recognize it. I have read some where that I need to disable the Raid controller (B140i), but I can't find anywhere to do that.

I did this once before and at that point it worked fine…

Best Answer

So I finally made it to find the DVD ROM. I did a Factory reset, disabled the internal SD card and changed boot order to:

Generic USB DVD-ROM

I really don't think the boot order matters, but I was desperate. It did the trick, now the "Intelligent" Provisioning finally finds the DVD and I can install the OS.

Thank you everyone for your involvement...