User guide

Chapter 6: Using the Video Viewer 203
Opening a virtual media session
NOTE: The following procedures are valid only on DSR1030, 1031, 2030, 2035, 4030, 8030 and 8035 switches
that are connected with DSRIQ-USB modules.
To launch a virtual media session:
From the Video Viewer toolbar, select Tools - Virtual Media. The Virtual Media dialog box
will appear.
If you wish to make this a reserved session, click Details, then enable the Reserved checkbox.
To map a virtual media drives:
1. Open a virtual media session from the Video Viewer toolbar by selecting Tools -
Virtual Media.
2. To map a physical drive as a virtual media drive:
a. In the Virtual Media dialog box, click the Mapped checkbox next to the drive(s) you wish
to map.
b. If you wish to limit the mapped drive to read-only access, click the Read Only checkbox
next to the drive. If the virtual media session settings were previously configured so that
all mapped drives must be read only, this checkbox will already be enabled and cannot
be changed.
You might wish to enable the Read Only checkbox if the session settings enabled read and
write access, but you wished to limit a particular drive’s access to read only.
3. To add and map an ISO or floppy image as a virtual media drive:
a. In the Virtual Media dialog box, click Add Image.
b. The common file dialog box will appear, with the directory containing disk image files
(that is, those ending in .iso or .img) displayed. Select the desired ISO or floppy image file
and click Open.
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If the client workstation’s operating system supports drag-and-drop, select the desired ISO
or floppy image file from the common file dialog box and drag it onto the Virtual Media
dialog box.
c. The file’s header is checked to ensure it is correct. If it is, the common file dialog box will
close and the chosen image file will appear in the Virtual Media dialog box, where it can
be mapped by clicking the Mapped checkbox.
d. Repeat steps a through c for any additional ISO or floppy images you wish to add. You
may add any number of image files (up to the limits imposed by memory), but you may
only have one virtual CD or virtual mass storage mapped concurrently.
If you attempt to map too many drives (one CD and one mass storage device) or too many
drives of a particular type (more than one CD or mass storage device), a message will be