User guide

Managing remote servers through the Video Session Viewer 87
Sending a macro
Click Macros, and then select the macros to send.
NOTE: The HP IP Console Viewer database is designed to store up to 25 managed console switches and
up to 1,024 target servers (devices). If more units are added, performance may decrease.
Using an HP IP Console Switch with Virtual Media, you can map a removable mass storage device or a
CD/DVD type device on the local computer as a virtual drive on a target server. You can also add and
map an .iso or floppy image file on the local client as a virtual drive on the target server. You cannot map
the local computer hard drive for Virtual Media use.
Virtual Media requirements
To properly use Virtual Media, the following requirements must be met:
• An HP IP Console Switch with Virtual Media (2 x 1 x 16 or 4 x 1 x 16) must be used.
• The target server must be connected to the console switch using a Virtual Media capable USB 2.0
interface adapter with Virtual Media or PS2 interface adapter with Virtual Media.
• The target server and its operating system must be intrinsically able to use the types of USB 2.0
compatible media that you virtually map. In other words, if the server BIOS or operating system does
not support a portable USB memory device, you cannot map that on the local computer as a Virtual
Media drive on the target server. Devices are presented as composite USB 2.0 devices, unless you
map only one Virtual Media device through a PS2 interface adapter with Virtual Media.
• Only one Virtual Media session can be active to a server at one time.
Virtual Media resources
Virtual Media resources cannot be shared between a local OSD console and a remote console. For
example, a remote user using the HP IP Console Viewer cannot use a Virtual Media resource attached to
the local OSD console USB hub. Only Virtual Media resources directly connected to the client's computer,
running the HP IP Console Viewer, can be mapped to a target server.
You can have one CD-type device and one mass-storage-type device mapped concurrently.
• A CD-type device includes a CD/DVD drive or an .iso image of a CD.
• A mass-storage-type device includes a floppy drive, floppy image file, USB memory device, or other
removable media type, such as an external USB hard drive.
between local consoles. For example, a device connected to the USB hub of console port A cannot be
accessed by console port B.
USB 2.0 composite device limitations
The default functionality for Virtual Media, when using a USB 2.0 interface adapter with Virtual Media
capability, utilizes the composite high speed USB 2.0 capability of the protocol. Various target servers'
BIOS, and particular operating systems and installation programs, do not support composite USB 2.0
devices. If your target server BIOS or operating system does not support such devices, you must perform
one of the following actions:
For HP Server Console Switches with Virtual Media, Virtual Media resources cannot be shared
Media only)
Using Virtual Media (HP IP Console Switches with Virtual