Users Guide

10 Contents
7 Configuring and Using Virtual
Media
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Installing the Virtual Media Plug-In
. . . . . . . . . . 149
Windows-Based Management Station
. . . . . . 149
Linux-Based Management Station
. . . . . . . . 149
Using the Virtual Media Feature
. . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Booting From the Virtual Media
. . . . . . . . . . 150
Installing Operating Systems
Using Virtual Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using Virtual Media When the Server’s
Operating System Is Running
. . . . . . . . . . . 152
Enabling and Disabling the Virtual
Media Feature
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature
For Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature
as a Super Floppy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Configuring the Virtual Floppy as
a Hard Drive
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Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
8 Using the Serial and racadm
Commands
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Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Logging into the DRAC 4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Starting a Text Console
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Viewing a List of Serial/Telnet Commands
. . . . 165