Users Guide

138 Using and Configuring Virtual Media
4 Using the format command, format the drive with the /s switch to transfer the system files to the
Virtual Flash.
For example:
format /s x
where x is the drive letter assigned to Virtual Flash.
5 Shut down the system and remove the bootable floppy or CD from the appropriate drive.
6 Turn on the system and verify that the system boots from Virtual Flash to the C:\ or A:\ prompt.
Using the Virtual Media Command Line Interface Utility
The Virtual Media Command Line Interface (VM-CLI) utility is a scriptable command-line interface
that provides virtual media features from the management station to the DRAC 5 in the remote system.
The VM-CLI utility provides the following features:
• Supports multiple, simultaneously-active sessions.
NOTE: When virtualizing read-only image files, multiple sessions may share the same image media. When
virtualizing physical drives, only one session can access a given physical drive at a time.
• Removable media devices or image files that are consistent with the Virtual Media plug-ins
• Automatic termination when the DRAC firmware boot once option is enabled.
• Secure communications to the DRAC 5 using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Before you run the utility, ensure that you have Virtual Media user privilege to the DRAC 5 in the remote
system.
If your operating system supports administrator privileges or an operating system-specific privilege or
group membership, administrator privileges are also required to run the VM-CLI command.
The client system's administrator controls user groups and privileges, thereby controlling the users who
can run the utility.
For Windows systems, you must have Power User privileges to run the VM-CLI utility.
For Linux systems, you can access the VM-CLI utility without administrator privileges by using the sudo
command. This command provides a centralized means of providing non-administrator access and logs
all user commands. To add or edit users in the VM-CLI group, the administrator uses the visudo
command. Users without administrator privileges can add the sudo command as a prefix to the VM-CLI
command line (or to the VM-CLI script) to obtain access to the DRAC 5 in the remote system and run
the utility.