Users Guide

Contents 11
11 Using and Configuring
Virtual Media
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Installing Virtual Media Browser Plug-In
. . . . . . . . 185
Windows-Based Management Station
. . . . . . 185
Linux-Based Management Station
. . . . . . . . . 185
Running Virtual Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Supported Virtual Media Configurations
. . . . . . 186
Running Virtual Media Using the
Web User Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Attaching and Detaching the
Virtual Media Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Booting From Virtual Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Installing Operating Systems Using
Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Using Virtual Media When the
Server’s Operating System Is Running . . . . . . . 193
Using Virtual Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Enabling Virtual Flash
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Disabling Virtual Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Storing Images in a Virtual Flash
. . . . . . . . . . 195
Configuring a Bootable Virtual Flash
. . . . . . . . 195
Using the Virtual Media Command
Line Interface Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Utility Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
VM-CLI Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
VM-CLI Operating System Shell Options
. . . . . . 201
Deploying Your Operating System
Using VM-CLI
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