Users Guide

186 Using and Configuring Virtual Media
Running Virtual Media
CAUTION: Do not issue a racreset command when running a Virtual Media
session. Otherwise, undesired results may occur, including loss of data.
Using Virtual Media, you can "virtualize" a diskette image or drive, enabling
a floppy image, floppy drive, or optical drive on your management console to
become an available drive on the remote system. You can connect to a virtual
media using the browser plug-in or Java plug-in. If you are using Java plug-in,
ensure that Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6 or later is installed on the
management system.
Supported Virtual Media Configurations
You can enable Virtual Media for one floppy drive and one optical drive.
Only one drive for each media type can be virtualized at a time.
Supported floppy drives include a floppy image or one available floppy drive.
Supported optical drives include a maximum of one available optical drive or
one ISO image file.
Running Virtual Media Using the Web User Interface
Connecting Virtual Media Using the Native Plug-in
1 Open a supported Web browser on your management station. For a list of
supported Web browsers, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix
on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
CAUTION: Console Redirection and Virtual Media only support 32-bit Web
browsers. Using 64-bit Web browsers may generate unexpected results or
failure of operations.
2 Connect and log into the DRAC 5. See "Accessing the Web-Based
Interface" on page 48 for more information.
3 Click the Media tab and then click Virtual Media .