Users Guide

Deploying Your Operating System Using iVMCLI 263
The <iDRAC-user-name> must have the following attributes:
• Valid user name
• iDRAC6 Virtual Media User permission
If iDRAC6 authentication fails, an error message appears and the command is
terminated.
iDRAC6 User Password
-p <iDRAC-user-password>
This parameter provides the password for the specified iDRAC6 user.
If iDRAC6 authentication fails, an error message displays and the command
terminates.
Floppy/Disk Device or Image File
-f { <device-name> | <image-file> }
where <device-name> is a valid drive letter (for Windows systems) or a valid
device file name, including the mountable file system partition number, if
applicable (for Linux systems); and <image-file> is the filename and path of
a valid image file.
This parameter specifies the device or file to supply the virtual floppy/disk
media.
For example, an image file is specified as:
-f c:\temp\myfloppy.img (Windows system)
-f /tmp/myfloppy.img (Linux system)
If the file is not write-protected, Virtual Media may write to the image file.
Configure the operating system to write-protect a floppy image file that
should not be overwritten.
For example, a device is specified as:
-f a:\ (Windows system)
-f /dev/sdb4 # 4th partition on device /dev/sdb
(Linux system)
If the device provides a write-protection capability, use this capability to
ensure that Virtual Media will not write to the media.