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Conguring virtual media
Disabling warning messages while launching virtual console or virtual media using Java or ActiveX plug-in
Adding virtual media images
You can create a media image of the remote folder and mount it as a USB attached device to the server’s operating system. To add Virtual
Media images:
1 Click Virtual Media > Create Image....
2 In the Source Folder eld, click Browse and browse to the folder or directory to be used as the source for the image le. The image
le is on the management station or the C: drive of the managed system.
3 In the Image File Name eld, the default path to store the created image les (typically the desktop directory) appears. To change this
location, click
Browse and navigate to a location.
4 Click Create Image.
The image creation process starts. If the image le location is within the source folder, a warning message is displayed indicating that
the image creation cannot proceed as the image le location within the source folder causes an innite loop. If the image le location is
not within the source folder, then the image creation proceeds.
After the image is created, a success message is displayed.
5 Click Finish.
The image is created.
When a folder is added as an image, a .img le is created on the Desktop of the management station from which this feature is used. If
this .img le is moved or deleted, then the corresponding entry for this folder in the Virtual Media menu does not work. Therefore, it is
recommended not to move or delete the .img le while the image is being used. However, the .img le can be removed after the
relevant entry is rst deselected and then removed using Remove Image to remove the entry.
Viewing virtual device details
To view the virtual device details, in the Virtual Console Viewer, click Tools > Stats. In the Stats window, the Virtual Media section displays
the mapped virtual devices and the read/write activity for each device. If Virtual Media is connected, this information is displayed. If Virtual
Media is not connected, the “Virtual Media is not connected” message is displayed.
If the Virtual Media is launched without using the Virtual Console, then the Virtual Media section is displayed as a dialog box. It provides
information about the mapped devices.
Resetting USB
To reset the USB device:
1 In the Virtual Console viewer, click Tools > Stats.
The Stats window is displayed.
2 Under Virtual Media, click USB Reset.
A message is displayed warning the user that resetting the USB connection can aect all the input to the target device including
Virtual Media, keyboard, and mouse.
3 Click Yes.
The USB is reset.
NOTE
: iDRAC Virtual Media does not terminate even after you log out of iDRAC Web interface session.
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