Users Guide

Before creating a partition from an image le, make sure that:
• You have Access Virtual Media privilege.
• The card is initialized.
• The card is not write-protected.
• An initialize operation is not being performed on the card.
• The image type and the emulation type match.
NOTE: The uploaded image and the emulation type must match. There are issues when iDRAC emulates a device with
incorrect image type. For example, if the partition is created using an ISO image and the emulation type is specied
as Hard Disk, then the BIOS cannot boot from this image.
• Image le size is less than or equal to the available space on the card.
• Image le size is less than or equal to 4 GB as the maximum partition size supported is 4 GB. However, while creating a partition
using a Web browser, the image le size must be less than 2 GB.
NOTE: The vFlash partition is an image le on a FAT32 le system. Thus, the image le has the 4 GB limitation.
Creating a partition using an image le using web interface
To create a vFlash partition from an image le:
1. In iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → vFlash → Create From Image.
The Create Partition from Image File page is displayed.
2. Enter the required information and click Apply. For information about the options, see the iDRAC Online Help.
A new partition is created. For CD emulation type, a read-only partition is created. For Floppy or Hard Disk emulation type, a
read-write partition is created. An error message is displayed if:
• The card is write-protected
• The label name matches the label of an existing partition.
• The size of the image le is greater than 4 GB or exceeds the available space on the card.
• The image le does not exist or the image le extension is neither .img nor .iso.
• An initialize operation is already being performed on the card.
Creating a partition from an image le using RACADM
To create a partition from an image le using RACADM:
1. Log in to the system using telnet, SSH, or Serial console.
2. Enter the command
racadm vflashpartition create –i 1 –o drive1 –e HDD –t image –l //myserver/sharedfolder/
foo.iso –u root –p mypassword
By default, the created partition is read-only. This command is case sensitive for the image le name extension. If the le name
extension is in upper case, for example FOO.ISO instead of FOO.iso, then the command returns a syntax error.
NOTE: This feature is not supported in local RACADM.
NOTE: Creating vFlash partition from an image le located on the CFS or NFS IPv6 enabled network share is not
supported.
Formatting a partition
You can format an existing partition on the vFlash SD card based on the type of le system. The supported le system types are
EXT2, EXT3, FAT16, and FAT32. You can only format partitions of type Hard Disk or Floppy, and not CD. You cannot format read-only
partitions.
Before creating a partition from an image le, ensure that:
• You have Access Virtual Media privilege.
• The card is initialized.
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