Users Guide

• Managed system (where iDRAC is operated from)
• Network location mapped to a management station.
Before downloading the partition contents, make sure that:
• You have Access Virtual Media privileges.
• The vFlash functionality is enabled.
• An initialize operation is not being performed on the card.
• For a read-write partition, it must not be attached.
To download the contents of the vFlash partition:
1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → vFlash → Download.
The Download Partition page is displayed.
2. From the Label drop-down menu, select a partition that you want to download and click Download.
NOTE: All existing partitions (except attached partitions) are displayed in the list. The rst partition is selected by
default.
3. Specify the location to save the le.
The contents of the selected partition are downloaded to the specied location.
NOTE: If only the folder location is specied, then the partition label is used as the le name, along with the
extension .iso for CD and Hard Disk type partitions, and .img for Floppy and Hard Disk type partitions.
Booting to a partition
You can set an attached vFlash partition as the boot device for the next boot operation.
Before booting a partition, make sure that:
• The vFlash partition contains a bootable image (in the .img or .iso format) to boot from the device.
• The vFlash functionality is enabled.
• You have Access Virtual Media privileges.
Booting to a partition using web interface
To set the vFlash partition as a rst boot device, see Setting rst boot device.
NOTE: If the attached vFlash partition(s) are not listed in the First Boot Device drop-down menu, make sure that the
BIOS is updated to the latest version.
Booting to a partition using RACADM
To set a vFlash partition as the rst boot device, use the iDRAC.ServerBoot object.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
NOTE: When you run this command, the vFlash partition label is automatically set to boot once
(iDRAC.ServerBoot.BootOnce is set to 1.) Boot once boots the device to the partition only once and does not keep
it persistently rst in the boot order.
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