Users Guide

Mapping virtual drive
To map the virtual drive:
NOTE: While using ActiveX or Java-based Virtual Media, you must have administrative privileges to map an operating
system DVD or a USB flash drive (that is connected to the management station). To map the drives, launch IE as an
administrator or add the iDRAC IP address to the list of trusted sites.
1. To establish a Virtual Media session, from the Virtual Media menu, click Connect Virtual Media.
For each device available for mapping from the host server, a menu item appears under the Virtual Media menu. The menu item is
named according to the device type such as:
• Map CD/DVD
• Map Removable Disk
• Map Floppy Disk
NOTE: The Map Floppy Disk menu item appears on the list if the Floppy Emulation option is enabled on the Attached
Media page. When Floppy Emulation is enabled, Map Removable Disk is replaced with Map Floppy Disk.
The Map DVD/CD option can be used for ISO files and the Map Removable Disk option can be used for images.
NOTE: You cannot map physical media such USB-based drives, CD, or DVD by using the HTML5 based virtual
console.
NOTE: You cannot map USB keys as virtual media disks using Virtual Console/Virtual media over a RDP session.
2. Click the device type that you want to map.
NOTE:
The active session displays if a Virtual Media session is currently active from the current Web interface
session, from another Web interface session, or from VMCLI.
3. In the Drive/Image File field, select the device from the drop-down list.
The list contains all the available (unmapped) devices that you can map (CD/DVD, Removable Disk, Floppy Drive) and image file types
that you can map (ISO or IMG). The image files are located in the default image file directory (typically the user’s desktop). If the
device is not available in the drop-down list, click
Browse to specify the device.
The correct file type for CD/DVD is ISO and for removable disk and floppy disk it is IMG.
If the image is created in the default path (Desktop), when you select Map Removable Disk, the created image is available for
selection in the drop-down menu.
If image is created in a different location, when you select Map Removable Disk, the created image is not available for selection in
the drop-down menu. Click
Browse to specify the image.
4. Select Read-only to map writable devices as read-only.
For CD/DVD devices, this option is enabled by default and you cannot disable it.
NOTE:
The ISO and IMG files map as read-only files if you map these files by using the HTML5 virtual console.
5. Click Map Device to map the device to the host server.
After the device/file is mapped, the name of its Virtual Media menu item changes to indicate the device name. For example, if the
CD/DVD device is mapped to an image file named
foo.iso, then the CD/DVD menu item on the Virtual Media menu is named
foo.iso mapped to CD/DVD. A check mark for that menu item indicates that it is mapped.
Displaying correct virtual drives for mapping
On a Linux-based management station, the Virtual Media Client window may display removable disks and floppy disks that are not part of
the management station. To make sure that the correct virtual drives are available to map, you must enable the port setting for the
connected SATA hard drive. To do this:
1. Reboot the operating system on the management station. During POST, press <F2> to enter System Setup.
2. Go to SATA settings. The port details are displayed.
3. Enable the ports that are actually present and connected to the hard drive.
4. Access the Virtual Media Client window. It displays the correct drives that can be mapped.
Unmapping virtual drive
To unmap the virtual drive:
Managing virtual media
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