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as USB drives can be redirected. It is possible to enable a write support so the remote machine
can write data to your local disk.
Figure 50: Drive Redirection
Note: The screen shown above displays status only. It cannot be used to establish virtual
media or drive redirection. To use virtual media or drive redirection you must be in the Remote
Console window.
Drive Redirection works on a level below the operating system. Neither the local nor the remote
operating system is aware that the drive is currently redirected. This may lead to inconsistent
data as soon as either the local or remote operating systems write data to the device. If “write”
support is enabled, the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the
redirected device. Alternatively, if the local operating system writes data to the redirected
device, the drive cache of the operating system of the remote host might contain older data.
This may confuse the remote host’s operating system. Care in using Drive Redirection is
needed, especially when using the “write” support
.
Disable Drive Redirection: If enabled, the Drive Redirection is switched off.
Force read-only connections: If enabled, the Write Support for the Drive Redirection is switched
off. It is not possible to write on a redirected device.
7.3 System Health
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support on the Intel
®
RMM2 allows you to
power cycle the remote host system or to perform a hard reset. Additionally you can see the
remote hardware event log and interrogate the state of some system sensors, i.e., temperature.