User guide

Chapter 7: Virtual Media
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Overview
VirtualmediaextendsKVMcapabilitiesbyenablingKVMtargetservers
toremotelyaccessmediafromtheclientPCandnetworkfileservers.
Withthisfeature,mediamountedontheclientPCandnetworkfile
serversisessentiallymountedvirtuallybythetargetserver.Thetarget
servercanthenreadfromandwritetoth
atmediaasifitwerephysically
connectedtothetargetserveritself.Virtualmediacanincludeinternal
andUSB‐mountedCDandDVDdrives,USBmassstoragedevices,PC
harddrivesandfloppydrives,andISOimages(diskimages).
Virtualmediaprovidestheabilitytoperformadditionaltasksre
motely,
suchas:
• Transferringfiles
• Runningdiagnostics
• Installingorpatchingapplications
• Completeinstallationoftheoperatingsystem(ifsupportedby
machineBIOS)
ThisexpandedKVMcontroleliminatesmosttripstothedatacenter,
savingtimeandmoney.