User guide

Connecting to Virtual Media
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Connecting to Virtual Media
Local Drives
Thisoptionmountsanentiredrive;theentirediskdriveismounted
virtuallyontothetargetserver.Usethisoptionforharddrivesand
externaldrivesonly;itdoesnotincludenetworkdrives,CD‐ROM,or
DVD‐ROMdrives.ThisistheonlyoptionforwhichRead‐Writeis
available.
Note:KV
MtargetserversrunningcertainversionoftheWindows
operatingsystemmaynotacceptnewmassstorageconnectionsafteran
NTFS‐formattedpartition(e.g.,thelocalCdrive)hasbeenredirectedto
them.Ifthisoccurs,closetheKXII‐101RemoteConsoleandreconnect
beforeredirectinganothervirtualmediadevice.Ifotherusersare
connectedtothesametargetserver,theymustal
soclosetheir
connectionstothetargetserver.
¾ To access a drive on the client computer:
1. FromtheVirtualKVMClient,selectVirtualMedia>ConnectDrive.
TheMapVirtualMediaDrivedialogopens:
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2. ChoosethedrivefromtheLocalDrivedrop‐downlist.
3. Ifyouwantreadandwritecapabilities,selecttheRead‐Writeoption
checkbox.Thisoptionisdisabledfornon‐removabledrives.Please
refertotheconditionswhenread‐writeisnotavailable(onpage
109)fo
rmoreinformation.Whenchecked,youwillbeabletoreador
writetheconnectedUSBdisk.
WARNING:EnablingRead‐Writeaccesscanbedangerous!
Simultaneousaccesstothesamedrivefrommorethanoneentitycan
resultindatacorruption.Ifyoudonotrequirewriteaccess,leave
thisoptionunselected.