Chapter 3 Setup
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USB Memory + FD + CD/DVD image
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USB Memory + FD image + CD/DVD
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USB Memory + FD image + CD/DVD image
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USB image + FD + CD/DVD
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USB image + FD image + CD/DVD image
[*1] automount command might fail to mount remote media on X Window System (GNOME) on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (GNOME) and Oracle Linux . In such a case, mount the media manually. You can access the
remote media by manual mount instead of automount.
# mount /dev/sr1 /media/cdrom
Or you should select KDE instead of GNOME to access the remote media
[*2] If you disconnect only FD image while USB image + FD image + CD/DVD image are connected, USB
Memory and CD/DVD may be disconnected momentarily.
(l) Time required for connection
It takes several seconds until remote media is detected by the server after [Connect] button was pressed.
Some OS may take several minutes to detect the USB floppy disk drive.
(m) Connect/Disconnect while drive is accessed
If [Connect] or [Disconnect] is performed while the CD/DVD-ROM is being accessed, the server will fail to detect
the drive. Perform these operation after making sure that access LED on CD/DVD-ROM drive is unlit.
(n) Virtual drive
FD/CD/DVD or USB Memory of remote media are recognized by BIOS SETUP utility as shown below.
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"AMI Remote FD"
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"AMI Remote CD/DVD"
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"AMI Remote USB MEM"
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"AMI Virtual Flash" (for BIOS update)
The host OS always displays devices listed above as "USB composite device" even when remote KVM is not
launched by web console of BMC.
To disable these devices, use BIOS SETUP (Security Menu → Remote KM and VMedia) menu.
(o) Linux device type
If Linux OS is running on the server, the drive of its Device Type is FDD is recognized as USB Disk of SCSI
Device.
(p) Device search privilege
If the OS on remote terminal is Windows Vista or later, the web browser must be used with administrator
privilege. There is a media that cannot be connected (USB Memory).
The network drive cannot be seen from remote KVM that is raised to administrator privilege. Place the image file
used for connection in local drive.
(q) Power off and system reset during connection
Do not power off or reset the server and remote terminal while accessing the remote media.
The file being accessed might be damaged.
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