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NOTE:
clients that are configured with Internet Explorer Enhanced Security.
To resolve this issue, see your Microsoft operating system documentation or
contact your administrator.
4 Click Launch Viewer.
NOTE:
dialog box will ask what to do with the file. Choose the option to Open with
program and then select the javaws application, which is located in the bin
subdirectory of your JRE installation directory.
The iDRACView application launches in a separate window.
5 Select Media→ Virtual Media Wizard.
The Media Redirection window appears.
6 View the Status section at the bottom of the Media Redirection window.
If media is connected, you can disconnect it before connecting a different
media source. To disconnect media, click the Disconnect button next to
the media in the Status window.
7 Select the radio button next to the media types you want to connect.
8 You can select both the Floppy Image radio button and one of the radio
buttons in the CD/DVD Drive section.
NOTE:
iDRAC6 blade, the same media can be redirected and made available to
another iDRAC6 blade. In other words, iDRAC6 supports same media (Read
only) redirection to two different iDRAC6 blades. But with an USB media, you
will not be able to attach to two iDRAC6 blades. iDRAC6 displays a warning
message indicating the same.
To connect a floppy image or ISO image, enter the path to the image
location on your local computer, or click the Browse button to navigate to
the image location.
NOTE:
based Virtual Media plug–in. For example, Linux clients will not allow you to
mount the images since they use the Java based plug–in. To avoid this, copy
the ISO image to your local system to make the image file available locally.
The Java based Virtual Media plug–in does not allow you to specify the share
name using \\computer\share format.
9 Click the Connect button next to each selected media type.
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Configuring and Using Virtual Media
Virtual Media may not function properly on Windows operating system
On Linux, the file jviewer.jnlp is downloaded to your desktop and a
When a management station CD/DVD media is already in use by
You may not be able to mount remote ISO images if you use the Java

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