Virtual Media Operating System Information - NEC iLO 5 User Manual

Virtual Media operating system information

This section describes the operating system requirements to consider when you are using the
iLO Virtual Media features.
Operating system USB requirement
To use Virtual Media devices, your operating system must support USB devices, including USB
mass storage devices. For more information, see your operating system documentation.
During system boot, the ROM BIOS provides USB support until the operating system loads.
Because MS- DOS uses the BIOS to communicate with storage devices, utility diskettes that boot
DOS will also function with Virtual Media.
Operating system considerations: Virtual Floppy/USB key
• Boot process and DOS sessions—During the boot process and DOS sessions, the virtual
floppy device appears as a standard BIOS floppy drive (drive A). If a physically attached
floppy drive exists, it is unavailable at this time. You cannot use a physical local floppy drive
and a virtual floppy drive simultaneously.
• Windows Server 2008 or later—Virtual Floppy/USB key drives appear automatically after
Windows recognizes the USB device. Use the virtual device as you would use a locally
attached device.
To use a Virtual Floppy as a driver diskette during a Windows installation, disable the
integrated diskette drive in the host RBSU, which forces the virtual floppy disk to appear as
drive A.
To use a virtual USB key as a driver diskette during a Windows installation, change the boot
order of the USB key drive. NEC Corporation recommends placing the USB key drive first in
the boot order.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux—Linux supports the use of USB diskette and key drives.
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Changing diskettes
When you are using a Virtual Floppy/USB key on a client machine with a physical USB disk drive,
disk- change operations are not recognized. For example, if a directory listing is obtained from a
floppy disk, and then the disk is changed, a subsequent directory listing shows the directory
listing for the first disk. If disk changes are necessary when you are using a Virtual Floppy/USB
key, make sure that the client machine contains a non-USB disk drive.
Operating system considerations: Virtual CD/DVD-ROM
MS-DOS
The Virtual CD/DVD-ROM is not supported in MS-DOS.
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