Virtual Media - Raritan Dominion KX III User Manual

Chapter 7: Using the KVM Client
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Virtual Media

The Dominion User Station supports virtual media (VM). Virtual media
extends KVM capabilities by enabling target servers to remotely access
media from the User Station and network file servers.
With this feature, media mounted onto the User Station and network file
servers are essentially "mounted virtually" by the target server. The
target server can then read from and write to that media as if it were
physically connected to the target server itself.
Virtual media sessions are secured using 128 or 256 bit AES encryption.
Virtual media provides the ability to perform tasks remotely, such as:
Transferring files
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• Running diagnostics
Installing or patching applications
•
Complete installation of the operating system
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• Record and playback of digital audio
Important: Once you are connected to a virtual media drive, do not
change mouse modes in the KVM client if you are performing file
transfers, upgrades, installations or other similar actions. Doing so
may cause errors on the virtual media drive or cause the virtual
media drive to fail.
For the VM types supported by the Dominion User Station, see
Supported Virtual Media Types
Prerequisites for Using Virtual Media
KVM switch requirements:
• If you want to access virtual media, your "KVM switch" permissions
must be set to allow access to the relevant KVM ports, as well as
virtual media access (VM Access port permission) for those ports.
KVM switch permissions are determined according to the user
credentials you entered for the KVM switches. See
Switches
(on page 31).
(on page 79).
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