Dell IDRAC6 User Manual page 267

Table 14-4. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions
Question
I cannot locate my Virtual
Floppy/Virtual CD device on a
system running Red Hat
Enterprise Linux or the SUSE
Linux operating system. My
Virtual Media is attached and I
am connected to my remote
floppy. What should I do?
When I performed a firmware
update remotely using the
iDRAC6 Web interface, my
virtual drives at the server were
removed. Why?
Answer
(Answer Continued)
To mount the Virtual CD drive, locate the device
node that Linux assigns to the Virtual CD drive.
Follow these steps to find and mount the Virtual
CD drive:
Open a Linux command prompt and run the
1
following command:
grep "Virtual CD"
/var/log/messages
Locate the last entry to that message and note the
2
time.
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
3
grep "hh:mm:ss" /var/log/messages
where
hh:mm:ss is the timestamp of the message
returned by grep in step 1.
In step 3, read the result of the grep command and
4
locate the device name that is given to the Dell
Virtual CD.
Ensure that you are attached and connected to
5
the Virtual CD Drive.
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
6
mount /dev/sdx /mnt/CD
where:
/dev/sdx is the device name found in step 4
/mnt/floppy is the mount point.
Firmware updates cause the iDRAC6 to reset, drop
the remote connection, and unmount the virtual
drives.
Configuring and Using Virtual Media
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