Managing Vflash Partitions Using Idrac6 Web Interface; Creating An Empty Partition - Dell IDRAC6 User Manual

For more information about vflashsd, see the iDRAC6 Administrator
Reference Guide available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.
NOTE:
The
onwards. The functionality of this command is now covered by
initialize
successful, it is recommended to use the
command. For more information, see "Initializing the vFlash or Standard SD Card" on
page 273.
Managing vFlash Partitions Using iDRAC6 Web
Interface
You can perform the following:
• Create an empty partition
• Create a partition using an image file
• Format a partition
• View available partitions
• Modify a partition
• Attach/Detach a partition
• Delete existing partitions
• Download the contents of a partition
• Boot to a partition

Creating an Empty Partition

An empty partition is similar to an empty USB key. You can create empty
partitions on a vFlash or standard SD card. You can choose to create partition
of type Floppy or Hard Disk. The partition type CD is not supported for
creating empty partitions.
NOTE:
You must have Access Virtual Media privilege to create empty partitions.
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Configuring vFlash SD Card and Managing vFlash Partitions
racadm vmkey reset
. While execution of the
command is deprecated from 1.5 release
command will be
vmkey reset
vflashsd initialize
vflashsd