Launching Virtual Media - Dell PowerEdge 180AS User Manual

For example, the KVM and virtual media sessions can be locked together. In
this mode, when a KVM session is disconnected, so is the associated virtual
media session. If the sessions are not locked together, the KVM session can be
closed but the virtual media session remains active.
After a target device has an active virtual media session without an associated
active KVM session, either the original user (User A) can reconnect or a
different user (User B) can connect to that channel. You can set an option in
the Virtual Media window (Reserved) that lets only User A access the
associated target device with a KVM session.
If User B has access to that KVM session (the Reserved option is not
enabled), User B could control the media that is being used in the virtual
media session. In some environments, this might not be desirable.
By using the Reserved option in a tiered environment, only User A can access
the lower appliance and the KVM channel between the upper appliance and
lower appliance is reserved for User A.
Preemption levels offer additional flexibility of combinations. See
"Preemption Mode" on page 76.

Launching Virtual Media

Virtual media is launched remotely from the appliance using the Viewer,
which may be launched from the on-board web interface or the RCS software.
The virtual media client will allow a user to map a local drive to a virtual drive
on the target server.
To launch virtual media from the RCS software:
1 Launch the Viewer from the software. (See "Using the Viewer" on page 49
for more information.)
2 Select Tools - Virtual Media.
3 If you want to make this a reserved session, on the Virtual Media window
click Details, then select the Reserved check box.
There are two devices available for mapping on the target server: a
floppy/flash drive or a CD/DVD drive. The virtual media client allows one of
each to be mapped at a time. Alternatively, the virtual media client will also
allow a floppy image (*.img) file or a CD image (*.iso) file to be mapped to a
virtual device.
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Using the Viewer