Virtual Cd/Dvd Drive; Virtual Media Connection Status - Dell PowerEdge 180AS User Manual

Virtual CD/DVD Drive

The CD/DVD drive section allows a user to select which drive to map to the
virtual CD/DVD. It includes radio buttons for selecting the type of device
(CD/DVD or ISO image), as well as a browse button used for selecting the
*.iso image file. Only one device in the CD/DVD drive section can be
connected at one time.
To connect a CD/DVD device to the virtual media drive:
1 Select Compact Disk.
2 (Optional) Select Read Only.
3 Click Connect CD/DVD.
To connect a CD/DVD image file to the virtual media drive:
1 Select ISO image.
2 Click Browse and select the desired image *.iso file.
NOTE:
Image files are always read only.
3 Click Connect CD/DVD.
To disconnect any device or image file from the virtual media device:
Click Disconnect CD/DVD.

Virtual Media Connection Status

The status section displays specific information about the virtual media
connections. If there is no current connection, the columns will read "No
connection" or "n/a" as applicable.
If there is a current connection, the status section displays the following
information:
• Target Drive - the virtual device connected to the target server
• Connected To - the name of the local drive connected to the virtual device
• Read Bytes - the number of bytes read by the target server from the local
device
• Write Bytes - the number of bytes written to the local device by the target
server
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