Virtual Media Session Settings; Opening A Virtual Media Session - HP 262586-B21 - IP Console Switch 3x1x16 KVM User Manual

drives (non-USB hard drives are not available for mapping). You can also add .iso and floppy image files
and then map them using the Virtual Media window.
After a target server is mapped, the Virtual Media window Details View displays information about the
amount of data transferred and the time elapsed since the target server was mapped.
You can specify that the Virtual Media session is reserved. When a session is reserved and the associated
console switch session is closed, another user cannot launch a console switch session to that server. If a
session is not reserved, another console switch session can be launched. Reserving the session can also
be used to ensure that a critical update is not interrupted by another user attempting to preempt the
console switch session or by inactivity time-outs on the console switch session.
You can also reset the interface adapter from the Virtual Media window. This action resets every form of
USB media on the server and should therefore be used with caution and only when the server is not
responding.

Virtual Media session settings

Virtual Media session settings include the following:
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Locking
The locking option specifies whether a Virtual Media session is locked to the console switch session
on the target server. When locking is enabled (which is the default) and the console switch session is
closed, the Virtual Media session is also closed. When locking is disabled and the console switch
session is closed, the Virtual Media session remains active.
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Mapped drives access mode
You can set the access mode for mapped drives to read-only. When the access mode is read-only,
you cannot write data to the mapped drive on the client workstation. When the access mode is not
set as read-only, you can read and write data to and from the mapped drive.
If the mapped drive is read-only by design (for example, certain CD/DVD drives or .iso images), the
configured read-wrote access mode is ignored.
Setting the read-only mode can be helpful when a read-write drive, such as a mass storage device or
a USB removable media, is mapped and you want to prevent the user from writing data to it.
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Encryption level
You can configure up to three encryption levels for Virtual Media sessions. Any combination is valid.
The following choices are available:
128-bit SSL
o
3DES
o
DES
o
The highest level selected (in this order) will be used. The default, if no encryption level is selected, is
no encryption.

Opening a Virtual Media session

NOTE:
USB 2.0 interface adapters with Virtual Media.
Launch a Video Session Viewer session to the server.
1.
The following procedures are valid only on console switches that are connected with
Managing remote servers through the Video Session Viewer 94