Users Guide

• If the Virtual Media client is not active, and you attempt to establish an RFS connection, the connection is established and the
remote image is available to the host operating system.
• If the Virtual Media client is active, and you attempt to establish an RFS connection, the following error message is displayed:
Virtual Media is detached or redirected for the selected virtual drive.
The connection status for RFS is available in iDRAC log. Once connected, an RFS-mounted virtual drive does not disconnect even if
you log out from iDRAC. The RFS connection is closed if iDRAC is reset or the network connection is dropped. The Web interface
and command-line options are also available in CMC and iDRAC to close the RFS connection. The RFS connection from CMC
always overrides an existing RFS mount in iDRAC.
NOTE: iDRAC vFlash feature and RFS are not related.
If you update the iDRAC firmware from version 1.30.30 to 1.50.50 firmware while there is an active RFS connection and the Virtual
Media Attach Mode is set to Attach or Auto Attach, the iDRAC attempts to re-establish the RFS connection after the firmware
upgrade is completed and the iDRAC reboots.
If you update the iDRAC firmware from version 1.30.30 to 1.50.50 firmware while there is an active RFS connection and the Virtual
Media Attach Mode is set to Detach, the iDRAC does not attempt to re-establish the RFS connection after the firmware upgrade is
completed and the iDRAC reboots.
Configuring remote file share using web interface
To enable remote file sharing:
1. In iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Attached Media.
The Attached Media page is displayed.
2. Under Attached Media, select Attach or Auto Attach.
3. Under Remote File Share, specify the image file path, domain name, user name, and password. For information about the
fields, see the
iDRAC Online Help.
Example for image file path:
• CIFS — //<IP to connect for CIFS file system>/<file path>/<image name>
• NFS —< IP to connect for NFS file system>/<file path>/<image name>
NOTE: Both '/' or '\' characters can be used for the file path.
CIFS supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses but NFS supports only IPv4 address.
If you are using NFS share, make sure that you provide the exact <file path> and <image name> as it is case-sensitive.
NOTE: For information on recommended characters for user names and passwords, see Recommended characters
in user names and passwords.
NOTE: While specifying the network share settings, it is recommended to avoid special characters for user name
and password or percent encode the special characters.
4. Click Apply and then click Connect.
After the connection is established, the Connection Status displays Connected.
NOTE: Even if you have configured remote file sharing, the Web interface does not display user credential
information due to security reasons.
For Linux distributions, this feature may require a manual mount command when operating at runlevel init 3. The syntax for the
command is:
mount /dev/OS_specific_device / user_defined_mount_point
where, user_defined_mount_point is any directory you choose to use for the mount similar to any mount command.
For RHEL, the CD device (.iso virtual device) is /dev/scd0 and floppy device (.img virtual device) is /dev/sdc.
For SLES, the CD device is /dev/sr0 and the floppy device is /dev/sdc. To make sure that the correct device is used (for
either SLES or RHEL), when you connect the virtual device, on the Linux OS you must immediately run the command:
tail /var/log/messages | grep SCSI
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