Users Guide

Figure 4. Virtual media setup
Supported drives and devices
The following table lists the drives supported through virtual media.
Table 28. Supported drives and devices
Drive Supported Storage Media
Virtual Optical Drives
• Legacy 1.44 floppy drive with a 1.44 floppy
diskette
• CD-ROM
• DVD
• CD-RW
• Combination drive with CD-ROM media
Virtual floppy drives
• CD-ROM/DVD image file in the ISO9660
format
• Floppy image file in the ISO9660 format
USB flash drives
• USB CD-ROM drive with CD-ROM media
• USB Key image in the ISO9660 format
Configuring virtual media
Before you configure the Virtual Media settings, make sure that you have configured your Web browser
to use Java or ActiveX plug-in.
Related Links
Configuring web browsers to use virtual console
Configuring virtual media using iDRAC web interface
To configure virtual media settings:
CAUTION: Do not reset iDRAC when running a Virtual Media session. Otherwise, undesirable
results may occur, including data loss.
1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Attached Media.
2. Specify the required settings. For more information, see the iDRAC Online Help.
3. Click Apply to save the settings.
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