Users Guide

NOTE: If ESXi is running on the managed system and if you mount a floppy image (.img) using RFS, the connected floppy
image is not available to the ESXi operating system.
RFS and Virtual Media features are mutually exclusive.
● 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>
● HTTP — http://<URL>/<file path>/<image name>
● HTTPS — https://<URL>/<file path>/<image name>
NOTE: CIFS supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and NFS supports only IPv4 address.
NOTE: Both '/' or '\' characters can be used for the file path.
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 on page 127.
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
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