User Guide

Intel® BMC And RMM4 User Guide Remote Console (KVM) Operation
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This menu option allows starting/stopping remote media redirection. The first two options
allow you to redirect either a local CDROM/DVD drive or else an ISO image on your local client
file system as a virtual CDROM device on the remote system. The third option allows you to
redirect either a local floppy drive or local USB key drive. The fourth option allows you to
redirect a floppy or USB Key .img file on your local client file system as a virtual floppy device
on the remote system.
Note: When trying to attach a local floppy or local USB key drive, if it is in use by the operating
system or any other application it will fail to attach.
With Microsoft Windows 2008*, Microsoft Windows Vista*, Microsoft Windows 2008* R2, and
Microsoft Windows 7* if a Windows Explorer* GUI is opened after the USB Key has been
installed in the local system, you may not be able to attach the USB Key as remote media.
With Microsoft Windows 2003* and Microsoft Windows XP* if a Windows Explorer* GUI is
opened after the USB Key has been installed in the local system and you then browse through
the USB Key, you may not be able to attach the USB Key as remote media.
The virtual devices act just like any other CDROM/DVD or floppy on the remote system. They
can be read, written (assuming they are not read-only), and booted. The pair of virtual devices
only appears on the remote OS or BIOS setup menus when some media redirection is active.
The virtual devices persist across remote system resets and power up/downs. They do not
disappear from the remote system until the checkboxes are unchecked in the Remote Console
window.
Note: The virtual devices are not limited to normal floppy/CDROM sizes and will be as large as
the device or file being redirected. A USB Key drive is redirected as a virtual floppy device
rather than a USB device to allow the loading of custom device drivers during remote OS
installation which may require a floppy drive.
There is only one virtual CDROM and one virtual floppy device on the remote system allowed
so only one local item of each type can be redirected at a time. Only one Remote Console
window can be doing media redirection at any given time.
6.4 Remote Console Status Line
The status line at the bottom of the Remote Console screen shows the console state as shown
in Figure 58. When you navigate the menu options, the status line provides a more detailed
definition of each option.
Figure 58: Status Line