Installation Manual

Configuring vFlash SD Card and Managing vFlash Partitions 273
Before creating an empty partition, ensure the following:
• The card is initialized.
• The card is not write-protected.
• An initialize operation is not already being performed on the card.
To create an empty vFlash partition:
1
On the iDRAC6 Web interface, select System  vFlash tab  Create
Empty Partition
subtab. The Create Empty Partition page is displayed.
2 Enter the information mentioned in Table 15-2.
3 Click Apply . A new partition is created. A page indicating the progress
percentage is displayed.
An error message is displayed if:
• The card is write-protected.
• The label name matches the label of an existing partition.
• A non-integer value is entered for the partition size, the value exceeds
the available space on the card, or the partition size is greater than
4GB.
• An initialize operation is already being performed on the card.
NOTE: The new partition is unformatted (RAW).
Table 15-2. Create Empty Partition Page Options
Field Description
Index Select a partition index. Only unused indices are displayed
in the drop-down list. The lowest available index is selected
by default. You can change it to any other index value from
the drop-down list.
NOTE: For the standard SD card, only index 1 is available.
Label Enter a unique label for the new partition. The label name
can contain up to six alphanumeric characters. Do not
include any space in the label name. The characters are
displayed in upper case.
NOTE: For the standard SD card, the label name is VFLASH by
default and you cannot modify this name.