Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 Universal Remote User Manual


 
Contents 7
7 Configuring and Using Virtual Media
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Operating System Requirements on the Managed System
. . . . . . . . . . 112
Installing the Virtual Media Plug-In
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using the Virtual Media Feature
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Booting From the Virtual Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Installing Operating Systems Using Virtual Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Using Virtual Media When the Server’s Operating System
Is Running
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Enabling and Disabling the Virtual Media Feature
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature For Your Operating System
. . . . . . 116
Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature as a Super Floppy
. . . . . . . . 116
Configuring the Virtual Floppy as a Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
racvmcli
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Execution Environment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Interfaces and APIs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
VM-CLI Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Frequently Asked Questions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
8 Using the serial and racadm Commands
Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Logging into the DRAC 4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Starting a Text Console
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Viewing a List of Serial/Telnet Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using the racadm CLI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
racadm Command Description
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
racadm Synopsis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
racadm Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
racadm Subcommand Descriptions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
racadm Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133