iDrac 6 & 7 Can I virtually mount a floppy AND a CD image at same time ?

Sorry I should have also said since I am using SSH, I must use the RACADM command line feature.  For Example....

"racadm remoteimage -c -u myUserName -p myPassWord -l //10.100.211.84/boot/LiteTouchPE_x64.iso"

Hi Rob,

remoteimage is for attaching iso or img via Remote File Share. You can attach either iso or img using this command. To use virtual media feature remotely you will need to use vmcli command after installing DRAC tools using OM DVD. If, via remoteimage, you have attached an iso image, it is still possible to attach iso and img images using vmcli.

C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\rac5>racvmcli.exe

racvmcli version 1.1.0

Copyright (c) 2007 Dell, Inc.

All Rights Reserved

usage: racvmcli

       -r RAC-IP-addr[:RAC-SSL-port]

       -u RAC-user

       -p RAC-user-password

       -f {floppy-dev | disk-image}

       -c {cdrom-dev | ISO-image}

       [-v]    # version

       [-h]    # help

       [-m]    # manual page

       [-e]    # use an SSL-encrypted channel

Regards,

Mondeep

Thanks for the response Mondeep, Can I download just the racvmcli.exe file or do I have to install the entire OpenManage Essentials Application (which requires IIS Roles, Silverlight, Visual Studio Runtimes, IPMI Utility, DRAC Tools, SQL SERVER, and NAVcli !)  

WOW that's a lot of stuff to install and configure just so I can mount a floppy, can I just extrace the racvmcli.exe or use RACADM or some other SSH command?

For VMCLI application you just need to install Remote Acess Tools. You can download the same from

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/in/en/indhs1/DriverDetails/Product/poweredge-r720?driverId=V64KV&fileId=3196045164&osCode=WLHS1

Thanks for the suggestion Mondeep.  I can SSH fine to the server (with my credentials) however when I try to attach a virtual floppy with the racvmcli.exe utility I get this error message "**error: cannot authenticate user"

C:\temp>racvmcli -r 10.100.220.34 -u myUserName -p myPassword -f ImageFile.img
Authentication in progress, please wait..
**error: cannot authenticate user

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks Dell-Shine for helping me download the racvmcli tool

What's the difference between racvmcli.exe ivmcli.exe and vmcli.exe ?  The first two failed but vmcli was successful.  Now here is the tough part is there a way to leave the floppy mapped and close down the vmcli executable?  I need to automate my build which will require a floppy and a cd rom and I may be building 2000 + servers at a time (so I would like to be able to leave the floppy and cdrom mapped but do not wish to have 2000+ copies of vmcli running.  Thanks again for taking the time out of your day to answer these questions.

racvmcli -r 10.100.220.34 -u myUserName -p jpmorgan -f c:\temp\ImageFile.IMG
Authentication in progress, please wait..
**error: cannot authenticate user

ivmcli -r 10.100.220.34 -u myUserName -p jpmorgan -f c:\temp\ImageFile.IMG
Error (7):Could not connect to Server or  Insufficient privilege to create tempo
rary files in the current folder.You might not have myUserNameistrator privileges or
the current folder is Read-only.

vmcli -r 10.100.220.34 -u myUserName -p jpmorgan -f c:\temp\ImageFile.IMG
Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - self signed certificate
Continuing execution. Use -S option for vmcli to stop execution on certificate-related errors.
Connecting to server....
  Connecting to 10.100.220.34
. Login success.

Mapping c:\temp\ImageFile.IMG to Remote Device[1] as Read/Write. Success.

racvmcli is for DRAC5, ivmcli is for iDRAC6 Blade Server, VMCLI is for iDRAC6 Rack and Tower server and iDRAC7 (Rack, Tower and Blade) servers

Another possible answer would be to use vFlash if your iDRAC 6 and 7's have the card installed.  That is also tricky to set up but might be worth the trouble?  You'd have to pick something to upload and it would show up as another optical disk.