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February 17th, 2009 12:00
Question about 2161DS/2 "Virtual Media"
Hello!
I am about to buy a used 2161DS/2 KVM over IP switch. I have not fully understand the Virtual Media feature yet. Is it possible to mount an ISO image (which is placed on another server on the network?) and boot a via SIP USB2 VM connected machine from it?
Or is this just some kind of virtual hard drive which can not be used to boot from it?
Thanks and best regards,
Max
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Avocent
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February 21st, 2009 18:00
Here is a link for the user guide which explains it well. The ISO image needs to be mounted from your client computer. All it allows you to do is mount your removable drive from the remtoe client computer to the target server which has the USB2 SIP attached to it.
http://avctftp.com/dell/pdf/Remoteconsoleuserguide.pdf
Check on page 135-137
wuzzle
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May 26th, 2009 09:00
Hello, maybe I am overlooking something but when I go to configure virtual media via the onboard web interface it is blank. Is there some physical setup I am missing? I don't quite understand where the media is mounted from. For example when I remote using RDP I can connect my local host drive so that the remote server has the mapped drive. Also, I noticed when looking at Vmedia through the OSCAR utility that all the vmedia checkboxs are checked and greyed out. I cannot uncheck them. Thanks
Avocent
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May 27th, 2009 10:00
Do you have a USB2 SIP adapter? The regular USB SIP will not support virtual media. The easiest way to check if your adapter is a USB2 SIP is by either through the management panel of the web interface or through the OSCAR menu which will list the type of adapter. it should say USB2 next to the type. If you dont have a USB2 SIP the virtual media option will be grayed out.
wuzzle
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May 27th, 2009 11:00
Well that makes sense... Probably should invest in new USB2 SIPs... Thanks