Hi Gernot, Firstly, what model of iDRAC6 do you have? I'm looking at the Enterprise model on my screen right now. The "Express" has fewer features.
On 23 Mar 2010, at 11:33, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: > > The problem is that when I want to configure virtual media at the > system -> console/media web interface there is only a display of the > current settings (detached) but no "configuration" option like is > mentioned in the online iDRAC instructions. I believe this relates only to the VFlash virtual media, and not CD- ROM emulation. The "configuration" is in black letters immediately underneath the tabs. But ignore this if you want to mount an iso image. > So when I open a console and then try to select virtual media (CD > drive) from the virtual media menu, there are some images, and I can > add images, but they are "read-only" and pressing the "complete > mapping" button results in an error message. Also, booting the server > and pressing F2 to enter the BIOS menu shows no virtual drives to boot > from (even when I have a CD in the drive, or have added a an image and > selected boot from virtual CD in the web admin interface). I click "Add Image..." and can browse to an .iso file. They *should* be read only, I think, because you just want to boot from them, the image should be of an installation CD. You wouldn't want to write to them. I can click the "Mapped" checkbox next to my "C:\Path\to\image.iso" and see no error. I see no "complete mapping" button. I see "Virtual Floppy" and "Virtual CD" by going into BIOS via F2, then "Boot Settings" and "Boot Sequence". I think the ordering may be the unexpected way around. I have definitely booted my system and installed an o/s using the Virtual CD this way. Stroller. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
