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You can specify that the virtual media session is reserved. When a session is reserved, and the associated KVM session is closed, another user cannot open a KVM session to that target device. If a session is not reserved, another KVM session can be opened. You can reserve the session to make sure that a critical update is not interrupted by another user attempting to preempt the KVM session or by inactivity time-outs on the KVM session.

You can also reset the KVM server module from the Virtual Media window. This action resets every form of USB media on the target device, and should be used with caution only when the target device is not responding.

Virtual media session settings

Virtual media session settings include locking, mapped drives access mode and encryption level. Table 7.2 lists and describes the virtual media session settings.

Table 7.2: Virtual media session settings

Setting	Description
Locked	The Locked setting specifies whether a virtual media session is locked to the KVM session
	on the target device. When locking is enabled (which is the default) and the KVM session is
	closed, the virtual media session also closes. When locking is disabled and the KVM
	session is closed, the virtual media session remains active.
Mapped drives	You can set the access mode for mapped drives to read-only. When the access mode is
access mode	read-only, you cannot write data to the mapped drive on the client computer. When the
	access mode is not set as read-only, you can read and write data from or to the mapped
	drive.
	If the mapped drive is read-only by design (for example, certain CD drives, DVD drives, or
	ISO images), the configured read-write access mode is ignored.
	Setting the read-only mode can be helpful when a read-write drive such as a mass storage
	device or a USB removable media is mapped, and you want to prevent the user from writing
	data to it.
Encryption	You can configure up to three encryption levels for virtual media sessions. Any combination
level	is valid. The choices are: DES, 3DES and 128-bit SSL. The highest level selected is used.
	The default is no encryption (no encryption levels selected).

To open a virtual media session:

1.Open a Video Viewer session to the target device.

2.From the Video Viewer toolbar, select Tools - Virtual Media. The Virtual Media window opens.

3.If you want to make this a reserved session, on the Virtual Media window click Details, then select the Reserved checkbox.

To map a virtual media drive:

1.Open a virtual media session from the Video Viewer toolbar by selecting Tools - Virtual Media.