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You may also reset the USB2 IQ module from the Virtual Media dialog box. This action will reset every form of USB media on the target device, and should therefore be used with caution, and 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. See Managed Appliance Session Settings on page 171.

Table 19.5 describes the virtual media session settings on the supported KVM switch.

Table 19.5: Virtual Media Session Settings

Setting	Description
	The locking option specifies whether a virtual media session is locked to the KVM
Locking	session on the target device. When locking is enabled (which is the default) and the
	KVM session is closed, the virtual media session will also be closed. When locking is
	disabled and the KVM session is closed, the virtual media session will remain active.
	You may set the access mode for mapped drives to read-only or read-write. When
	the access mode is read-only, the user will not be able to write data to the mapped
	drive on the client workstation. When the access mode is read-write, the user will be
Mapped drives access	able to read and write data from/to the mapped drive.
	If the mapped drive is read-only by design (for example, certain CD/DVD drives or
mode
	ISO images), the configured read-write access mode will be 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 wish to prevent the
	user from writing data to it.
	You may configure up to three encryption levels (or none) for virtual media sessions.
Encryption level	Any combination is valid. The choices are: DES, 3DES, 128-bit SSL and AES. The
	default is no encryption (no encryption levels selected).

Opening a virtual media session

To launch a virtual media session:

Select Tools - Virtual Media from the Video Viewer menu. The Virtual Media dialog box will appear.

To make this a reserved session, click Details, then enable the Reserved checkbox.

To map a virtual media drives:

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

2.To map a physical drive as a virtual media drive:

a.In the Virtual Media dialog box, click the Mapped checkbox next to the drive(s) you wish to map.

b.If you wish to limit the mapped drive to read-only access, click the Read Only checkbox next to the drive. If the virtual media session settings were previously configured so that