Dell IDRAC6 manual Using the Vmcli Utility, 242

•<iso9660-img> is the path to an ISO9660 image of the operating system installation CD or DVD

•-f {<floppy-device>} is the path to the device containing the operating system installation CD , DVD, or Floppy

•<floppy-image>is the path to a valid floppy image

The vm6deploy script passes its command line options to the VMCLI utility. See “Command Line Options” for details about these options. The script processes the -roption slightly differently than the vmcli -roption. If the argument to the -roption is the name of an existing file, the script reads iDRAC6 IPv4 or IPv6 addresses from the specified file and runs the VMCLI utility once for each line. If the argument to the -roption is not a filename, then it should be the address of a single iDRAC6. In this case, the -rworks as described for the VMCLI utility.

Using the VMCLI Utility

The VMCLI utility is a scriptable command line interface that provides Virtual Media features from the management station to the iDRAC6.

The VMCLI utility provides the following features:

NOTE: When virtualizing read-only image files, multiple sessions may share the same image media. When virtualizing physical drives, only one session can access a given physical drive at a time.

•Removable media devices or image files that are consistent with the Virtual Media plug-ins

•Automatic termination when the iDRAC6 firmware boot once option is enabled

•Secure communications to the iDRAC6 using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Before you run the utility, ensure that you have Virtual Media user privilege to the iDRAC6.

CAUTION: It is recommended to use the interactive flag '-i' option, when starting up the VMCLI command line utility. This ensures tighter security by keeping the username and password private because on many Windows and Linux operating systems, the username and password are visible when processes are examined by other users.

242

Deploying Your Operating System Using VMCLI