Dell IDRAC6 manual 267, Answer

Table 14-4. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions (continued)

QuestionAnswer

I cannot locate my Virtual Floppy/Virtual CD device on a system running Red Hat Enterprise Linux or the SUSE Linux operating system. My Virtual Media is attached and I am connected to my remote floppy. What should I do?

(Answer Continued)

To mount the Virtual CD drive, locate the device node that Linux assigns to the Virtual CD drive. Follow these steps to find and mount the Virtual CD drive:

1 Open a Linux command prompt and run the following command:

grep "Virtual CD" /var/log/messages

2 Locate the last entry to that message and note the time.

3 At the Linux prompt, run the following command:

grep "hh:mm:ss" /var/log/messages

where

hh:mm:ss is the timestamp of the message returned by grep in step 1.

4 In step 3, read the result of the grep command and locate the device name that is given to the Dell Virtual CD.

5 Ensure that you are attached and connected to the Virtual CD Drive.

	6 At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
	mount /dev/sdx /mnt/CD
	where:
	/dev/sdx is the device name found in step 4
	/mnt/floppy is the mount point.
When I performed a firmware	Firmware updates cause the iDRAC6 to reset, drop
update remotely using the	the remote connection, and unmount the virtual
iDRAC6 Web interface, my	drives.
virtual drives at the server were
removed. Why?

Configuring and Using Virtual Media

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