Modifying a Partition

Ensure that the card is enabled to modify the partition.

You can change a read-only partition to read-write or vice-versa. To do this:

1On the iDRAC6 Web interface, select SystemvFlash tab→ Manage subtab. The Manage Partitions page is displayed.

2In the Read-Onlycolumn, select the checkbox for the partition(s) that you want to change to read-only or clear the checkbox for the partition(s) that you want to change to read-write.

NOTE: If the partition is of type CD, the state is read-only and the checkbox is selected by default. You cannot change the state to read-write.

If the partition is attached, the checkbox is grayed-out.

For the standard SD card, the partition is read-write and the Read-Onlycolumn is not displayed.

3Click Apply. The partitions are changed to read-only or read-write based on the selections.

Attaching and Detaching Partition

You can attach one or more paritions as a virtual USB mass storage device such that they are visible to the operating system and BIOS as mass storage devices. When multiple paritions are attached simultaneously, they are presented in ascending order to the host operating system based on the index. The corresponding drive letter assignment is controlled by the operating system.

If you detach a partition, it is no longer seen as a virtual USB mass storage device in the host operating system and it is removed from the BIOS boot order menu.

If you are attaching or detaching a partition, the USB bus of the system is reset. This may affect any applications (like the operating system) that are using vFlash and will disconnect the iDRAC Virtual Media sessions.

NOTE: You must have Access Virtual Media privileges to attach or detach a partition.

Before attaching or detaching a partition, ensure the following:

The card is enabled.

An initialize operation is not already being performed on the card.

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