Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 DELL-VIRTUALS-120 Removable Media Drive

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To disable the virtual media feature, type the following command:

racadm config -g cfgRacVirtual -o cfgVirMediaDisable 1

Virtual Media can also be enabled or disabled in the Option ROM as described in Table 2-1.

Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature For Your Operating System

The DRAC 4 configures the virtual floppy device as a removable media disk. Use the racadm command to configure the virtual floppy device to appear as a hard drive or a super-floppy drive to your operating system.

The virtual floppy device configuration determines how your operating system will assign new drive letters. For example, if your system is running Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 or Windows Server 2003, the operating system detects and configures the first detectable hard drive as the C drive. This behavior by Windows may cause the virtual floppy to be assigned with the drive letter C if the virtual floppy was configured to appear as a hard drive. However, when Windows detects your virtual floppy drive as a super-floppy drive during the installation procedure or when it first detects the drive, it assigns a drive letter starting with A.

To modify how the virtual floppy appears to the operating system (as a super-floppy drive or hard drive), use the racadm command to reconfigure the cfgFloppyEmulation object.

NOTE: In the Windows Control Panel, Dell VSF and Dell Virtual VCD identify the Virtual Floppy and Virtual CD-ROM, respectively.

Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature as a Super Floppy

To configure your operating system to identify your virtual floppy as a super floppy starting with drive letter A, change the cfgFloppyEmulation object setting to 1.

For example:

racadm config -g cfgRacVirtual -o cfgFloppyEmulation 1

The DRAC 4 IDE Option ROM utility displays the following string during system restart:

DELL-VIRTUALS-120 Removable Media Drive

Configuring the Virtual Floppy as a Hard Drive

To configure your operating system to identify your virtual floppy as a hard drive starting with drive letter C, change the cfgFloppyEmulation object setting to 0.

For example:

racadm config -g cfgRacVirtual -o cfgFloppyEmulation 0

In this example, the DRAC 4 IDE Option ROM utility displays the following string during system restart:

VIRTUALFLOPPY DRIVE Removable Media Drive

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Configuring and Using Virtual Media