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Providing remote storage at the remote workstation
6.1 Providing remote storage at the remote
workstation
If you provide the source for a virtual drive on the remote workstation then the
remote storage functionality supports the following device types:
– Floppy
– CD ISO image
– DVD ISO image
–CD, DVD
IOptical storage media (CD, DVD) are automatically displayed (offered for
selection). Other remote storage media must be made available as
remote storage by manually selecting the appropriate device type.
IDevices connected as remote storage are recognized as the USB
connected devices by the iRMC S2/S3. They cannot be used if no USB
connection is available (e.g. no USB driver exists).
You can use the virtual drive to install an operating system on your PRIMERGY
server from the remote workstation (see chapter "Remote installation of the
operating system via iRMC S2/S3" on page 371).
This section provides information on the following topics:
– Starting Remote Storage
– Provision of storage media for Remote Storage
– Connecting storage media as remote storage
– Clearing Remote Storage connections
– Removing media made available for Remote Storage