IBM 17352GX, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 4: Using the OSCAR interface 63
Virtual media sessions created in any manner require that the target device is connected using a
VCO cable.
NOTE: All USB ports are assigned to a single virtual media session and cannot be independently mapped.
To configure virtual media sessions, complete the following steps:
1. Start the OSCAR interface.
2. Select the target device.
3. Click the VMedia button. The Virtual Media window opens.
4. To specify that ending a KVM session also ends a virtual media session, select the Locked
check box.
5. To specify that a user can reserve a virtual media session so that no other user can connect,
select the
Reserve check box.
6. To enable the target device to write data to the virtual media during a virtual media sessions,
select the
Write Access check box. Read access is always enabled during virtual media
sessions.
7. Click OK .
To start a local virtual media session, complete the following steps:
1. Start the OSCAR interface.
2. Select the target device.
3. Click the VMedia button. The Virtual Media window opens.
4. To map a CD ROM device connected to the appliance so that its icon appears on the desktop of
the target device, select the
CD ROM check box. Clear this check box to end the mapping.
5. To map a USB storage device (diskette or hard drive) that is connected to the appliance so that
its icon appears on the desktop of the target device, select the
Mass Storage check box. Clear
this check box to end the mapping.
6. Click OK .