IBM Rack-Based Local Console Switches
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Virtual Media
The LCM2 supports virtual media when the target systems are connected using the Virtual Media
Conversion Option (VCO), part number 39M2894. You can use virtual media support to connect USB 2.0
media devices to the console switch using one of the four USB ports and make those devices available to
any connected system. With this feature, you can install software; install, upgrade, or recover the
operating system; update the BIOS code; or boot the target system from a USB drive.
Control of how the USB device is connected to the target system is managed through the OSCAR user
interface. OSCAR presents the following configuration options:
Locked or Unlocked: In Locked mode, when the user is disconnected from a target system, the virtual
media is also disconnected. If Unlocked is selected, then when the user disconnects, the media
device is still seen by the target system.
Reserved: By checking this option in the OSCAR user interface, the virtual media connection can be
accessed only by your user name and no other user can connect to the virtual media connection.
CD-ROM: Establishes a virtual CD connection to the target system.
Mass Storage: Establishes a virtual mass-storage device connection to the target system.
Write Access: With this option, you can specify whether the target system can write to the USB device
(assuming it is writable).
Note that USB ports are assigned to a single virtual media session and cannot be independently mapped.
This means you cannot map one USB device to one target system and another USB device to another
target system.
Physical specifications
1x8 and 2x16 console switches:
Height: 43 mm (1.7 inches)
Width: 432 mm (17 inches)
Depth: 165 mm (6.5 inches)
Weight: 3.6 kg (8 lb)
LCM2 console switch:
Height: 43 mm (1.7 inches)
Width: 432 mm (17 inches)
Depth: 203 mm (8 inches)
Weight: 2.6 kg (5.75 lb)
Warranty
Each console switch has a three-year limited warranty when installed in an IBM rack or used with IBM
servers.
