Avocent 590-686-501D Switch User Manual


 
Chapter 5: The Video Viewer 77
Figure 5.5: Video Viewer Virtual Media Dialog Box
To map a virtual media drive:
1. Open a virtual media session from the Video Viewer menu by selecting Tools - Virtual Media.
2. To map a physical drive as a virtual media drive:
a. In the Virtual Media dialog box, click the Mapped checkbox next to the drive(s) you wish
to map.
b. If you wish to limit the mapped drive to read-only access, click the Read Only checkbox
next to the drive. If the virtual media session settings were previously configured so that
all mapped drives must be read only, this checkbox will already be enabled and cannot
be
changed.
You might wish to enable the Read Only checkbox if the session settings enabled read and
write access, but you wished to limit a particular drive’s access to read only.
3. To add and map an ISO or floppy image as a virtual media drive:
a. In the Virtual Media dialog box, click Add Image.
b. The common file dialog box will appear, with the directory containing disk image files
(that is, those ending in .iso or .img) displayed. Select the desired ISO or floppy image file
and click Open.
-or-
If the client workstation’s operating system supports drag-and-drop, select the desired ISO
or floppy image file from the common file dialog box and drag it onto the Virtual Media
dialog box.