Configuring vFlash SD Card and Managing vFlash Partitions 281Modifying a PartitionEnsure that the card is enabled to modify the partition.You can change a read-only partition to read-write or vice-versa. To do this:1 On the iDRAC6 Web interface, select SystemvFlash tabManagesubtab. The Manage Partitions page is displayed.2 In the Read-Only column, select the checkbox for the partition(s) thatyou want to change to read-only or clear the checkbox for the partition(s)that you want to change to read-write.NOTE: If the partition is of type CD, the state is read-only and the checkbox isselected by default. You cannot change the state to read-write.If the partition is attached, the checkbox is grayed-out.For the standard SD card, the partition is read-write and the Read-Only column isnot displayed.3 Click Apply. The partitions are changed to read-only or read-write basedon the selections.Attaching and Detaching PartitionYou can attach one or more paritions as a virtual USB mass storage devicesuch that they are visible to the operating system and BIOS as mass storagedevices. When multiple paritions are attached simultaneously, they arepresented in ascending order to the host operating system based on the index.The corresponding drive letter assignment is controlled by the operatingsystem.If you detach a partition, it is no longer seen as a virtual USB mass storagedevice in the host operating system and it is removed from the BIOS bootorder menu.If you are attaching or detaching a partition, the USB bus of the system isreset. This may affect any applications (like the operating system) that areusing vFlash and will disconnect the iDRAC Virtual Media sessions.NOTE: You must have Access Virtual Media privileges to attach or detach apartition.Before attaching or detaching a partition, ensure the following:• The card is enabled.• An initialize operation is not already being performed on the card.
