Chapter 5: Virtual Media97OverviewVirtual media extends KVM capabilities by enabling KVM target serversto remotely access media from a client PC and network file servers. TheKX II supports virtual media access of hard drives and remotely mountedimages. Virtual media sessions are secured using 256-bit AES or RC4encryption.With this feature, media mounted on a client PC and network file serversis essentially "mounted virtually" by the target server. The target servercan then read from and write to that media as if it were physicallyconnected to the target server itself. In addition to data file support viavirtual media files are supported by virtual media via a USB connection.The D2CIM-VUSB CIM and D2CIM-DVUSB (computer interface module)support virtual media sessions to KVM target servers supporting the USB2.0 interface. These CIMs also support Absolute Mouse Synchronizationas well as remote firmware update.Virtual media provides the ability to perform tasks remotely, such as: Transferring files Running diagnostics Installing or patching applications Complete installation of the operating system Record and playback of digital audio*The following virtual media types are supported for Windows®, Mac® andLinux™ clients: Internal and USB-mounted CD and DVD drives USB mass storage devices PC hard drives ISO images (disk images) Digital audio devices*Note: ISO9660 is the standard supported by Raritan. However, other ISOstandards can be used.The following client operating systems are supported: Windows Mac OS X 10.5 Mac OS X 10.6 Red Hat Desktop 4.0 and 5.0 Open SUSE 10, 11 Fedora 13 and 14
