Managing Vflash Sd Card; Configuring Vflash Sd Card; Viewing Vflash Sd Card Properties - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

Managing vFlash SD Card

The vFlash SD card is a Secure Digital (SD) card that plugs into the vFlash SD card slot in the system. You can use a card
with a maximum of 16 GB capacity. After you insert the card, you must enable vFlash functionality to create and manage
partitions. vFlash is a licensed feature.
If the card is not available in the system's vFlash SD card slot, the following error message is displayed in the iDRAC7
Web interface at Overview → Server → vFlash:
SD card not detected. Please insert an SD card of size 256MB or greater.
NOTE: Make sure that you only insert a vFlash compatible SD card in the iDRAC7 vFlash card slot. If you insert a
non-compatible SD card, the following error message is displayed when you initialize the card:
occurred while initializing SD card.
The key features are:
• Provides storage space and emulates USB device (s).
• Create up to 16 partitions. These partitions, when attached, are exposed to the system as a Floppy drive, Hard Disk
drive, or a CD/DVD drive depending on the selected emulation mode.
• Create partitions from supported file system types. Supports .img format for floppy, .iso format for CD/DVD, and
both .iso and .img formats for Hard Disk emulation types.
• Create bootable USB device(s).
• Boot once to an emulated USB device.
NOTE: It is possible that a vFlash license may expire during a vFlash operation. If it happens, the on-going
vFlash operations complete normally.

Configuring vFlash SD Card

Before configuring vFlash, make sure that the vFlash SD card is installed on the system. For information on how to install
and remove the card from your system, see the system's
NOTE: You must have Configure iDRAC7 permission to enable or disable vFlash functionality, and initialize the card.
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Viewing vFlash SD Card Properties

Enabling or Disabling vFlash Functionality
Initializing vFlash SD Card
Viewing vFlash SD Card Properties
After vFlash functionality is enabled, you can view the SD card properties using iDRAC7 Web interface or RACADM.
Viewing vFlash SD Card Properties Using Web Interface
To view the vFlash SD card properties, in the iDRAC7 Web interface, go to Overview → Server → vFlash. The SD Card
Properties page is displayed. For information about the displayed properties, see the
Hardware Owner's Manual at dell.com/support/manuals.
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