Users Guide

4. To get the last status of a particular partition, use command:racadm vflashpartition status -i (index)
NOTE: If iDRAC is reset, the status of the last partition operation is lost.
Managing vFlash partitions
You can perform the following using the iDRAC Web interface or RACADM:
NOTE: An administrator can perform all operations on the vFlash partitions. Else, you must have Access Virtual Media
privilege to create, delete, format, attach, detach, or copy the contents for the partition.
● Creating an empty partition
● Creating a partition using an image file
● Formatting a partition
● Viewing available partitions
● Modifying a partition
● Attaching or detaching partitions
● Deleting existing partitions
● Downloading partition contents
● Booting to a partition
NOTE: If you click any option on the vFlash pages when an application such as WSMan, iDRAC Settings utility, or RACADM
is using vFlash, or if you navigate to some other page in the GUI, iDRAC may display the message: vFlash is
currently in use by another process. Try again after some time.
vFlash is capable of performing fast partition creation when there is no other on-going vFlash operation such as formatting,
attaching partitions, and so on. Therefore, it is recommended to first create all partitions before performing other individual
partition operations.
Creating an empty partition
An empty partition, when attached to the system, is similar to an empty USB flash drive. You can create empty partitions on a
vFlash SD card. You can create partitions of type Floppy or Hard Disk. The partition type CD is supported only while creating
partitions using images.
Before creating an empty partition, make sure that:
● You have Access Virtual Media privilege.
● The card is initialized.
● The card is not write-protected.
● An initialize operation is not being performed on the card.
Creating an empty partition using the web interface
To create an empty vFlash partition:
1. In iDRAC Web interface, go to Configuration > Systems Settings > Hardware Settings > vFlash > Create Empty
Partition.
The Create Empty Partition page is displayed.
2. Specify the required information and click Apply. For information about the options, see the iDRAC Online Help.
A new unformatted empty partition is created that is read-only by default. A page indicating the progress percentage is
displayed. An error message is displayed if:
● The card is write-protected.
● The label name matches the label of an existing partition.
● A non-integer value is entered for the partition size, the value exceeds the available space on the card, or the partition
size is greater than 4 GB.
● An initialize operation is being performed on the card.
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