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Configuring vFlash SD Card and
Managing vFlash Partitions
The vFlash SD card is a Secure Digital (SD) card that plugs into the optional
iDRAC6 Enterprise card slot at the back of your system. It provides storage
space and behaves like a common USB Flash Key device. It is the storage
location for user-defined partition(s) that can be configured to be exposed to
the system as a USB device and also used to create a bootable USB device.
Depending on the emulation mode selected, the partitions will be exposed to
the system as a floppy drive, and hard drive, or a CD/DVD drive. You can set
any of these as a bootable device.
For information on how to install and remove the card from your system, see
your system’s Hardware Owner’s Manual at dell.com/support/manuals.
The vFlash SD cards and standard SD cards are supported. A vFlash SD card
refers to the card that supports the new enhanced vFlash features. A standard
SD card refers to a normal off-the-shelf SD card that supports only limited
vFlash features.
With vFlash SD card, you can create up to 16 partitions. You can provide a
label name for the partition when you create it and can perform a range of
operations to manage and use the partitions. A vFlash SD card can be of any
size up to 8GB. Each partition size can be up to 4GB.