Patent attributes
An information handling system (IHS) provides graphical user interface (GUI)-controlled virtual media between a networked management IHS and a managed IHS. At least one user input component is capable of manipulating and/or interfacing with one or more items on a GUI presented on a display device. A network interface enables communication with a network and a managed IHS that is in communication with the network and that controls a remote storage device. A browser application: (a) displays a control affordance on the display device; (b) receives from the at least one user input component a selection of the control affordance; (c) starting a network block device (NBD) server on the management IHS and prompting the managed IHS to start an NBD client kernel that communicates with the NBD server; and (d) maps the remote storage device as a virtual storage device on the GUI for read and write operations using the NBD components.
