Sunray USB Manager Application

Under the Applications menu is "Sunray USB Mgr". This program will show you what, if any, USB drives/keys are mounted. USB drives are automatically mounted when you plug them in to the USB extension cable on each SunRay.

Many USB keys include a hidden partition for installing special software on Windows machines. This may show up as a second USB drive in the USB Manager application.

 Unmounting USB

Highlight the drive in the Sunray USB Manager application and click the "Unmount drive" button. Do not just unplug your USB drive without first Unmounting it -- doing so may cause data corruption on your USB drive.

Before Logging Out of or disconnecting from a SunRay by pulling out your Smart Card, first Unmount your USB drive. The act of disconnecting your SunRay session will abruptly unmount any mounted USB drives -- causing possible data corruption.

If the second hidden Windows partition is also showing up, you should also unmount this partition before unplugging your USB key/drive.

 Opening a Folder on a USB Drive

The Sunray USB Manager application includes an "Open drive" button. Highlight the drive you wish to open, and click the "Open drive" button to open a file browser window for your mounted USB drive.

 Should you wish to instead work with your files via the commandline, the Sunray USB Manager will tell you the UNIX path to where your USB drive is mounted.

 Disconnecting a SunRay Session

Before pulling your smartcard out of a Sunray, first Unmount any mounted USB drives. Any mounted USB drives will be abruptly disconnected when you disconnect your SunRay session. This may cause data corruption.

 If the second hidden Windows partition is also showing up, you should also unmount this partition before unplugging your USB key/drive.

 Supported File Systems

 FAT32 (default)

Out of the box, most USB keys are formatted with the FAT32 file system. This should work just fine on the SunRays

Many USB keys include a hidden partition for installing special software on Windows machines. This may show up as a second USB drive in the USB Manager application.

 NTFS (Windows)

Not well supported. This may work in a readonly mode.

 HFS/HFS+ (MAC)

 Not well supported. This may work in a readonly mode.

 EXT3 (LINUX)

This should work fine.

 Other Issues

  • Some USB keys/drives may not work, well, just because. Not everyone implements the USB spec the same way. 
  • Some USB drives/cameras may require external power to work properly, even if the documentation says these devices will work with only the power provided by the USB port.
  • USB keys can be formatted either as a hard drive (with a partition table and partitions) or as floppy drives. How the USB key is formatted may affect whether or not it works with the Sunrays.
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