diff --git a/scciclient/irmc/scci.py b/scciclient/irmc/scci.py
index 187e4fb..ba1cb5b 100755
--- a/scciclient/irmc/scci.py
+++ b/scciclient/irmc/scci.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SCCI functionalities shared between different iRMC modules.
 """
 
 import functools
+import re
 import time
 
 import defusedxml.ElementTree as ET
@@ -28,6 +29,14 @@ from scciclient.irmc import snmp
 
 DEBUG = False
 
+S4_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^iRMC\s*S4$")
+S5_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^iRMC\s*S5$")
+FW_VERSION_HEAD_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^\d[\d.]*")
+FW_VERSION_TAIL_PATTERN = re.compile(r"[a-zA-Z]*$")
+
+S4_FD_SUPPORT_UPPER = 9.21
+S5_FD_SUPPORT_UPPER = 1.25
+
 
 class SCCIError(Exception):
     """SCCI Error
@@ -90,6 +99,14 @@ OpCode  SCCI Command String      Description
 0x0203  ResetFirmware  Perform a BMC Reset
 0x0251  ConnectRemoteFdImage     Connect or Disconnect a Floppy Disk image on a
                                  Remote Image Mount (NFS or CIFS Share )
+
+                                 This command was deprecated at following
+                                 version:
+                                   iRMC S4: 9.62F
+                                            (9.21F still supports virtual FD)
+                                   iRMC S5: 1.60P
+                                            (1.25P still supports virtual FD)
+
 0x0252  ConnectRemoteCdImage     Connect or Disconnect a CD/DVD .iso image on a
                                  Remote Image Mount (NFS or CIFS Share )
 0x0253  ConnectRemoteHdImage     Connect or Disconnect a Hard Disk image on a
@@ -627,6 +644,53 @@ def get_irmc_version(report):
     return version
 
 
+def get_irmc_version_str(report):
+    """extract iRMC OS and iRMC firmware version from SCCI report
+
+    This function returns iRMC OS name and iRMC firmware version
+    :param report: SCCI report element
+    :returns: a tuple of string (iRMC OS name, iRMC FW version)
+    """
+
+    version = get_irmc_version(report)
+    return version.get('Name'), version.find('Firmware').text
+
+
+def support_virtual_fd_str(irmc_os, fw_version):
+    """determine iRMC supports virtual floppy disk
+
+    This function determines whether iRMC supports virtual floppy disk
+    based on provided iRMC OS & iRMC firmware version
+    :param irmc_os: string representing iRMC OS
+    :param fw_version: string representing iRMC firmware version
+    :returns: boolean
+    """
+
+    version_head = FW_VERSION_HEAD_PATTERN.match(fw_version)
+
+    if S4_PATTERN.match(irmc_os):
+        if version_head and float(version_head.group()) <= S4_FD_SUPPORT_UPPER:
+            return True
+    elif S5_PATTERN.match(irmc_os):
+        if version_head and float(version_head.group()) <= S5_FD_SUPPORT_UPPER:
+            return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def support_virtual_fd(report):
+    """determine iRMC supports virtual floppy disk
+
+    This function determines whether iRMC supports virtual floppy disk
+    based on SCCI report
+    :param report: SCCI report element
+    :returns: boolean
+    """
+
+    irmc_os, fwv = get_irmc_version_str(report)
+    return support_virtual_fd_str(irmc_os, fwv)
+
+
 def get_essential_properties(report, prop_keys):
     """get essential properties