User guide

Managing remote servers through the Video Session Viewer 76
Session type Description
Digital share:
active (primary)
(HP IP Console
Switches with
Virtual Media only)
You are the first user to connect to the target server, and
you enable secondary users to share the KVM session.
Digital share:
active (secondary)
(HP IP Console
Switches with
Virtual Media only)
You can view and interact with the target server while
sharing the KVM session with a primary user and, if
needed, other secondary users.
Digital share:
passive (HP IP
Console Switches
with Virtual Media
only)
You can view the video output of the target server if the
primary user accepts the share request. You do not have
keyboard and mouse control over the computer.
Stealth
(HP IP Console
Switches with
Virtual Media only)
You can view the video output of the target server
without the permission or knowledge of the primary user.
You do not have keyboard and mouse control over the
server. This session type is available for administrators
only.
Using exclusive mode (HP IP Console Switches with Virtual Media only)
When operating a video session in exclusive mode, you will not receive any share requests from other
users. However, administrators can choose to preempt (terminate) your session or monitor your session in
stealth mode.
To enable exclusive Video Session Viewer session on a console switch:
1. Click Console Switches.
2. Double-click a console switch.
-or-
Select a console switch, and click Manage Console Switch.
-or-
Right-click a console switch, and select Manage Console Switch from the menu.
-or-
Select a console switch, and press Enter.
3. Select Settings.
4. Select Sessions.
5. Select Exclusive Connections in Connection Sharing.
To access the Video Session Viewer in exclusive mode:
1. Open a Video Session Viewer session to a server.
2. Select Tools>Exclusive Mode from the Video Session Viewer toolbar.
If the Video Session Viewer is currently shared, only the primary user can designate the session as
exclusive. A message notifies the primary user that secondary sessions are terminated if an Exclusive
session is invoked.
3. Select Yes to terminate the sessions of the secondary users.
-or-
Select No to cancel the exclusive mode action.