Users Guide

Using Console Redirection 135

Using Console Redirection

Overview

The DRAC 4 console redirection feature allows you to access the local server

console remotely in either graphic or text mode.

Today, with the power of networking and the Internet, you do not have to sit

in front of each server to perform all the routine maintenance. You can

manage the servers from another city or even from the other side of the world

from your desktop or laptop computer. You can also share the information

with others—remotely and instantly.

Using Console Redirection

NOTICE: Before using console redirection, install the Sun Java Virtual Machine

Plug-in (version 1.4.2 and later) on all supported Web browsers. Additionally, clear

and disable Java cache from the Java plug-in control panel in your operating

system. For more information, see "Configuring a Supported Web Browser" and

"Installing the Sun Java Plug-In."

NOTE: When you open a console redirection session, there is no indication on the

managed system that the console has been redirected.

NOTE: On supported Linux (Red Hat

or Novell

) systems, there are known mouse

arrow synchronization issues. To minimize mouse synchronization problems, ensure

that all users use the default mouse settings.

The Console Redirection page enables you to manage the remote system by

using the keyboard, video, and mouse on your local management station to

control the corresponding devices on a remote managed system. This feature

can be used in conjunction with the Virtual Media feature to perform remote

software installations. You can have a maximum of two simultaneous console

redirection sessions. Console Redirection requires a minimum available

network bandwidth of 128 Kbps.