Users Guide

Using GUI Console Redirection 169
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Using GUI Console Redirection
This section provides information about using the DRAC 5 console
redirection feature.
Overview
The DRAC 5 console redirection feature enables you to access the local
console remotely in either graphic or text mode. Using console redirection,
you can control one or more DRAC 5-enabled systems from one location.
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
NOTE: When you open a console redirection session, the managed system does
not indicate that the console has been redirected.
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.
The following rules apply to a console redirection session:
• Only two simultaneous console redirection sessions are supported.
• Console redirection sessions can only be connected to one remote target
system.
• You cannot configure a console redirection session on the local system.
• A minimum available network bandwidth of 1 MB/sec is required.