Users Guide

Using GUI Console Redirection 185
Why can't I use a
keyboard or mouse
while installing a
Microsoft
®
operating
system remotely by
using DRAC5
Console Redirection?
When you remotely install a supported Microsoft
operating system on a system with Console Redirection
enabled in the BIOS, you receive an EMS Connection
Message that requires that you select OK before you can
continue. You cannot use the mouse to select OK remotely.
You must either select OK on the local system or restart the
remotely managed system, reinstall, and then turn Console
Redirection Off in the BIOS.
This message is generated by Microsoft to alert the user
that Console Redirection is enabled. To ensure that this
message does not appear, always turn off Console
Redirection in the BIOS before installing an operating
system remotely.
Why does console
redirection fail to
show the operating
system boot menu in
the Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean
versions of Microsoft
Windows 2000?
On systems running Windows 2000 that can boot to
multiple operating systems, change the default boot
operating system by performing the following steps:
1 Right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties .
2 Click the Advanced tab.
3 Click Startup and Recovery .
4 Select the new default operating system from the Startup
list.
5 In the Show list for box, type the number of seconds that
the list of choices should be displayed before the default
operating system automatically boots.
Why doesn’t the
Num Lock indicator
on my management
station reflect the
status of the Num
Lock on the remote
server?
When accessed through the DRAC 5, the Num Lock
indicator on the management station does not necessarily
coincide with the state of the Num Lock on the remote
server. The state of the Num Lock is dependent on the
setting on the remote server when the remote session is
connected, regardless of the state of the Num Lock on the
management station.
Why do multiple
Session Viewer
windows appear when
I establish a console
redirection session?
You are configuring a console redirection session to the
local system. Reconfigure the session to a remote system.
Table 7-7. Using Console Redirection: Frequently Asked Questions
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