Users Guide

Using GUI Console Redirection 185
Using GUI Console Redirection
This section provides information about using the iDRAC6 console
redirection feature.
Overview
The iDRAC6 console redirection feature enables you to remotely access local
consoles in graphic or text mode, allowing you to control one or more
iDRAC6-enabled systems from a single location.
Using Console Redirection
NOTE: When you open a console redirection session, the managed server does not
indicate that the console has been redirected.
The Console Redirection screen 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 server. 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:
• A maximum of two simultaneous console redirection sessions are supported.
Both sessions view the same managed server console simultaneously.
• A console redirection session should not be launched from a Web browser
on the managed system.
• A minimum available network bandwidth of 1 MB/sec is required.
If a second user requests a console redirection session, the first user is notified
and is given the option to refuse access, allow only video, or allow full shared
access. The second user is notified that another user has control. The first
user must respond within thirty seconds or full access is automatically granted
to the second user. During the time that two sessions are concurrently active,