Users Guide

Using GUI Console Redirection 173
Using GUI Console Redirection
This section provides information about using the iDRAC6 console
redirection feature.
Overview
The iDRAC6 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 iDRAC6-enabled systems from one location.
You do not have to sit in front of each server to perform all the routine
maintenance. You can instead manage the servers from wherever you are,
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 server does not
indicate that the console has been redirected.
NOTE: If a console redirection session is already open from the management
station to the iDRAC6, an attempt to open a new session from the same
management station to that iDRAC6 will result in the existing session becoming
active. A new session will not be generated.
NOTE: Multiple console redirection sessions can be opened from a single
management station to multiple iDRAC6 cards simultaneously.
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 server. This feature
can be used in conjunction with the Virtual Media feature to perform remote
software installations.