Users Guide

Launching virtual console using web interface
You can launch the virtual console in the following ways:
• Go to Configuration > Virtual Console. The Virtual Console page is displayed. Click Launch Virtual Console. The Virtual
Console Viewer is launched.
The Virtual Console Viewer displays the remote system’s desktop. Using this viewer, you can control the remote system’s mouse and
keyboard functions from your management station.
Multiple message boxes may appear after you launch the application. To prevent unauthorized access to the application, navigate through
these message boxes within three minutes. Otherwise, you are prompted to relaunch the application.
If one or more Security Alert windows appear while launching the viewer, click Yes to continue.
Two mouse pointers may appear in the viewer window: one for the managed server and another for your management station. To
synchronize the cursors, see Synchronizing mouse pointers.
Launching virtual console using a URL
To launch the Virtual Console using the URL:
1. Open a supported Web browser and in the address box, type the following URL in lower case: https://iDRAC_ip/console
2. Based on the login configuration, the corresponding Login page is displayed:
• If Single Sign On is disabled and Local, Active Directory, LDAP, or Smart Card login is enabled, the corresponding Login page is
displayed.
• If Single-Sign On is enabled, the Virtual Console Viewer is launched and the Virtual Console page is displayed in the
background.
NOTE:
Internet Explorer supports Local, Active Directory, LDAP, Smart Card (SC) and Single Sign-On (SSO) logins.
Firefox supports Local, AD, and SSO logins on Windows-based operating system and Local, Active Directory, and
LDAP logins on Linux-based operating systems.
NOTE: If you do not have Access Virtual Console privilege but have Access Virtual Media privilege, then using this
URL launches the Virtual Media instead of the Virtual Console.
Disabling warning messages while launching virtual
console or virtual media using Java or ActiveX plug-in
You can disable the warning messages while launching the Virtual Console or Virtual Media using Java plug-in.
NOTE:
You need Java 8 or later to use this feature and to launch iDRAC Virtual Console over an IPv6 network.
1. Initially, when you launch Virtual Console or Virtual Media using Java plug-in, the prompt to verify the publisher is displayed. Click Yes.
A certificate warning message is displayed indicating that a trusted certificate is not found.
NOTE:
If the certificate is found in the operating system’s certificate store or if it is found in a previously specified
user location, then this warning message is not displayed.
2. Click Continue.
The Virtual Console Viewer or Virtual Media Viewer is launched.
NOTE:
The Virtual Media viewer is launched if Virtual Console is disabled.
3. From the Tools menu, click Session Options and then Certificate tab.
4. Click Browse Path, specify the location to store the user’s certificate, click Apply, click OK, and exit from the viewer.
5. Launch Virtual Console again.
6. In the certificate warning message, select the Always trust this certificate option, and then click Continue.
7. Exit from the viewer.
8. When you re-launch Virtual Console, the warning message is not displayed.
Configuring and using virtual console
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