Users Guide

• Absolute (Windows, latest versions of Linux, Mac OS-X)
• Relative, no acceleration
• Relative (RHEL, earlier versions of Linux)
• Linux RHEL 6.x and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 or later
Click Apply to apply the selected settings on the server.
• Virtual Media — Click Connect Virtual Media option to start the virtual media session. The virtual media menu displays the Browse
option to browse and map the ISO and IMG files.
NOTE: You cannot map physical media such USB-based drives, CD, or DVD by using the HTML5 based virtual console.
NOTE: For security reasons read/write access is disabled while accessing virtual console in HTML5. With Java or
ActiveX plug-ins, you can accept security messaging before the plug-in is given the read/write authority.
Supported Browsers
The HTML5 virtual console is supported on the following browsers:
• Internet Explorer 11
• Chrome 36
• Firefox 30
• Safari 7.0
NOTE:
It is recommended to have Mac OS version 10.10.2 (or onward) installed in the system.
For more details on supported browsers and versions, see the iDRAC Release Notes available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals.
Synchronizing mouse pointers
When you connect to a managed system through the Virtual Console, the mouse acceleration speed on the managed system may not
synchronize with the mouse pointer on the management station and displays two mouse pointers in the Viewer window.
When using Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Novell SUSE Linux, configure the mouse mode for Linux before you launch the Virtual Console
viewer. The operating system's default mouse settings are used to control the mouse arrow in the Virtual Console viewer.
When two mouse cursors are seen on the client Virtual Console viewer, it indicates that the server's operating system supports Relative
Positioning. This is typical for Linux operating systems or Lifecycle Controller and causes two mouse cursors if the server's mouse
acceleration settings are different from the mouse acceleration settings on the Virtual Console client. To resolve this, switch to single
cursor or match the mouse acceleration on the managed system and the management station:
• To switch to single cursor, from the Tools menu, select Single Cursor.
• To set the mouse acceleration, go to Tools > Session Options > Mouse. Under Mouse Acceleration tab, select Windows or Linux
based on the operating system.
To exit single cursor mode, press <F9> or the configured termination key.
NOTE:
This is not applicable for managed systems running Windows operating system since they support Absolute
Positioning.
When using the Virtual Console to connect to a managed system with a recent Linux distribution operating system installed, you may
experience mouse synchronization problems. This may be due to the Predictable Pointer Acceleration feature of the GNOME desktop. For
correct mouse synchronization in the iDRAC Virtual Console, this feature must be disabled. To disable Predictable Pointer Acceleration, in
the mouse section of the
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file, add:
Option "AccelerationScheme" "lightweight".
If synchronization problems continue, do the following additional change in the <user_home>/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/
mouse/%gconf.xml file:
Change the values for motion_threshold and motion_acceleration to -1.
If you turn off mouse acceleration in GNOME desktop, in the Virtual Console viewer, go to Tools > Session Options > Mouse. Under
Mouse Acceleration tab, select None.
For exclusive access to the managed server console, you must disable the local console and re-configure the Max Sessions to 1 on the
Virtual Console page.
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Configuring and using virtual console