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 Using Console Redirection
Dell™RemoteAccessController4User'sGuide
Overview
Using Console Redirection
Frequently Asked Questions
Overview
The DRAC 4 console redirection feature allows you to access the local server console remotely in either graphic or text mode.
Today with the power of networking and the Internet, you do not have to sit in front of each server to perform all the routine maintenance. You can manage
the servers from another city or even from the other side of the world from your desktop or laptop computer. You can also share the information with others—
remotely and instantly.
Using Console Redirection
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 system. This feature can be used in conjunction with the Virtual Media feature to perform remote
software installations. You can have a maximum of two simultaneous console redirection sessions.
To open a console redirection session, perform the following steps.
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1. Open a web browser on your management station. Connect and log into the DRAC 4.
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2. Click Console in the left pane to bring you to the Console Redirection page. Read and follow the instructions on this page for starting a console
redirection session.
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3. Examine the information provided on the Console Redirection page (see Table6-1) to ensure that a console redirection session is currently available.
Table 6-1. Console Redirection Page Information
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4. Click Open Console to open a new console.
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5. Use the buttons on the Console Redirection page (see Table6-2 and Table6-3) to help you perform actions on the remote system.
Table 6-2. Console Redirection Page Buttons
NOTICE: Before you can use console redirection, all browsers must have a Sun Java Virtual Machine Plug-in (version 1.4.2 and later) installed, and the
Java cache must be cleared and disabled from the Java plug-in control panel in your operating system. For more information, see "Supported Web
Browsers."
NOTE: When you open a console redirection session, there is no indication on the managed system that the console has been redirected.
NOTE: The recommended display resolution on the managed system is 1024 x 768 pixels at 256 colors or the Medium setting (16-bit).
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Information
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Description
Current console redirection status
Displays the status of console redirection.
Maximum console redirection sessions
Displays the number of console redirection sessions that are available.
Current console redirection sessions
Displays the number of active console redirection sessions.
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Button
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Action
Keyboard Macros
Enables you to select and type one of the following keystroke combinations that cannot be typed using your local keyboard without
affecting your local system.
<Ctrl><Alt><Delete>
<Tab>
<Alt><Tab>
<Alt><Esc>
<Ctrl><Esc>