Cisco Systems 57712, UCSCPCIEBTG Managing Remote Presence, Managing the Virtual KVM, KVM Console

C H A P T E R 6

Managing Remote Presence

This chapter includes the following sections:

•Managing the Virtual KVM, page 55

•Configuring Virtual Media, page 58

•Managing Serial over LAN, page 61

Managing the Virtual KVM

KVM Console

The KVM console is an interface accessible from CIMC that emulates a direct keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) connection to the server. The KVM console allows you to connect to the server from a remote location.

Instead of using CD/DVD or floppy drives physically connected to the server, the KVM console uses virtual media, which are actual disk drives or disk image files that are mapped to virtual CD/DVD or floppy drives. You can map any of the following to a virtual drive:

•CD/DVD or floppy drive on your computer

•Disk image files (ISO or IMG files) on your computer

•USB flash drive on your computer

•CD/DVD or floppy drive on the network

•Disk image files (ISO or IMG files) on the network

•USB flash drive on the network

You can use the KVM console to install an OS on the server.

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