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The following rules apply to a Virtual Console session:

•A maximum of four simultaneous Virtual Console sessions are supported. All sessions view the same managed server console simultaneously.

•From 1.5 release version onwards, multiple sessions to multiple remote servers is possible from the same client, based on the order in which they are opened. If a Virtual Console session using Java plug-in is open, you can open another Virtual Console session using ActiveX plug-in. However, if a ActiveX based Virtual Console session is open, then another Virtual Console session using Java plug-in cannot be opened. You must close the first Virtual Console session to open a second Virtual Console session.

•A Virtual Console session should not be launched from a Web browser on the managed system.

•A minimum available network bandwidth of 1 MB/sec is required.

•The first Virtual Console session to the iDRAC6 is a full access session. If a second user requests a Virtual Console session, the first user is notified and is given the option (approve, reject, or allow as read-only) to send a sharing request to the second user. The second user is notified that another user has control. When the first user has not responded for each subsequent user’s sharing request within a timeout of 30 seconds, Virtual Console access is granted based on the value set for the cfgRacTuneVirtualConsoleAuthorizeMultipleSessions object. This object is irrespective of the plug-in type (ActiveX or Java) set to be used in the second/third/fourth session. For more information about this object, see the iDRAC6 Administrator Reference Guide available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.

NOTE: This is applicable only with the remote or firmware (SSH or Telnet) RACADM and not with local RACADM.

Configuring Your Management Station

To use Virtual Console on your management station, perform the following procedures:

1Install and configure a supported Web browser. See the following sections for more information:

•"Supported Web Browsers" on page 25

•"Configuring a Supported Web Browser" on page 41

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