The iDRAC6 Virtual Console provides various control adjustments such as mouse synchronization, snapshots, keyboard macros, and access to Virtual Media. For more information about these functions, click SystemConsole/Media and click Help on the Virtual Console and Virtual Media GUI page.

When you start a Virtual Console session and the iDRAC6 Virtual Console is displayed, you may need to synchronize the mouse pointers.

Table 9-7 describes the menu options that are available for use in the viewer.

Table 9-7. Viewer Menu Bar Selections

Menu Item

Item

Description

 

 

 

"Pin" icon

NA

Click on the "pin" icon to lock the iDRAC6

 

 

Virtual Console menu bar. This prevents the

 

 

tool bar from auto-hiding.

 

 

NOTE: This is applicable only for the Active-X

 

 

Viewer and not for Java plug-in.

 

 

 

Virtual

Launch Virtual

The Virtual Media Session is displayed which

Media

Media

lists the devices available for mapping in the

 

 

main window. To virtualize an ISO or IMG

 

 

image, click Add and select the image file. The

 

 

selected image file is displayed along with the

 

 

list of devices available for mapping in the

 

 

main window. To virtualize a device or am

 

 

image, check the option in the Mapped

 

 

column of the table. The device or the image

 

 

will be mapped to the server at this point. To

 

 

unmap, clear the checkbox.

 

 

Click Details to display a panel that lists the

 

 

Virtual devices and images. It also displays the

 

 

read/write activity for each device or image.

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Using GUI Virtual Console

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Dell IDRAC6 manual 214, Viewer Menu Bar Selections Menu Item Description, Pin icon, Virtual Launch Virtual, Media