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Using Console Redirection

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

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 "Configuring a Supported Web Browser" and "Installing the Sun Java Plug-In."

NOTICE: Remote console sessions remain active even after the DRAC 4 user interface times out. This behavior may pose a possible security risk.

NOTE: When you open a console redirection session, there is no indication on the managed system that the console has been redirected.

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. Console redirection requires a minimum available network bandwidth of 128 Kbps.

NOTE: The recommended display resolution on the managed system is 1024 x 768 pixels at 256 colors or the Medium setting (16-bit).

NOTE: Localized keyboard support is available from the Console Redirection Applet for French, German, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese keyboards.

Using Console Redirection

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