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14 Configuring and using virtual console You can use the virtual console to manage a remote system using the keyboard, video, and mouse on your management station to control the corresponding devices on a managed server. This is a licensed feature for rack and tower servers. It is available by default in blade servers. The key features are: • A maximum of six simultaneous virtual console sessions are supported. All the sessions view the same managed server console simultaneously. • You can launch virtual console in a supported web browser by using Java, ActiveX, or HTML5 plug-in. • When you open a virtual console session, the managed server does not indicate that the console has been redirected. • You can open multiple virtual console sessions from a single management station to one or more managed systems simultaneously. • You cannot open two virtual console sessions from the management station to the managed server using the same plug-in. • If a second user requests a virtual console session, the first user is notified and is given the option to refuse access, allow read-only access, or allow full shared access. The second user is notified that another user has control. The first user must respond within 30 seconds, or else access is granted to the second user based on the default setting. When two sessions are concurrently active, the first user sees a message in the upper-right corner of the screen that the second user has an active session. If none of the users have Administrator privileges, terminating the first user's session automatically terminates the second user's session. NOTE: For information about configuring your browser to access the virtual console, see Configuring web browsers to use virtual console. NOTE: When the iDRAC license expires or if it is deleted, the virtual console and virtual media ports are automatically closed resulting in termination of all virtual console and virtual media sessions. Related concepts Configuring web browsers to use virtual console Configuring virtual console Launching virtual console Topics: • Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates • Configuring virtual console • Previewing virtual console • Launching virtual console • Using virtual console viewer Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates The following table lists the supported screen resolutions and corresponding refresh rates for a Virtual Console session running on the managed server. Table 39. Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates Screen Resolution Refresh Rate (Hz) 720x400 70 640x480 60, 72, 75, 85 800x600 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 1024x768 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 Configuring and using virtual console 217

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Configuring and using virtual console
You can use the virtual console to manage a remote system using the keyboard, video, and mouse on your management station to control
the corresponding devices on a managed server. This is a licensed feature for rack and tower servers. It is available by default in blade
servers.
The key features are:
A maximum of six simultaneous virtual console sessions are supported. All the sessions view the same managed server console
simultaneously.
You can launch virtual console in a supported web browser by using Java, ActiveX, or HTML5 plug-in.
When you open a virtual console session, the managed server does not indicate that the console has been redirected.
You can open multiple virtual console sessions from a single management station to one or more managed systems simultaneously.
You cannot open two virtual console sessions from the management station to the managed server using the same plug-in.
If a second user requests a virtual console session, the first user is notified and is given the option to refuse access, allow read-only
access, or allow full shared access. The second user is notified that another user has control. The first user must respond within 30
seconds, or else access is granted to the second user based on the default setting. When two sessions are concurrently active, the
first user sees a message in the upper-right corner of the screen that the second user has an active session. If none of the users have
Administrator privileges, terminating the first user's session automatically terminates the second user's session.
NOTE:
For information about configuring your browser to access the virtual console, see
Configuring web browsers to
use virtual console
.
NOTE:
When the iDRAC license expires or if it is deleted, the virtual console and virtual media ports are automatically
closed resulting in termination of all virtual console and virtual media sessions.
Related concepts
Configuring web browsers to use virtual console
Configuring virtual console
Launching virtual console
Topics:
Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates
Configuring virtual console
Previewing virtual console
Launching virtual console
Using virtual console viewer
Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates
The following table lists the supported screen resolutions and corresponding refresh rates for a Virtual Console session running on the
managed server.
Table 39. Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates
Screen Resolution
Refresh Rate (Hz)
720x400
70
640x480
60, 72, 75, 85
800x600
60, 70, 72, 75, 85
1024x768
60, 70, 72, 75, 85
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