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Remote power control, Viewing performance statistics, Starting Remote Desktop Protocol, Remote disk

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Remote power control You can send server power and restart commands from the Video Viewer window without returning to the Web browser. To control the server power with the Video Viewer, complete the following steps: 1. In the Video Viewer window, click Tools. 2. When you move the mouse pointer over Power in the menu, these choices are displayed: On Turns on the server power. Off Turns off the server power. Reboot Restarts the server. Cycle Turns the server power off, then back on. Viewing performance statistics To view the Video Viewer performance statistics, complete the following steps: 1. In the Video Viewer window, click Tools. 2. Click Stats. The following information is displayed: Frame Rate A running average of the number of frames, decoded per second by the client. Bandwidth A running average of the total number of kilobytes per second received by the client. Compression A running average of the bandwidth reduction due to video compression. This value often is displayed as 100.0%. It is rounded to the tenth of a percent. Packet Rate A running average of the number of video packets received per second. Starting Remote Desktop Protocol If the Windows-based Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client is installed, you can switch over to using an RDP client instead of the KVM client. The remote server must be configured to receive RDP connections. Remote disk From the Virtual Media Session window, you can assign to the server a CD or DVD drive, a diskette drive, or a USB flash drive that is on your computer, or you can specify a disk image on your computer for the server to use. You can use the drive for functions such as restarting (booting) the server, updating code, installing new software on the server, and installing or updating the operating system on the server. You can use the Remote Control feature to access the remote disk. Drives and disk images are displayed as USB drives on the server. Notes: 1. The following server operating systems have USB support, which is required for the Remote Disk feature: v Microsoft Windows Server 2008 v Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64 Integrated Management Module: User Guide

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Remote power control
You can send server power and restart commands from the Video Viewer window
without returning to the Web browser. To control the server power with the Video
Viewer, complete the following steps:
1.
In the Video Viewer window, click
Tools
.
2.
When you move the mouse pointer over
Power
in the menu, these choices are
displayed:
On
Turns on the server power.
Off
Turns off the server power.
Reboot
Restarts the server.
Cycle
Turns the server power off, then back on.
Viewing performance statistics
To view the Video Viewer performance statistics, complete the following steps:
1.
In the Video Viewer window, click
Tools
.
2.
Click
Stats
. The following information is displayed:
Frame Rate
A running average of the number of frames, decoded per second by the
client.
Bandwidth
A running average of the total number of kilobytes per second received
by the client.
Compression
A running average of the bandwidth reduction due to video
compression. This value often is displayed as 100.0%. It is rounded to
the tenth of a percent.
Packet Rate
A running average of the number of video packets received per second.
Starting Remote Desktop Protocol
If the Windows-based Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client is installed, you can
switch over to using an RDP client instead of the KVM client. The remote server
must be configured to receive RDP connections.
Remote disk
From the Virtual Media Session window, you can assign to the server a CD or
DVD drive, a diskette drive, or a USB flash drive that is on your computer, or you
can specify a disk image on your computer for the server to use. You can use the
drive for functions such as restarting (booting) the server, updating code, installing
new software on the server, and installing or updating the operating system on the
server. You can use the Remote Control feature to access the remote disk. Drives
and disk images are displayed as USB drives on the server.
Notes:
1.
The following server operating systems have USB support, which is required
for the Remote Disk feature:
v
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
v
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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