Users Guide

4. Enable the browser to download encrypted content and to enable third-party browser extensions. To do this, go to Tools →
Internet Options → Advanced, clear the Do not save encrypted pages to disk option, and select the Enable third-party
browser extensions
option.
NOTE: Restart Internet Explorer for the Enable third-party browser extension setting to take effect.
5.
Go to Tools → Internet Options → Security and select the zone you want to run the application.
6. Click Custom level. In the Security Settings window, do the following:
• Select Enable for Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls.
• Select Prompt for Download signed ActiveX controls.
• Select Enable or Prompt for Run ActiveX controls and plugins.
• Select Enable or Prompt for Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting.
7. Click OK to close the Security Settings window.
8. Click OK to close the Internet Options window.
NOTE: On systems with Internet Explorer 11, ensure that you add the iDRAC IP by clicking Tools → Compatibility
View settings.
NOTE:
• The varying versions of Internet Explorer share Internet Options. Therefore, after you add the server to the list of
trusted sites for one browser the other browser uses the same setting.
• Before installing the ActiveX control, Internet Explorer may display a security warning. To complete the ActiveX
control installation procedure, accept the ActiveX control when Internet Explorer prompts you with a security
warning.
Related links
Clearing browser cache
Additional settings for Windows Vista or newer Microsoft operating systems
Additional settings for Windows Vista or newer Microsoft operating systems
The Internet Explorer browsers in Windows Vista or newer operating systems have an additional security feature called Protected
Mode.
To launch and run ActiveX applications in Internet Explorer browsers with Protected Mode:
1. Run IE as an administrator.
2. Go to Tools → Internet Options → Security → Trusted Sites.
3. Make sure that the Enable Protected Mode option is not selected for Trusted Sites zone. Alternatively, you can add the
iDRAC address to sites in the Intranet zone. By default, protected mode is turned off for sites in Intranet Zone and Trusted
Sites zone.
4. Click Sites.
5. In the Add this website to the zone field, add the address of your iDRAC and click Add.
6. Click Close and then click OK.
7. Close and restart the browser for the settings to take effect.
Clearing browser cache
If you have issues when operating the Virtual Console, (out of range errors, synchronization issues, and so on) clear the browser’s
cache to remove or delete any old versions of the viewer that may be stored on the system and try again.
NOTE: You must have administrator privilege to clear the browser’s cache.
Clearing earlier Java versions
To clear older versions of Java viewer in Windows or Linux, do the following:
1. At the command prompt, run javaws-viewer or javaws-uninstall.
The Java Cache viewer is displayed.
2. Delete the items titled iDRAC Virtual Console Client.
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