Users Guide

– Relative, no acceleration
– Relative (RHEL, earlier versions of Linux)
– Linux RHEL 6.x and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 or later
Click Apply to apply the selected settings on the server.
• Virtual Media — Click Connect Virtual Media option to start the virtual media session. The virtual
media menu displays the Browse option to browse and map the ISO and IMG files.
NOTE: You cannot map physical media such USB-based drives, CD, or DVD by using the HTML5
based virtual console.
Supported Browsers
The HTML5 virtual console is supported on the following browsers:
• Internet Explorer 11
• Chrome 36
• Firefox 30
• Safari 7.0
For more details on supported browsers, see the iDRAC8 Release Notes available at dell.com/
idracmanuals.
NOTE: iDRAC v2.30.30.30 supports only Windows 10 operating system with Internet Explorer 11 or
Google Chrome browsers.
Synchronizing mouse pointers
When you connect to a managed system through the Virtual Console, the mouse acceleration speed on
the managed system may not synchronize with the mouse pointer on the management station and
displays two mouse pointers in the Viewer window.
When using Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Novell SUSE Linux, configure the mouse mode for Linux before
you launch the Virtual Console viewer. The operating system's default mouse settings are used to control
the mouse arrow in the Virtual Console viewer.
When two mouse cursors are seen on the client Virtual Console viewer, it indicates that the server's
operating system supports Relative Positioning. This is typical for Linux operating systems or Lifecycle
Controller and causes two mouse cursors if the server's mouse acceleration settings are different from
the mouse acceleration settings on the Virtual Console client. To resolve this, switch to single cursor or
match the mouse acceleration on the managed system and the management station:
• To switch to single cursor, from the Tools menu, select Single Cursor.
• To set the mouse acceleration, go to Tools → Session Options → Mouse. Under Mouse Acceleration
tab, select Windows or Linux based on the operating system.
To exit single cursor mode, press <F9> or the configured termination key.
NOTE: This is not applicable for managed systems running Windows operating system since they
support Absolute Positioning.
When using the Virtual Console to connect to a managed system with a recent Linux distribution
operating system installed, you may experience mouse synchronization problems. This may be due to the
Predictable Pointer Acceleration feature of the GNOME desktop. For correct mouse synchronization in
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