Users Guide

Using GUI Console Redirection 129
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Using GUI Console Redirection
This section provides information about using the DRAC 5 console redirection feature.
Overview
The DRAC 5 console redirection feature enables you to access the local console remotely in either
graphic or text mode. Using console redirection, you can control one or more DRAC 5-enabled
systems from one location.
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
NOTE: When you open a console redirection session, the managed system does not indicate 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.
The following rules apply to a console redirection session:
• Only two simultaneous console redirection sessions are supported.
• Console redirection sessions can only be connected to one remote target system.
• You cannot configure a console redirection session on the local system.
• A minimum available network bandwidth of 1 MB/sec is required.
Supported Screen Resolutions Refresh Rates on the Managed System
Table 7-1 lists the supported screen resolutions and corresponding refresh rates for a console
redirection session that is running on the managed system.