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Using GUI Console Redirection 121
Using GUI Console Redirection
This section provides information about using the iDRAC console redirection
feature.
Overview
The iDRAC 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 iDRAC-enabled systems from one location.
You do not have to sit in front of each server to perform all the routine
maintenance. You can instead manage the servers from wherever you are,
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 server 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 server. 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:
• A maximum of two simultaneous console redirection sessions are
supported. Both sessions view the same managed server console
simultaneously.
• A console redirection session should not be launched from a web browser
on the managed system.
• A minimum available network bandwidth of 1 MB/sec is required.