Users Guide

- SysRq
- Alt+SysRq
- Win-P
￭ Aspect Ratio — The eHTML5 virtual console video image automatically adjusts the size to make the image visible.
The following configuration options are displayed as a drop-down list:
- Maintain
- Don’t Maintain
Click Apply to apply the selected settings on the server.
￭ Touch Mode — The eHTML5 virtual console supports the Touch Mode feature. The following configuration options
are displayed as a drop-down list:
- Direct
- Relative
Click Apply to apply the selected settings on the server.
● Virtual Clipboard - Virtual clipboard enables you to cut / copy / paste text buffer from virtual console to iDRAC host
server. Host server could be BIOS, UEFI or in OS prompt. This is a one-way action from client computer to iDRAC's host
server only. Follow these steps to use the Virtual clipboard:
○ Place the mouse cursor or keyboard focus on the desired window in the host server desktop.
○ Select the Console Controls menu from vConsole.
○ Copy the OS clipboard buffer using keyboard hotkeys, mouse, or touch pad controls depending on the Client OS. Or, you
can type the text manually in the text box.
○ Click Send Clipboard to Host.
○ Then, the text appears on the host server's active window.
NOTE:
○ This feature is only available in Datacenter license.
○ This feature only supports ASCII text.
○ Control characters are not supported.
○ Characters such as New line and Tab are allowed.
○ Text buffer size is limited to 4000 characters.
○ If more than maximum buffer is pasted, then the edit box in iDRAC GUI will truncate it to maximum buffer size.
● KVM - This menu has list of the following read only components:
○ Frame Rate
○ Bandwidth
○ Compression
○ Packet Rate
● Performance - You can use the slider button to adjust Maximum Video Quality and Maximum Video Speed.
● User List - You can see the list of users that are logged in to the Virtual console.
● Keyboard — The difference between physical and virtual keyboard is that virtual keyboard changes its layout according to
the browser language.
● Virtual Media — Click Connect Virtual Media option to start the virtual media session.
○ Connect Virtual Media - This menu contains the options for Map CD/DVD, Map Removable Disk, Map External Device,
and Reset USB.
○ Virtual Media Statistics - This menu shows the Transfer Rate (Read-only). Also, it shows the details of CD/DVD and
Removable Disks details such as Mapping details, status (read-only or not), duration, and Read/Write Bytes.
○ Create Image - This menu allows you to select a local folder and generate FolderName.img file with local folder
contents.
NOTE:
For security reasons read/write access is disabled while accessing virtual console in eHTML5. With Java or ActiveX
plug-ins, you can accept security messaging before the plug-in is given the read/write authority.
Supported Browsers
The eHTML5 virtual console is supported on the following browsers:
● Internet Explorer 11
● Chrome 78/79
● Firefox 70/71
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Configuring and using virtual console