Users Guide

○ Touch Mode — The HTML5 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.
● Keyboard — The difference between physical and virtual keyboard is that virtual keyboard changes its layout according to the
browser language.
● Touch Mode — The HTML5 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.
● Mouse Acceleration — Select the mouse acceleration based on the operating system. The following configuration options are
displayed as a drop-down list:
○ Absolute (Windows, latest versions of Linux, Mac OS-X)
○ 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. when the virtual media is connected, you
can see the options like Map CD/DVD, Map Removable Disk, and Reset USB.
NOTE: For security reasons read/write access is disabled while accessing virtual console in HTML5. With Java or ActiveX plug-ins,
you can accept security messaging before the plug-in is given the read/write authority.
Supported Browsers
The HTML5 virtual console is supported on the following browsers:
● Internet Explorer 11
● Google Chrome 83/84
● Mozilla Firefox 80/81
● Safari 13.1.1
NOTE: It is recommended to have Mac OS version 10.10.2 (or onward) installed in the system.
For more details on supported browsers and versions, see the iDRAC 发行说明，网址： https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals.
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