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3 Accessing Remote Desktop using VNC on Dell PowerEdge Servers and MX7000 Modular Infrastructure
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 System requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 6
2 Configuring the iDRAC VNC server ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.2 General VNC server settings .............................................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Security-Related VNC server settings ................................................................................................................ 8
2.4 Configuring VNC by using the iDRAC GUI ....................................................................................................... 10
2.5 Configuring VNC by using RACADM CLI ......................................................................................................... 11
3 Connecting Windows with SSVNC Integrated Tunneling .......................................................................................... 13
3.1 Installing SSVNC .............................................................................................................................................. 13
3.2 Connecting by using SSVNC ............................................................................................................................ 13
4 Connecting Windows with RealVNC and external tunnels ........................................................................................ 16
4.1 Installing RealVNC ........................................................................................................................................... 16
4.2 Connecting by using RealVNC without encryption ........................................................................................... 16
4.3 Connecting Using RealVNC over TLS/SSL by using ssltunnel ........................................................................ 17
4.3.1 Installing and configuring the ‘ssltunnel’ application ......................................................................................... 18
4.3.2 Using RealVNC Client with a local TLS/SSL tunnel ......................................................................................... 19
4.4 Connecting using RealVNC over SSH ............................................................................................................. 19
4.4.1 Installing and configuring PuTTY ...................................................................................................................... 20
4.4.2 Using RealVNC Client with a local SSH tunnel ................................................................................................ 22
5 Connecting Android with bVNC .................................................................................................................................. 23
5.1 Installing bVNC ................................................................................................................................................. 23
5.2 Connecting using bVNC ................................................................................................................................... 24
6 Connecting iOS with RealVNC Viewer, Remoter Pro, and Remotix .......................................................................... 26
6.1 Installing RealVNC, Remoter Pro, or Remotix on iOS ..................................................................................... 26
6.2 Connecting using RealVNC Viewer for iOS ..................................................................................................... 27
6.3 Connecting using Remoter Pro ........................................................................................................................ 27
6.4 Connecting using Remotix ................................................................................................................................ 29
7 Accessing Virtual Media with VNC active .................................................................................................................. 32
7.1 Starting Virtual Media Redirection .................................................................................................................... 32
7.2 Mapping Virtual Media ...................................................................................................................................... 33
7.3 Unmapping Virtual Media ................................................................................................................................. 34
8 Troubleshooting issues when accessing remote desktop using VNC ....................................................................... 35