Installation Manual

Using GUI Virtual Console 211
Using iDRAC6 Virtual Console (Video Viewer)
The iDRAC6 Virtual Console (Video Viewer) provides a user interface
between the management station and the managed server, allowing you to see
the managed server’s desktop and control its mouse and keyboard functions
from your management station. When you connect to the remote system, the
iDRAC6 Virtual Console starts in a separate window.
NOTE: You must have administrator privileges to launch a iDRAC6 Virtual Console
(Video Viewer).
NOTE: If the remote server is powered off, the message, No Signal,
will be displayed.
NOTE: The Virtual Console title bar displays the DNS name or the IP address of the
iDRAC you are connected to from the management station. If iDRAC does not have
a DNS name, then the IP address is displayed. The format is:
<DNS name / IPv6 address / IPv4 address>, <Model>,
User: <username>, <fps>
The iDRAC6 Virtual Console provides various control adjustments such as
mouse synchronization, snapshots, keyboard macros, and access to Virtual
Media. For more information about these functions, click System

Console/Media
 and click Help on the Virtual Console and Virtual Media
GUI page.
When you start a Virtual Console session and the iDRAC6 Virtual Console is
displayed, you may need to synchronize the mouse pointers.
Settings Click this link to view or edit the Virtual Console configuration
settings on the Console/Media Configuration page.
NOTE: You must have configure iDRAC privileges to edit the
Virtual Console configuration settings.
Refresh Click this link to refresh the displayed Virtual Console image.
Table 9-4. Virtual Console Preview Options (continued)
Option Descritpion