Java 7 & 8 with Dell iDRAC 6 not working

Question

I have always used Java 7plugin specific to Dell Drac 6 Enterprise, in Firefox with no problem. When launching the virtual console, it opens up the java viewer automatically. Lately, the past few versions of Firefox it would request to save the file (See attached) instead of automatically opening using Java launcher, which is the normal behavior it's been for many years up until a few months ago.

I'm running firmware: 2.85 (Build 04)

I have uninstalled, reinstalled Java 7 and also tried 8 as well. Same issue. Any idea? This happens on every Dell DRAC 6 server (tried over a dozen) so it's not isolated to one. I do not use any other browser but tried Edge and in Edge the DRAC panel always shows "undefined" for every single link.

Daniel My · Answer

Hello

There are a lot of issues with using the iDRAC6 console in modern browsers. Your specific issue has to do with file association.

Go to the folder location where the file was downloaded
Right click on the file and choose Open with...
Browse the location you have Java installed - C:\program files\Java\bin
In the bin folder select Java Web Start - JavaWS.exe
I suggest putting a check in the Always use this app to open box

It should automatically use JavaWS to open JNLP files after you do that.

Thanks

SirLouie75 · Answer

I had this same problem - when I tried to launch the Virtual Console on my iDRAC 6 Enterprise, it wouldn't launch - instead, it tried to download a file with a very long filename as shown here. That error means that Java Web Start is either not installed, or not associated properly.

If it's not associated properly, then follow DELL-Daniel My's directions. You seem to have done that already, so skip to my "HOWEVER" line. but for other people who don't see Java anywhere ...

But what if it's not installed? You might not see the options that he describes. In that case, you'll need to install Java. I installed mine from here for Windows 11 x64:
https://www.java.com/en/download/

Installing Java may correct the file association upon restarting your browser; if it doesn't, then you should be able to follow DELL-Daniel My's directions now that Java is installed properly.

HOWEVER, this wasn't enough to fix my problem. I had to perform two "fixes":

1. When you first successfully launch the connection, you may need to Continue through some certificate errors, and/or adjust some Java Security settings (these directions are for Windows):

Click Start, type Configure Java.
Click the Security tab.
Click Edit Site List.
Click Add.
In the box under Location containing the example, put the full URL (including port) to your iDRAC:
Click OK twice to save the Exception and the Security settings.

2. If this works, great! If not, you may need to adjust some settings in the java.security file which, for my version on Windows, was located in C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_361\lib\security.

Open C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_361\lib\security\java.security in a text editor such as Notepad or Notepad++, as an Administrator.
Use the text editor's search feature to find the line beginning with:
jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms=
put a # sign at the beginning of just that line if there's not one there already (this comments it out).
Now find the line beginning with:
jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=
put a # sign at the beginning of just that line as well to comment it out.
Save the file.

At this point, you should be able to launch the Virtual Console. I was able to! Hope that helps.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsuqMSBnwQ

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