Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User's Guide

Using virtual console

You can launch virtual console as a pop-up window by using one of the following methods:

• From the iDRAC home page, click the Start the Virtual Console link available in the Console Preview session.
• From the iDRAC Virtual Console page, click the Start the Virtual Console link.
• From the iDRAC login page, type https//<iDRAC IP>/console. This method is called as Direct Launch.

In the eHTML5 virtual console, the following menu options are available:

• Power
• Boot
• Chat
• Keyboard
• Screen Capture
• Refresh
• Full Screen
• Disconnect Viewer
• Console Controls
• Virtual Media

The Pass all keystrokes to server option is not supported on the eHTML5 virtual console. Use keyboard and keyboard macros for all the functional keys.

• General —
  • Console control — This has the following configuration options:
    • Keyboard Macros—This is supported in eHTML5 virtual console and are listed as the following drop-down options. Click Apply to apply the selected key combination on the server.
      • Ctrl+Alt+Del
      • Ctrl+Alt+F1
      • Ctrl+Alt+F2
      • Ctrl+Alt+F3
      • Ctrl+Alt+F4
      • Ctrl+Alt+F5
      • Ctrl+Alt+F6
      • Ctrl+Alt+F7
      • Ctrl+Alt+F8
      • Ctrl+Alt+F9
      • Ctrl+Alt+F10
      • Ctrl+Alt+F11
      • Ctrl+Alt+F12
      • Alt+Tab
      • Alt+ESC
      • Ctrl+ESC
      • Alt+Space
      • Alt+Enter
      • Alt+Hyphen
      • Alt+F1
      • Alt+F2
      • Alt+F3
      • Alt+F4
      • Alt+F5
      • Alt+F6
      • Alt+F7
      • Alt+F8
      • Alt+F9
      • Alt+F10
      • Alt+F11
      • Alt+F12
      • PrntScrn
      • Alt+PrntScrn
      • F1
      • Pause
      • Tab
      • Ctrl+Enter
      • 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
      • Do not 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 system to iDRAC 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 touchpad 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 active window.
  NOTE:

  • This feature is available in Enterprise and Datacenter license.
  • This feature only supports ASCII text.
  • This feature supports only English Language Keyboard.
  • 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 the maximum buffer is pasted, then the edit box in the iDRAC UI truncates it to the maximum buffer size.
• KVM - This menu has a 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 the virtual keyboard changes its layout according to the browser language.
  NOTE:Starting from iDRAC release 7.00.30.00, you can see the option for changing the vKeyboard language without changing the browser language. Ensure that the vKeyboard language and Host OS language should be the same.

• Virtual Media — Click the 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 a FolderName.img file with local folder contents.