Configuring Vnc Server Using Racadm; Setting Up Vnc Viewer With Ssl Encryption; Setting Up Vnc Viewer Without Ssl Encryption; Configuring Front Panel Display - Dell iDRAC 8 User Manual

The Services page is displayed.
2. In the VNC Server section, enable the VNC server, specify the password, port number, and enable or disable SSL encryption.
For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.
3. Click Apply.
The VNC server is configured.

Configuring VNC server using RACADM

To configure the VNC server, use the set command with the objects in VNCserver.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Setting up VNC viewer with SSL encryption

While configuring the VNC server settings in iDRAC, if the SSL Encryption option was enabled, then the SSL tunnel application
must be used along with the VNC Viewer to establish the SSL encrypted connection with iDRAC VNC server.
NOTE: Most of the VNC clients do not have built-in SSL encryption support.
To configure the SSL tunnel application:
1. Configure SSL tunnel to accept connection on <localhost>:<localport number>. For example, 127.0.0.1:5930.
2. Configure SSL tunnel to connect to <iDRAC IP address>:<VNC server port Number>. For example,
192.168.0.120:5901.
3. Start the tunnel application.
To establish connection with the iDRAC VNC server over the SSL encrypted channel, connect the VNC viewer to the localhost
(link local IP address) and the local port number (127.0.0.1:<local port number>).

Setting up VNC viewer without SSL encryption

In general, all Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) compliant VNC Viewers connect to the VNC server using the iDRAC IP address and port
number that is configured for the VNC server. If the SSL encryption option is disabled when configuring the VNC server settings in
iDRAC, then to connect to the VNC Viewer do the following:
In the VNC Viewer dialog box, enter the iDRAC IP address and the VNC port number in the VNC Server field.
The format is <iDRAC IP address:VNC port number>
For example, if the iDRAC IP address is 192.168.0.120 and VNC port number is 5901, then enter 192.168.0.120:5901.

Configuring front panel display

You can configure the front panel LCD and LED display for the managed system.
For rack and tower servers, two types of front panels are available:
• LCD front panel and System ID LED
• LED front panel and System ID LED
For blade servers, only the System ID LED is available on the server front panel since the blade chassis has the LCD.
Related links
Configuring LCD setting
Configuring system ID LED setting
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