Configuring And Using Virtual Console; Supported Screen Resolutions And Refresh Rates - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

Configuring and Using Virtual Console

You can use the virtual console to manage a remote system using the keyboard, video, and mouse on your management
station to control the corresponding devices on a managed server. This is a licensed feature for rack and tower servers.
It is available by default in blade servers.
The key features are:
• A maximum of four simultaneous Virtual Console sessions are supported. All the sessions view the same managed
server console simultaneously.
• You can launch virtual console in a supported Web browser using Java or ActiveX plug-in. You must use the Java
viewer if the management station runs on an operating system other than Windows.
• When you open a Virtual Console session, the managed server does not indicate that the console has been
redirected.
• You can open multiple Virtual Console sessions from a single management station to one or more managed systems
simultaneously.
• You cannot open two virtual console sessions from the management station to the managed server using the same
plug-in.
• If a second user requests a Virtual Console session, the first user is notified and is given the option to refuse access,
allow read-only access, or allow full shared access. The second user is notified that another user has control. The
first user must respond within thirty seconds, or else access is granted to the second user based on the default
setting. When two sessions are concurrently active, the first user sees a message in the upper-right corner of the
screen that the second user has an active session. If neither the first or second user has administrator privileges,
terminating the first user's session automatically terminates the second user's session.
Related Links
Configuring Web Browsers to Use Virtual Console
Configuring Virtual Console
Launching Virtual Console

Supported Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates

The following table lists the supported screen resolutions and corresponding refresh rates for a Virtual Console session
running on the managed server.
Table 24. Supported Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates
Screen Resolution
720x400
640x480
800x600
1024x768
1280x1024
It is recommended that you configure your monitor display resolution to 1280x1024 pixels or higher.
Refresh Rate (Hz)
70
60, 72, 75, 85
60, 70, 72, 75, 85
60, 70, 72, 75, 85
60
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