Accessing The Video Session Viewer; Closing The Video Session Viewer; Video Session Types - HP 262586-B21 - IP Console Switch 3x1x16 KVM User Manual

Accessing the Video Session Viewer

Click Servers.
1.
Double-click the server name.
2.
-or-
Select a server, and click Launch KVM Session.
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Right-click the server name, and select Launch KVM Session.
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Select a server, and press Enter. The Video Session Viewer launches in a new window.
NOTE:
prompted for a user name and password. Requests for login credentials during subsequent
access attempts are affected by the credential caching settings. For more information on
cached credentials, if you have not previously entered and cached successfully, refer to
"Managing cached credentials (on page 35)."
Selecting an action
If the HP IP Console Viewer receives more than one primary action for a selected unit, because it has
more than one connection type, the Action Chooser dialog box appears and prompts you to select a
single action from the list of possible actions to perform.
To select an action, highlight it and click OK.

Closing the Video Session Viewer

To close a Video Session Viewer, select File>Exit.

Video session types

When using the Video Viewer with console switches, you have several options of session types according
to the rights of each user. You can choose to operate the KVM session to the target server in exclusive
session, share a session, scan multiple servers, or monitor a server in stealth mode, depending on your
access rights. Video session types affect both the display characteristics of the Video Session Viewer and
the rights of other users to access the server. The current type of session is indicated by an icon displayed
on the right side of the video viewer toolbar. Video session types are outlined in the following table.
If this is the first unit access of the HP IP Console Viewer session, you might be
Managing remote servers through the Video Session Viewer 79