Product Overview; Hp Ip Console Viewer Overview; System Components; Main Window - HP 262586-B21 - IP Console Switch 3x1x16 KVM User Manual

Product overview

HP IP Console Viewer overview

The HP IP Console Viewer is a cross-platform management application that enables you to view, control,
and group console switches and the servers and network devices that are attached to them.
The HP IP Console Viewer:
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Ensures compatibility with most popular operating systems and hardware platforms
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Provides secure authentication, data transfers, and user name and password storage
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Provides directory-based authentication with Microsoft® Active Directory by using LDAP
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Places system control at the point of need
The HP IP Console Viewer enables you to install, discover, configure, and operate the following products:
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HP IP Console Switches
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HP Serial Console Servers (referred to as serial console switches in the HP IP Console Viewer)
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Interface adapters
USB 2.0 with Virtual Media
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PS2 with Virtual Media
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PS2
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USB
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Serial
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HP Bladesystem CAT5 KVM
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System components

The HP IP Console Viewer consists of the main window, Video Session Viewer, Serial Session Viewer, the
Manage Console Switch window, and the OBWI.

Main window

The HP IP Console Viewer utilizes a Microsoft® Windows® Explorer-like navigation with an intuitive split-
screen interface, providing you with a single point of access for all your servers. From the HP IP Console
Viewer, you can easily perform tasks, such as installing and managing KVM console switches, installing
and managing serial console switches, launching a Video Session Viewer to a server or launching a
telnet/SSH session to a server. Built-in groupings, such as Servers, Sites, and Folders, provide an easy
way to view select console switches, serial console switches and servers. You can also create custom
groupings of console switches, serial console switches, and servers by adding folders that store shortcuts.
Additional groupings are provided based on the custom fields that you assign.
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