Viewing And Disconnecting Session Status - IBM 1735-2GX Installation And User Manual

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3. If another user does not have an active KVM session with the target device, the Video Viewer
window appears.
• If another user has an active KVM session with the target device, and sharing is not
enabled, or if the number of port sessions has been exceeded, a message window displays
and you are denied access to the target device.
• If sharing is enabled, you can have several options depending on your access rights and on
whether session sharing, session preemption, or stealth connections are enabled.
• If you have Appliance Administrator rights, you can share any session, preempt the ses-
sion, or observe the session in stealth mode.
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4. If an administrator has enabled exclusive sessions, you can click the Exclusive Mode option in
the Video toolbar Tools menu. The Exclusive Mode status symbol appears in the toolbar.
5. To start a Virtual Media session with a device, click Tools > Virtual Media on the Video
Viewer tool bar. The Virtual Media Session window appears showing the physical drives on
the computer that can be mapped as virtual media.
6. Select the Mapped check box next to the drive(s) to be mapped. For details, see the Video
Viewer chapter of the VCS Installation and User's Guide. For constraints and restrictions, see
also "Virtual media" on page 91.
7. To end a KVM session, click File > Exit from the toolbar.

Viewing and disconnecting session status

When the Status tab is available and selected, Admin and other users with Appliance
Administrator or User Administrator rights can view the status of each active KVM session: the
session type, the username, the user IP address, the type of CO cable and the name of the target
device to which it is connected. Administrators can also disconnect user sessions.
To view session status and disconnect sessions, complete the following steps:
1. Log into the Web interface as a user with Appliance Administrator or User Administrator
rights.
2. Click the Status tab. The Status window appears. A list of users and their connection
information appears.
If you have User Administrator rights, you can share the session, preempt the session,
or observe the session in stealth mode only if your rights are the same as or higher
than the primary user.
If an administrator has enabled exclusive connections, and a primary user has set
Exclusive Mode for the session, you cannot share the session unless you have Appli-
ance Administrator rights.