Remote Power Control; Viewing Performance Statistics; Starting Remote Desktop Protocol; Remote Disk - Lenovo RD220 - ThinkServer - 3798 User Manual

Remote power control

You can send server power and restart commands from the Video Viewer window
without returning to the Web browser. To control the server power with the Video
Viewer, complete the following steps:
1. In the Video Viewer window, click Tools.
2. When you move the mouse pointer over Power in the menu, these choices are

Viewing performance statistics

To view the Video Viewer performance statistics, complete the following steps:
1. In the Video Viewer window, click Tools.
2. Click Stats. The following information is displayed:

Starting Remote Desktop Protocol

If the Windows-based Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client is installed, you can
switch over to using an RDP client instead of the KVM client. The remote server
must be configured to receive RDP connections.

Remote disk

From the Virtual Media Session window, you can assign to the server a CD or
DVD drive, a diskette drive, or a USB flash drive that is on your computer, or you
can specify a disk image on your computer for the server to use. You can use the
drive for functions such as restarting (booting) the server, updating code, installing
new software on the server, and installing or updating the operating system on the
server. You can use the Remote Control feature to access the remote disk. Drives
and disk images are displayed as USB drives on the server.
Notes:
1. The following server operating systems have USB support, which is required
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displayed:
On Turns on the server power.
Off Turns off the server power.
Reboot
Restarts the server.
Cycle Turns the server power off, then back on.
Frame Rate
A running average of the number of frames, decoded per second by the
client.
Bandwidth
A running average of the total number of kilobytes per second received
by the client.
Compression
A running average of the bandwidth reduction due to video
compression. This value often is displayed as 100.0%. It is rounded to
the tenth of a percent.
Packet Rate
A running average of the number of video packets received per second.
for the Remote Disk feature:
v Microsoft Windows Server 2008
v Microsoft Windows Server 2003