Launch a Remote System Console Redirection Session

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Launch a remote console redirection session from the Oracle ILOM web interface using the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console (Plus) application. This application enables you to install software on your server remotely or manage your server remotely through a serial or video redirection session.

Oracle X4-2 servers use the original version of the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console application. This application support launching multiple KVMS redrection sessions from the Oracle ILOM web interface, as well as a separate command-line interface (CLI) for redirecting storage devices.

For further details about launching Oracle ILOM Remote System Console KVMS sessions from the web interface, see the Before You Begin and the procedural instructions that follow in this topic. For further details about setting up and usng the storage redirection CLI feature in Oracle ILOM, see the Oracle ILOM Storage Redirection CLI information in the Oracle ILOM Configuration and Maintenance Guide for firmware release 3.1. or 3.2.

Note - If you have an Oracle X4-2 server, the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console does not enable you to launch a serial redirection session from the web interface. For information about how to launch a serial redirection session from Oracle ILOM, see Launch a Host Serial Console Redirection Session.
The Oracle X4-4 and X4-8 servers support the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application. This application provides support for launching a maximum of four video remote console sessions and one serial remote console session from the Oracle ILOM web interface.

Full-redirection control privileges are granted to the first (primary) redirection session user logged-in on the SP. All other redirection session users are granted view-only redirection control privileges.
- A primary user can relinquish full control of the redirection session by exiting the video or serial session window, or by selecting Relinquish Full-Control in the KVMS menu of the video session window.
- View only users can take full control of a relinquished full control redirection session by exiting and relaunching the session window, or by selecting Take Full-Control from the KVMS menu in the video session window.

Before You Begin

Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before you launch a remote console redirection session from Oracle ILOM:

Ensure that the appropriate Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed.

For Oracle X4-2 servers, the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console requires JRE 1.5 or later. In addition, Windows Internet Explorer (IE) web browser users must also register the 32-bit JDK file on the management client prior to launching the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console.

For Oracle X4-4 and X4-8 servers, the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus requires JRE 1.6 or later.
Ensure that the appropriate KVMS properties are set on the Oracle ILOM SP prior to launching a remote system console session for the first time. To view or set the KVMS properties, click Remote Control > KVMS in the Oracle ILOM web interface.

The Oracle ILOM Remote System Console requires that the KVMS State is enabled (enabled by default). Optionally, you can set the Host Lock properties on the KVMS page to automatically lock the host operating system desktop upon disconnecting from a remote console session.

Mouse mode properties (Absolute or Relative) can be configured on the KVMS page for Solaris-based and Linux-based operating systems.
- Use Absolute Mouse mode if the remote host is running Windows, Oracle Solaris, or a version of Linux that includes driver support for Absolute Mouse mode.
- Use Relative Mouse mode if the remote host is running a version of Linux that does not include driver support for Absolute Mouse mode.
Ensure that you have Console (c) role privileges enabled in Oracle ILOM. This role is required to use an Oracle ILOM Remote System Console session.
Ensure that you have operating system user credentials for the host server prior to logging into the redirected host operating system desktop.

To launch a remote system console session from the Oracle ILOM SP web interface, perform the applicable Remote System Console instructions below for your server.

Oracle ILOM Remote System Console (available on Oracle X4-2 servers)

For more details, see the "Oracle ILOM Remote System Console" information in the Oracle ILOM Configuration and Maintenance Guide for firmware release 3.1 or 3.2.

In the Oracle ILOM web interface, click Remote Control > Redirection.
In the Redirection page, click Launch Remote Console.

An Oracle ILOM Remote System Console session window appears.

Tip - To toggle the keyboard or mouse input between the remote client and the local desktop, press : Alt+M (for mouse) or Alt+K (for keyboard).

Tip - Alternatively, you can redirect storage devices from the Oracle ILOM SP CLI using the Storage Redirection CLI feature. For further information, see the information for Storage Redirection CLI in the Oracle ILOM Configuration and Maintenance Guide for firmware version 3.1 or 3.2.

Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus (Oracle X4 and X8 servers)

For more details, click the More Details link in the Redirection web page.

In the Oracle ILOM web interface, click Remote Control > Redirection.
In the Redirection page, click the option for serial or video redirection, and then click Launch Remote Console.

A text-based Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus host session window appears for serial redirection.

A graphic-based KVMS Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus host session window appears for video redirection.

Tip - Full redirection control privileges are granted to the first logged-in redirection session (primary) user on the SP. All other logged-in redirection session users on the SP receive view-only redirection control. Exiting a full redirection control session automatically relinquishes the full redirection control privileges and makes it possible for another session user on the SP to gain full-redirection control privileges.

See Also

Oracle ILOM Remote System Console, Oracle ILOM Configuration and Maintenance Guide for firmware release 3.1 or 3.2
Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus, Oracle ILOM Configuration and Maintenance Guide for firmware release 3.2