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Using the Remote Control Screens |
This chapter describes how to launch and use the remote console application. It includes the following sections:
The Remote Console application, which you launch using the web-based interface Remote Control Redirection sub-menu screen, enables you to:
The redirection of the KVM enables you to use the operating system and other GUI-based programs instead of restricting you to the command-line based utilities provided by terminals and emulators.
This enables you to download and upload software using the CD and diskette drives as if they were local to the server.
A compatible web browser and a minimum of JRE 1.5 Update 7 are required to operate the remote console application. See TABLE 6-1 for Client installation requirements.
| Note - You do not need to install any OS-specific drivers or helper applications on client systems in order to run the remote console application. |
| Note - You can download the Java 1.5 runtime environment at http://java.com. |
TABLE 6-2 lists the remote console application ports:
| Note - If the SP is configured to use HTTP, it uses TCP port 80. |
Use this procedure to launch the Remote Console application from the web-based interface.
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The Sun embedded Lights Out Manager (ELOM) login screen appears.
3. Enter a login that has administrator privileges, or use the default user name and password:
The Embedded LOM Manager screen appears (see FIGURE 6-1).
FIGURE 6-1 The ELOM System Status Screen
5. Click the Remote Console tab on the main menu.
The Remote Console screen appears (see FIGURE 6-2).
FIGURE 6-2 The Remote Console Redirection Screen
The Redirection screen appears (see FIGURE 6-2). The Redirection screen consists of a Launch Redirection button and the following message:
Launch Redirection Manage the host server remotely by redirecting the system console to your local machine. |
7. Click the Launch Redirection button.
| Note - For systems using Firefox and Mozilla web browsers, the required version of Java RTE must be at least version 5 update 7 or later. |
The web browser downloads and automatically starts the remote control application. The remote server console screen appears inside the Sun ELOM Remote Console screen (see FIGURE 6-3).
FIGURE 6-3 The Remote Console Screen
Nested within the Sun ELOM Remote Console screen is the remote sever screen. Both screens have a menu bar (see FIGURE 6-4).
FIGURE 6-4 The Remote Console Main Menu
The Sun ELOM Remote Console screen menu bar has the following selections:
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File: allows you to log in to and exit from the Remote Console application. |
The remote server console window consists of a main menu and a tool bar (see FIGURE 6-4) with the following selections:
This section details the server window menus, and explains how to configure, customize, and save the keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) functionality for a Remote Console session.
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1. Launch the Remote Console application (see Launching the Remote Console Application).
2. Click the Control tab from the server console main menu.
The Control menu appears (see FIGURE 6-5).
The Control menu consists of ten configurable KVM functions/modes. TABLE 6-3 lists and describes the functions.
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Displays a single mouse cursor in the Remote Console screen. When the mouse leaves the remote server console screen the local cursor takes over and the server console mouse remains in the remote server console screen. |
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Produces two separate mouse cursors (local and remote) that are displayed at all times, even when the local mouse is moved within the server console screen. |
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Displays a single mouse cursor, similar to Mouse Sync mode. However, the mouse data is separated from the video data, producing smoother mouse action. |
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Determines whether the console display will scale-to-fit a manually resized screen (Fit Mode), or whether resizing the screen will have no scaling effect on the display (Scroll Mode). In Scroll Mode, decreasing the screen size will produce scroll bars. |
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Resizes the server screen to full size of the local monitor. |
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Allows the securing of KVM data over the network. The choices are: Encrypt All, None, Keyboard and Mouse Only, or Video Only. |
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Setup and define up to 16 hot keys (see To Setup up Hot Keys). |
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Retain the current KVM settings for the current session and future sessions (login-specific). |
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3. Configure the KVM by selecting the functions/modes you would like enabled.
4. Click Save Configuration to save the KVM configuration.
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1. Click Setup Hotkeys from the Control menu.
The Setup Hotkeys window appears (see FIGURE 6-6).
FIGURE 6-6 The HotKeys Setup Window
The Hotkeys Setup window allows you to configure up to 16 hot keys, using three key combinations. TABLE 6-4 lists the choices for each key. Key 1 has a single key associated with it and two possible choices (no key or the Ctrl key). Key2 has two key choices (three possibilities), and Key 3 has 20 key choices (21 possibilities).
2. Configure the hot key combinations by clicking on the drop-down list and selecting the keystroke for each of the three keys (see FIGURE 6-6).
To use a hot key, click the HotKey tab and select the key from the drop-down list (see FIGURE 6-7).
FIGURE 6-7 HotKey drop-down list
This section explains how to access the web-based interface’s Remote Power Control submenu screen, and how to initiate power-related actions to control the remote server’s power status.
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1. Log in to the web-based interface using a login with Administrator privileges, or use the default user name and password:
2. Click the Remote Control tab on the main menu.
The Remote Control submenu appears.
3. Click the Remote Power Control submenu tab.
The Remote Power Control screen appears (see FIGURE 6-8).
FIGURE 6-8 The Remote Power Control Screen
This screen contains the Power Control window. Using the Power Control’s drop-down list, you can perform the following five power-related actions on the remote server:
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Restarts the server and automatically enters the BIOS setup menu. |
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| Tip - Use the Remote Power Control submenu screen during a Remote console session to access the remote server’s BIOS setup menu and to view start-up messages. |
To initiate power-related actions on the remote server:
1. Select an action from the drop-down list in the Power Control window.
The power action is initiated immediately.
This method includes using a CD or DVD drive, or image of the operating system on a remote networked system, to install the operating system onto a remote server.
Requirements for Remote KMVS Over IP installation include:
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| Note - Disable the time-out function when installing remotely from the virtual CD-ROM. |
1. Open a web browser, and enter the IP address for the service processor (SP) of the remote server on which you want to install the operating system.
2. Enter your user name and password at the login screen, and click Login.
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3. Select the Remote Control tab from the main menu.
4. Click the Redirection submenu tab.
5. Click the Launch Redirection button in the Redirection screen.
6. Insert the Operating System CD/DVD into the local CD/DVD drive.
7. In the remote server console screen, click Storage, and select Mount Device.
The Device Configuration screens appears.
8. Under Storage 1, click the drop-down arrow, and highlight the local CD/DVD to be used for installing.
10. Click the Remote Power Control tab in the Remote Control submenu screen (in the web-based interface).
The Remote Power Control submenu screen appears.
11. Select Reset from the Power Control drop-down list.
12. Click Save to reboot the server.
The remote server boots off the local CD/DVD drive, and the OS installation begins.
| Note - After the OS is installed, unmount the local CD-ROM if you want to use a CD or DVD device installed or connected to your system. |
Command line options that are available on your local server include IPMI tools (Chapter 7), CLI (Chapter 8), and SSH (Secure Shell).
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To Launch the Remote Console Application
