Mouse Settings When Using SIA with ILOM Remote Console

The ILOM Remote Console feature allows an administrator to redirect a server’s keyboard, video, and mouse to their management system. This feature is very convenient when the server and management system are not at the same location.

The ILOM Remote Console has a mouse mode setting that configures ILOM to send mouse events to the remote system using either “absolute” or “relative” mode. For the ILOM Remote Console to work properly with SIA, you must configure the mouse setting to relative mode. If your mouse is set to absolute mode, your mouse will not work when using SIA.

After using SIA, you may consider switching your ILOM Remote Console mouse setting to absolute mode; it provides a smoother mouse experience when using a Solaris or Windows host OS. However, if you are using a Linux host OS, absolute mode may not work properly and you should use the relative mode setting.

Your mouse mode settings can be set using the ILOM web interface in the Mouse Mode settings tab under the Remote Control tab. Note that some versions of ILOM require the service processor (SP) to be reset before the change will take effect. You will be prompted by an ILOM message if your SP needs to be reset.