Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions

To help you manage the server remotely, Oracle ILOM enables you to redirect a server's keyboard, video, mouse, and storage (KVMS) devices through any of the following redirection methods:

Remote KVMS Direction Session Description

Serial remote console redirection

  • View a text-based version of the host console.

  • Interrupt the boot process and configure server settings in the BIOS Setup Utility.

  • Navigate the operating system file system.

  • Enter commands from the operating system command-line application.

Graphical remote console redirection

  • View a graphical-based version of the host console using the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application.

  • Interrupt the boot process and configure server settings in the BIOS Setup Utility.

  • View the operating system desktop.

  • Enter commands from the operating system command-line application.

Host storage device redirection

  • Mount an image file on the server service processor (SP) and redirect that image to the host.

  • Is useful when installing an operating system.