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:
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Serial remote console redirection |
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Graphical remote console redirection |
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Host storage device redirection |
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Start a Serial Console Redirection Session
You can use the Oracle ILOM command-line interface (CLI) to access the system console.
You can launch multiple console sessions from the Oracle ILOM command-line interface. However, only the first current console session is granted read and write privileges. All other sessions are read-only. Read and write privileges are reassigned when a user with read and write privileges closes their session, and a new serial session is opened.
Start a Graphical Remote Console Redirection Session
Use the Oracle ILOM web interface to launch a graphical remote console redirection session. Oracle ILOM includes the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application, which enables you to view the host console remotely.
The Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus provides support for launching a maximum of four graphical remote console sessions at a time. Full-redirection control privileges are granted to the first (primary) of all current redirection sessions. All other redirection sessions are view-only. A primary user can relinquish full-control privileges by exiting the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus window, or by selecting Relinquish Full-Control in the KVMS menu of the application. A view-only user can take full-control by selecting Take Full-Control in the KVMS menu of the application, or by relaunching the application when a session with full-control privileges is terminated.
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
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Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7, 1.3.1 or later is installed on the remote system from which you will launch the redirection.
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You set the KVMS State property to Enabled on the Oracle ILOM Remote Control → KVMS page.
On the Oracle ILOM KVMS page, you also can optionally change the Mouse Mode property or the Host Lock Settings. Use Absolute mouse mode if the remote host is running Windows or a version of Linux that includes driver support for Absolute Mouse mode. Otherwise, use Relative mouse mode. Change the Host Lock Settings to automatically lock the host operating system desktop upon disconnecting from a remote console session.
On the Oracle ILOM KVMS page, you also can optionally change the Mouse Mode property or the Host Lock Settings. 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. Otherwise, use Relative mouse mode. Change the Host Lock Settings to automatically lock the host operating system desktop upon disconnecting from a remote console session.
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You have Console (c) role privileges in Oracle ILOM.
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You have operating system user credentials for the host server.
Configure a Host Storage Device Redirection Session
Use the Host Storage Device feature in Oracle ILOM to mount a remote image file on the server service processor (SP), and then redirect the file to the host server. The image appears to the host server as an attached storage device.
The Host Storage Device feature is useful in the following situations:
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You want to boot multiple Oracle servers from a single (ISO) image file that is stored on a remote server.
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You want to update multiple Oracle servers using a single (VFAT) image file that is stored on a remote server.
You can only redirect one image file at a time from any of the Oracle ILOM interfaces. Additionally, you cannot use the Host Storage Device feature while another type of redirection is in progress. If you attempt to redirect an image file when another storage redirection session is in progress on the SP, the storage redirection attempt will fail and an error message will appear.