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.

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.

Ensure that you have Console (c) role privileges in Oracle ILOM.
Log in to the Oracle ILOM command-line interface.
Type start /HOST/console.
At the confirmation prompt, type y to confirm that you want to access the host console.
At the host console, if you are prompted for user credentials, enter the requested information to access the host server operating system.

You are now logged in to the host server operating system through the serial console.

Note:
To enter standard Oracle ILOM CLI commands, you must first exit the host serial console.
To terminate the console session press the Esc key and the left parenthesis key (Shift+9).

Note:
To send a break to the host, press the Esc key and type uppercase B.

For details, refer to Start Serial Host Console, Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance, Firmware Release 5.0 at Systems Management Documentation.

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:

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7, 1.3.1 or later is installed on the remote system from which you will launch the redirection.
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.
You have Console (c) role privileges in Oracle ILOM.
You have operating system user credentials for the host server.

Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface.
On the Oracle ILOM Summary Information page, on the Actions panel, click the Remote Console Launch button.

The Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus window appears.

Alternatively, you can launch the remote console application from the Remote Control → Redirection page.

For details, refer to Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus, Oracle ILOM Adminstrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance, Firmware Release 5.0 at Systems Management Documentation.

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:

You want to boot multiple Oracle servers from a single (ISO) image file that is stored on a remote server.
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.

Ensure that the following requirements are met:
- You have Admin (a) role privileges in Oracle ILOM.
- If required, you have user credentials on the NFS or SAMBA central repository server where the image file is located.
To configure a host storage device redirection in the Oracle ILOM web interface:
1. Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface.
2. In the navigation pane, click Remote Control → Host Storage Device.
3. Select Remote from the Mode menu.
4. Enter the location of the image on the remote server using either the NFS or Samba protocol.
  - To enter a URI using NFS, use the format: nfs://server:/path/file
    
    For example:
```
nfs://192.0.2.22:/export/netadmin1/biosimage.img
```
  - To enter a URI using Samba, use the format: smb://server:/path/file or smb://server/path/file.
    
    For example:
```
smb://192.0.2.22/netadmin1/biosimage.img
```
5. Click Save.
  
  The status of the redirection appears in the Status field.
6. When you are done, to disable redirection, select Disabled from the Mode menu and click Save.
To configure a host storage device redirection in the Oracle ILOM command-line interface (CLI):
1. Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI.
2. To set the location of the image file, type set /SP/services/kvms/host_storage_device/remote/server_URI=NFS_or_Samba_URI_file_location [username=username] [password=password].
3. To enable storage redirection, type set /SP/services/kvms/host_storage_device/ mode=remote.
4. To view the status of redirection, type show /SP/services/kvms/host_storage_device/ status.
  
  Note:
  Redirection is active if the status is set to either Operational or Connecting.
5. When you are done, to disable redirection type set /SP/services/kvms/host_storage_device/ mode=disabled.
For details, refer to Redirecting a Remote Image File, Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance, Firmware Release 5.0 at Systems Management Documentation