NOTE:Starting with release version 6.00.02.00, access to vConsole uses only eHTML5. Java, ActiveX, and HTML5 are no longer supported.
NOTE:By default the virtual console type is set to eHTML5.
You can launch a virtual console as a pop-up window by using one of the following methods:
From the iDRAC home page, click the
Start the Virtual Console link available in the Console Preview session.
From the iDRAC Virtual Console page, click the
Start the Virtual Console link.
From the iDRAC login page, type
https//<iDRAC IP>/console. This method is called as Direct Launch.
In the eHTML5 virtual console, the following menu options are available:
Power
Boot
Chat
Keyboard
Screen Capture
Refresh
Full Screen
Disconnect Viewer.
Console Controls
Virtual Media
The
Pass all keystrokes to server option is not supported on the eHTML5 virtual console. Use keyboard and keyboard macros for all the functional keys.
General —
Console control — This has the following configuration options:
Keyboard Macros—This is supported in eHTML5 virtual console and are listed as the following drop-down options. Click
Apply to apply the selected key combination on the server.
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Ctrl+Alt+F2
Ctrl+Alt+F3
Ctrl+Alt+F4
Ctrl+Alt+F5
Ctrl+Alt+F6
Ctrl+Alt+F7
Ctrl+Alt+F8
Ctrl+Alt+F9
Ctrl+Alt+F10
Ctrl+Alt+F11
Ctrl+Alt+F12
Alt+Tab
Alt+ESC
Ctrl+ESC
Alt+Space
Alt+Enter
Alt+Hyphen
Alt+F1
Alt+F2
Alt+F3
Alt+F4
Alt+F5
Alt+F6
Alt+F7
Alt+F8
Alt+F9
Alt+F10
Alt+F11
Alt+F12
PrntScrn
Alt+PrntScrn
F1
Pause
Tab
Ctrl+Enter
SysRq
Alt+SysRq
Win-P
Aspect Ratio—The eHTML5 virtual console video image automatically adjusts the size to make the image visible. The following configuration options are displayed as a drop-down list:
Maintain
Do not Maintain.
Click
Apply to apply the selected settings on the server.
Touch Mode—The eHTML5 virtual console supports the Touch Mode feature. The following configuration options are displayed as a drop-down list:
Direct
Relative
Click
Apply to apply the selected settings on the server.
Virtual Clipboard - Virtual clipboard enables you to cut/copy/paste text buffer from virtual console to iDRAC host server. Host server could be BIOS, UEFI or in operating system prompt. This is a one-way action from client system to iDRAC host server only. Follow these steps to use the Virtual clipboard:
Place the mouse cursor or keyboard focus on the desired window in the host server desktop.
Select the
Console Controls menu from vConsole.
Copy the OS clipboard buffer using keyboard hotkeys, mouse, or touchpad controls depending on the Client operating system. Or, you can type the text manually in the text box.
Click
Send Clipboard to Host.
Then, the text appears on the host server active window.
NOTE:
This feature is available in Enterprise and Datacenter license.
This feature only supports ASCII text.
This feature supports only English Language Keyboard.
Control characters are not supported.
Characters such as
New line and
Tab are allowed.
Text buffer size is limited to 4000 characters.
If more than the maximum buffer is pasted, then the edit box in the iDRAC UI truncates it to the maximum buffer size.
KVM - This menu has a list of the following read-only components:
Frame Rate
Bandwidth
Compression
Packet Rate
Performance - You can use the slider button to adjust
Maximum Video Quality and
Maximum Video Speed.
User List - You can see the list of users that are logged in to the Virtual console.
Keyboard — The difference between physical and virtual keyboard is that the virtual keyboard changes its layout according to the browser language.
NOTE:Starting from iDRAC release 7.00.30.00, you can see the option for changing the vKeyboard language without changing the browser language. Ensure that the vKeyboard language and Host operating system language should be the same.
Virtual Media
— Click the
Connect Virtual Media option to start the virtual media session.
Connect Virtual Media - This menu contains the options for Map CD/DVD, Map Removable Disk, Map External Device, and Reset USB.
Virtual Media Statistics - This menu shows the Transfer Rate (Read-only). Also, it shows the details of CD/DVD and Removable Disks details such as Mapping details, status (read-only or not), duration, and Read/Write Bytes.
Create Image - This menu allows you to select a local folder and generate a FolderName.img file with local folder contents.
NOTE:For security reasons, read/write access is disabled while accessing the virtual console in eHTML5.
Supported Browsers
The eHTML5 virtual console is supported on the following browsers:
Microsoft EDGE
Safari 16.6
Safari 17.x
Mozilla Firefox 128
Mozilla Firefox 129
Mozilla Firefox 130
Google Chrome 137
Google Chrome 138
NOTE:It is recommended to have Mac operating system version 10.10.2 (or onward) installed in the system.
NOTE:If you are using Chrome/Edge browser, you may see the Login denied message.
For more details on supported browsers and versions, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide Release Notes available on the
iDRAC manuals page.
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