14Configuring and using virtual consoleYou can use the virtual console to manage a remote system using the keyboard, video, and mouse on your management station tocontrol the corresponding devices on a managed server. This is a licensed feature for rack and tower servers. It is available bydefault in blade servers.The key features are:• A maximum of six simultaneous Virtual Console sessions are supported. All the sessions view the same managed server consolesimultaneously.• You can launch virtual console in a supported Web browser by using Java, ActiveX, or HTML5 plug-in.• When you open a Virtual Console session, the managed server does not indicate that the console has been redirected.• You can open multiple Virtual Console sessions from a single management station to one or more managed systemssimultaneously.• You cannot open two virtual console sessions from the management station to the managed server using the same plug-in.• If a second user requests a Virtual Console session, the first user is notified and is given the option to refuse access, allow read-only access, or allow full shared access. The second user is notified that another user has control. The first user must respondwithin thirty seconds, or else access is granted to the second user based on the default setting. When two sessions areconcurrently active, the first user sees a message in the upper-right corner of the screen that the second user has an activesession. If neither the first or second user has administrator privileges, terminating the first user's session automaticallyterminates the second user's session.NOTE: For information on configuring your browser to access the virtual console, see Configuring web browsers touse virtual console.Related linksConfiguring web browsers to use virtual consoleConfiguring virtual consoleLaunching virtual consoleSupported screen resolutions and refresh ratesThe following table lists the supported screen resolutions and corresponding refresh rates for a Virtual Console session running onthe managed server.Table 35. Supported screen resolutions and refresh ratesScreen Resolution Refresh Rate (Hz)720x400 70640x480 60, 72, 75, 85800x600 60, 70, 72, 75, 851024x768 60, 70, 72, 75, 851280x1024 60It is recommended that you configure your monitor display resolution to 1280x1024 pixels or higher.224
