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• From iDRAC Virtual Console page, click Launch Virtual Console .
• From iDRAC login page, type https//<iDRAC IP>/console . This method is called as Direct Launch.
In the HTML5 virtual console, the following menu options are available:
• Chat
• Keyboard
• Screen Capture
• Refresh
• Full Screen
• Disconnect Viewer
• Console Control
• Virtual Media
The Pass all keystrokes to server option is not supported on HTML5 virtual console. Use keyboard and keyboard macros for all the
functional keys.
• Console control — This has the following configuration options:
– Keyboard
– Keyboard Macros
– Aspect Ratio
– Touch Mode
– Mouse Acceleration
• Keyboard — This keyboard uses open source code. The difference from physical keyboard is that the number keys are switched
to special character when you the Caps Lock key is enabled. Functionality remains the same and number is entered if you press
the special character when the Caps Lock key is enabled.
• Keyboard Macros — This is supported in HTML5 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
– Alt+Tab
– Alt+ESC
– Ctrl+ESC
– Alt+Space
– Alt+Enter
– Alt+Hyphen
– Alt+F4
– PrntScrn
– Alt+PrntScrn
– F1
– Pause
– Tab
– Ctrl+Enter
– SysRq
– Alt+SysRq
• Aspect Ratio — The HTML5 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
– Don’t Maintain
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