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Starting the Remote Console opens an additional window. It displays the
screen content of your host system. The Remote Console will behave
exactly in the same way as if you were sitting locally in front of the screen of
your remote system. That means keyboard and mouse can be used in the
usual way. However, be aware of the fact that the remote system will react
to keyboard and mouse actions with a slight delay. The delay depends
on the bandwidth of the link to which you use to connect to the IP-KVM.
With respect to the keyboard, the very exact remote representation
might lead to some confusion as your local keyboard changes its
keyboard layout according to the remote host system. If you use a
German administration system, and your host system uses a US English
keyboard layout, for instance, special keys on the German keyboard will
not work as expected. Instead, the keys will result in their US English
counterpart. You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the
keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one.
The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen
with its optimal size. That means it will adapt its size to the size of the
remote screen initially and after the screen resolution of the remote
screen has been changed. However, you can always resize the Remote
Console window in your local window system as usual.
Warning
In differenz to the remote host system, the Remote Console window
on your local window system is just one window among others. In
order to make keyboard and mouse work, your Remote Console
window must have the local input focus.
10.3.2 Control Bar of Remote Console
The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar.
Using its elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and
adjust the local Remote Console settings. A description for each control
follows.
Figure 33: Remote Console Control Bar
Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Special button key to send the “Control Alt Delete” key combination to the
remote system (see also section 6.4.1 for defining new button keys).
