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4.5.2 Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) Redirection
The BMC firmware supports keyboard, video, and mouse redirection (KVM) over LAN. This feature is
available remotely from the embedded web server as a Java applet. This feature is only enabled when
the Intel® RMM4 lite is present. The client system must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
version 6.0 or later to run the KVM or media redirection applets.
The BMC supports an embedded KVM application (Remote Console) that can be launched from the
embedded web server from a remote console. USB1.1 or USB 2.0 based mouse and keyboard
redirection are supported. It is also possible to use the KVM-redirection (KVM-r) session concurrently
with media-redirection (media-r). This feature allows a user to interactively use the keyboard, video,
and mouse (KVM) functions of the remote server as if the user were physically at the managed server.
KVM redirection console support the following keyboard layouts: English, Dutch, French, German,
Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
K
VM redirection includes a “soft keyboard” function. The “soft keyboard” is used to simulate an entire
keyboard that is connected to the remote system. The “soft keyboard” functionality supports the
following layouts: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. The KVM-redirection
feature automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture and provides high-
performance mouse tracking and synchronization. It allows remote viewing and configuration in pre-
boot POST and BIOS setup, once BIOS has initialized video.
Other attributes of this feature include:
1. Encryption of the redirected screen, keyboard, and mouse
2. Compression of the redirected screen.
3. Ability to select a mouse configuration based on the OS type.
4. Supports user definable keyboard macros.
KVM redirection feature supports the following resolutions and refresh rates:
640x480 at 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz
800x600 at 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
1024x768 at 60Hx, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
1280x960 at 60Hz
1280x1024 at 60Hz
1600x1200 at 60Hz
1920x1080 (1080p),
1920x1200 (WUXGA)
1650x1080 (WSXGA+)
4.5.2.1 Force-enter BIOS Setup
KVM redirection can present an option to force-enter BIOS Setup. This enables the system to enter F2
setup while booting, which is often missed by the time the remote console redirects the video.
4.5.3 Media Redirection
The embedded web server provides a Java applet to enable remote media redirection. This may be used
in conjunction with the remote KVM feature, or as a standalone applet.