Chapter 5. ASMI Module Usage
Note: If there is no activity for half an hour, the ASMI module will log you out from the Web session
automatically. A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen.
If there is a KVM session active, the Web session will not expire.
The Remote Console
General Description
The Remote Console is the redirected screen, keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that is
controlled by the ASMI module.
Figure 5-4. Remote Console
The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the ASMI
module. The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP nor HTTPS, but a special KVM
protocol. This protocol uses port #443. Your local network environment has to allow this connection to
be made, i.e. your firewall and in case you have a private internal network, your NAT (Network Address
Translation) settings have to be configured accordingly.
In case the ASMI module is connected to your local network environment and your connection to the
Internet is available using a proxy server only without NAT being configured, the Remote Console is
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