Log in to the KVM console
Use the following procedure to log in to iDRAC from the KVM console.
Before you begin
Ensure that:
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The system environment meets the prerequisites for using the KVM console.
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You know the IP address of the iDRAC port.
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You know the username and password for accessing the iDRAC (default username/password are root/
Scaleio123).
Procedure
1. From your Internet browser, go to https://
<iDRAC_IP_address>
.
2. In the DELL Console Login window, type the user name and password, and click Login.
3. From the dashboard, click Launch Virtual Console to start a console session.
4. If a security warning appears, select Accept, and then click Run.
If Java is being used, the Java Console window opens and provides you with console access to the server.
If this is the first time that you are opening a console, additional warning and confirmation prompts may appear.
Click OK to grant approvals in these prompts.
The subsequent steps depend on your browser selection and how it is configured. If downloads run
automatically, the console window appears. If not, follow the instructions given in the next step to open the
console window.
5. Depending on your browser, perform the following steps:
Browser
Steps
Firefox
a. Click Launch Virtual Console.
The "What should Firefox do with this file?" window appears, with the Open with
Java(™) Web Start Launcher option selected.
b. Click OK.
c. Scroll through the successive pop-up windows, and then click Run to launch the console.
Google
Chrome
a. Click Show all downloads.
b. In the Downloads window, at the warning message, click Keep.
c. In the downloads list, click the downloaded file URL.
d. At the warning message, click Keep or Keep anyway.
e. Click the jviewer.jnlp file. If a security message appears, click Run. The management
console window is displayed.
Internet
Explorer
Click Open to run the jviewer.jnlp file.
Results
The KVM console is open and ready for use.
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