HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide

With the Remote Console, you have complete control over a remote host server as if you were in front ofit. You can access the remote file system and the network drives. The Remote Console enables you tochange hardware and software settings of the remote host server, install applications and drivers, changeremote server screen resolution, and gracefully shut down the remote system.With the Remote Console, you can observe POST boot messages as the remote host server restarts andinitiate ROM-based setup routines to configure the hardware of the remote host server. When installingoperating systems remotely, the graphical Remote Console (if licensed) enables you to view and controlthe host server screen throughout the installation process.In the Remote Console application, two cursors are on the screen: the main cursor and a secondary cursorwithin the Remote Console frame. When passing the main cursor across the Remote Console frame, thesecondary cursor tracks the main cursor.The mouse cursor of the client computer appears within the Remote Console as a cross-hair symbol. Forbest performance, be sure to configure the host operating system display as described in "Optimizingperformance for graphical Remote Console (on page 75)."The Remote Console option is supported with Java 1.1 VM and later. To synchronize the remote andlocal cursors if they drift apart:1. Right-click, drag, and move the local cross-hair cursor to align with the mouse cursor of the remoteserver.2. Press and hold the Ctrl key, and move the local cross-hair cursor to align with the mouse cursor ofthe remote server.The local cursor assumes the shape of the remote cursor. The cursor appears as a single cursor if the localcursor and the remote cursor are perfectly aligned and the hardware acceleration is set to Full on themanaged server.Remote Console performance tuning and optimizationsThe Remote Console applet contains buttons that provide iLO 2 with enhanced features and control. Theseoptions are:• Refresh—Forces iLO 2 to refresh the screen.• Terminal Svcs—Launches the Microsoft® Terminal Services client installed on this system. Thisbutton is deactivated if Terminal Services is disabled or is not installed on the server.Using iLO 2 74