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In the Virtual Console section, locate the Plug-in Type drop-down. Using the KVM Modules. Indicates whether or not the KVM module is installed in the chassis. When prompted with a security warning. Virtual Media plug- in,. Please consult the DRAC 4 user. I use IE7 (ignoring the. But I only use the console. NOT running X. Begs the question, why run X on a remote. After you login to the IDRAC, you will see this page, press launch to download the virtual console file. Rename this file to yourip.jnlp while you renamed your file, the file will be change to java. Then double click to the jnlp file, the virtual console will be appear on the screen.
I’ve talked before about Dell’s remote access card, DRAC5 in a. Although a great tool, sometimes just accessing certain features is a pain. Surprisingly, current DRAC5 cards don’t have very good support for IE7 or Firefox, which comprise the lion’s share of browsers out there. Although I haven’t found a good fix for Firefox browsers, there are some settings that can be configured to allow IE7 to properly install the IP KVM and Virtual Media pluginss of the DRAC5 card. Here are the steps needed to fix IE7: 1.
From the “Tools” menu, select “Internet Options 2. Go to the “Security” tab and highlight “Intenet” and select “Custom Level” 3. Scroll to “ActiveX control and plug-ins”, and set the sub-setting “Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls” to “Enable” 4. Click “OK” a couple of times to save settings and then try to access the DRAC5 KVM plugin again – it should properly install now. If you don’t have the above settings, when you try to install the DRAC5 IP KVM activex plugin, IE7 will boot you back to the DRAC5 login page.
It will continue to do that until the above settings are in place. Why Dell has not updated the plugins yet is beyond me, but with the above settings, you can get around the problem. Tony Said: Thanks for the tip, it was very useful. I was getting rather frustrated by not being able to install the ActiveX component.
Derek Said: Thanks man!. Mark Toomey Said: While I finally got the ActiveX control installed, and upped the timeout web session to max. 1920 seconds, it still pops back to the login dialog in IE 7 when it feels like it at any moment.sigh. Grrr Said: Thanks for this! Very unimpressed with Dell – iLO virtual media on HP servers works without a hitch on IE7. Patrick Said: Thanks, helped me out as well!. levie Said: damn nearly went into the data center to kick the cr@p out of the DRAC, fortunately i read your tip.
Saved me a plane ride to lay the smack down on that piece of sh!t. Said: Thanks man!
I was close to start my cussing against DRAC. Now I start doing it about IE7. Laurence Said: if you still have problems then its because of the 64bit IE. Use 32bit IE on Win7 and it works. Leave a comment Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Subscribe to comments.