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Using remote control to manage ThinkSystem or ThinkAgile servers

From the Lenovo XClarity Administrator web interface, you can open a remote-control session to a managed ThinkSystem or ThinkAgile server as if you were at a local console. You can use the remote-control session to perform power operations and logically mount a local or network drive.

Before you begin

Encapsulation must be disabled on the server.

To open a remote-control session to a server, the server must be in the Online or Normal state. If a server has any other access state, the remote-control session cannot connect to the server. For more information about viewing the server status, see Viewing the details of a managed server.

Review the following considerations for ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 servers.

  • Baseboard management controller firmware v2.94 or later is required.

  • Only multiple-user mode is supported; single-user mode is not supported.

  • Internet Explorer 11 is not supported.

  • You cannot power on or power off a server from a remote-control session.

About this task

You can launch a remote-control session to a single ThinkSystem or ThinkAgile server from XClarity Administrator.

For more information about using the remote console and media features, see your ThinkSystem or ThinkAgile server documentation.

Note
For the ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers, a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Java WebStart support is not required.

Procedure

To open a remote-control session to a specific server, complete the following steps.

  1. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Hardware > Servers. The Servers page is displayed with a tabular view of all managed servers (rack servers and compute nodes).

    You can sort the table columns to make it easier to find specific servers. In addition, you can select a system type from the All Systems drop-down list and enter text (such as a name or IP address) in the Filter field to further filter the servers that are displayed.

  2. Select the server to which you want to open a remote-control session.
  3. Click the Remote Control icon (Remote control icon).
  4. Accept any security warnings from your web browser.

After you finish

If the remote-control session does not open successfully, see Remote control issues.