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Opening a remote-control session for ThinkServer servers

You can open a remote-control session to managed ThinkServer servers as if you were at a local console. You can then use the remote-control session to perform power and reset operations, logically mount a local or network drive on the server, capture screen shots, and record video.

Before you begin

You must be a member of a user group to which the predefined Supervisor or Hardware Administrator role is assigned.

The managed server must have a Normal health state and Online connectivity state. For more information about viewing the server status, see Viewing device details.

The Features on Demand key for ThinkServer System Manager Premium Upgrade must be installed on managed server. For more information about FoD keys that are installed on your servers, see Viewing Features on Demand keys in the Lenovo XClarity Administrator online documentation.

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Java WebStart support (such as Adopt OpenJDK 8 with the IcedTea-Web v1.8 plugin) must be installed on the local server.

About this task

You can open a remote-control session to only a single ThinkServer server.

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

Procedure

To open a remote-control session for a ThinkSystem or ThinkAgile server, complete the following steps.

  1. From the XClarity Orchestrator menu, click Resources (Resources icon) > Servers. The Servers card is displayed with a tabular view of all managed servers.
  2. Select the server to remotely control.
  3. Click the Launch Remote Control icon (Launch 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 Troubleshooting remote-control issues.