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If you press Ctrl+Alt+Del on the keyboard of the PC that displays the iLO 2 Windows® desktop, your PC
will respond, not the blade. The iLO 2 Remote Console provides the Ctrl+Alt+Del button, which sends this
keystroke combination to the blade.
The Ctrl+Alt+Del button is located at the top of the Windows® desktop remote screen.
iLO 2 virtual media
The iLO 2 Virtual Media screen allows you to connect a floppy drive, USB key, or CD/DVD drive to the
workstation blade from your local PC. To create this connection, perform the following steps:
1. Click the iLO 2 Virtual Devices tab.
2. Click the Virtual Media link.
3. Select the media on your PC to connect to the workstation blade, and then click the Connect button.
To verify that the virtual media is connected to the blade, you can use RGS to run Windows® Explorer on
the blade.
Local image files on the PC can also be connected to the workstation blade by selecting Local Image File
under Virtual Floppy/USB Key or Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, and providing the file name.
The Integrated Remote Console can also be used to mount local drives, folders or images from the PC to
the workstation blade.
Remote Desktop Connection
Microsoft® RDC provides a convenient way to remotely administer the workstation blade because it
allows the administrator to use the familiar Windows® interface.
RDC and RGS are not interoperable. If an RDC connection is made while an RGS session is established,
the blade RGS Sender disconnects and the RGS session terminates. After the RDC connection terminates,
the RGS Sender resumes automatically, and users can connect to the blade with RGS. For more
information, see the RGS User Guide.
Prior to RGS 5.1.3, RDC could not be used to remotely install RGS. For RGS 5.1.3 and later, RDC can be
used to install RGS.
In RDC connection is made using the following steps:
1. To start Remote Desktop Connection, click Start > Accessories > Communications > Remote Desktop
Connection.
RDC displays a dialog box for entry of the workstation blade NIC1 or NIC2 IP address.
2. Click Connect. The Remote Desktop window appears with the Log On to Microsoft® Windows®
screen. After logging in, the Windows® desktop appears.
System Management Homepage
This section describes how to view the blade SMH. SMH enables you to view information generated by
the four blade management agents: NIC, server, storage, and foundation. To access SMH, point your
browser to either of the blade IP addresses (NIC1 or NIC 2) using HTTPS and port number 2381.
If your credentials are correct, but you cannot log in to SMH, make the following change to the blade
security options:
