This blog post is written by Shine KA and Meghna Taneja from Dell iDRAC team.
We are excited to announce that the iDRAC7’s latest release(1.30.30 firmware onwards) now supports Safari and Chrome browser in addition to IE and FF.
Google Chrome Browser
You can use Chrome browser (Version 22) from Windows 8 or Windows 2012 to manage and monitor iDRAC7. All iDRAC7 GUI features can be enjoyed through Chrome as well.
Apple Mac Book as iDRAC7 Client
Now you can use Mac system to Manage and Monitor Dell Servers using iDRAC7. You can use either Firefox or Safari (Version 5.X) Browser to Manage iDRAC from Mac. All iDRAC7 features accessible from the iDRAC GUI, example vConsole (Java Plugin), vMedia (Java Plugin), Boot Capture etc. can be accessed from Mac client.
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How to Configure Apple MacBook as an iDRAC7 Client
Launching iDRAC using IPv6 Address
You can not launch iDRAC GUI when IPv6 address is used to launch iDRAC and iDRAC have deafult certificate. To use IPv6 to launch iDRAC, the user needs to either
1). Upload a SSL certificate from valid Certificate Authority to iDRAC and use IPv6 Address to launch iDRAC
Or
2). Register iDRAC on DNS and use iDRAC DNS name (FQDN) to launch iDRAC GUI.
“SingleCursor” and “Pass All Keystroke” mode in vConsole for iDRAC
“Single Cursor” and “Pass All Keystroke” mode will not work if “Enable access for assistive devices” id disabled on MAC Client. This option can be enabled by selecting “Enable access for assistive devices” checkbox on the Universal Access System Properties page (see screenshot below). If this option is not selected a warning message will be shown when user tries to launch Virtual Console.
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Virtual Media – Mapping USB Key as Read Write
When user connected a USB Key to MAC client and if it is mounted to MAC as R/W, then iDRAC Virtual Media can use this device as Read Only and R/W will not be supported from virtual media. To connect USB Key as R/W from virtual media, user needs unmount USB key from MAC client:
1). Open terminal window from MAC
2). Run the command to unmount: Diskutil unmountdrive /Volumes/drivename (sudo may be required for access).
Additional Information:
iDRAC7 1.30.30 Firmware can be downloaded from here
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