Virtual KVM Console
The vKVM console is an interface accessible from Cisco IMC that emulates a direct keyboard, video, and mouse (vKVM) connection to the server. The vKVM console allows you to connect to the server from a remote location.
Here are a few major advantages of using Cisco KVM Console:
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The Cisco KVM console provides connection to KVM, SOL, and vMedia whereas the Avocent KVM provides connection only to KVM and vMedia.
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In the KVM Console, the vMedia connection is established at the KVM Launch Manager and is available for all users.
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The KVM console offers you an advanced character replacement options for the unsupported characters while pasting text from the guest to the host.
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The KVM console provides you an ability to store the vMedia mappings on CIMC.
Instead of using CD/DVD or floppy drives physically connected to the server, the vKVM console uses virtual media, which are actual disk drives or disk image files that are mapped to virtual CD/DVD or floppy drives. You can map any of the following to a virtual drive:
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CD/DVD or floppy drive on your computer
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Disk image files (ISO or IMG files) on your computer
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USB flash drive on your computer
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CD/DVD or floppy drive on the network
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Disk image files (ISO or IMG files) on the network
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USB flash drive on the network
You can use the vKVM console to install an OS on the server.
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The vKVM Console is operated only through the GUI. To launch the vKVM Console, see the instructions in the Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide. |