Understanding Interfaces

Each node has one or more interfaces through which you can connect to it.

Select a node to open the Node Profile screen. All interfaces associated with the node are listed in the Interfaces section.

In the Access Client, power control interfaces are listed in the Interfaces section.

You can see whether an interface is available by checking the Availability column in the Node Profile's Interface section.

Availability

Meaning

Idle

The interface is not in use.

Connected

The interface is in use, but it is available to additional users.

Busy

The interface is busy and cannot accept any additional users.

Inaccessible

There are no available paths to the Blade Server node as they are all in use.

Note: Nodes connected to KX 1.4 devices do not use the “Busy” Availability category described above. If an interface to a node connected to a KX 1.4 displays the “Connected” Availability category, the interface may be either Connected or Busy.

In This Section

Interface Types and Abbreviations

See Also

Connecting to Nodes

Connecting to Nodes using the Access Client

Connecting to Nodes using a Mobile Device

Mobile KVM Client

Connecting to Nodes using the Admin Client

Applications for Accessing Nodes

Connect to a Node via an Out-of-Band KVM Interface

Connect to a Node via an Out-of-Band Serial Interface

Connect to an iLO Processor Enabled Node

Connect to a Node via an In-Band KVM Interface

Connect to a Node via a Web Browser Interface

Connect to a Control System or Virtual Host Node via a VI Client Interface

Connect to a Virtual Machine Node via a VMW Viewer Interface

Mount a Drive or Drive Image via a VMW Viewer Interface

Send Ctrl-Alt-Delete to a Virtual Machine

Disconnect from a Node

Connections that Exceed the Maximum Number of Sessions Available

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