DRAC 5 Connection Details

When using Internet Explorer and connecting to DRAC 5 servers, you must have a valid certificate installed on DRAC 5, or Internet Explorer will give an error.

If the certificate is not signed by a trusted CA, also install the certificate of the CA used to sign the DRAC certificate into the Trusted Root CA of the browser.

You must also disable the information bar for Internet Explorer downloads to allow the DRAC5 .jnlp file to be accessed.

  1. Choose Tools > Internet Options.
  2. In the Security tab, select the Internet zone.
  3. Click Custom Level. Scroll down to Downloads.
  4. Under "Automatic prompting for file downloads" click Enable.
  5. Click OK. You are returned to the Internet Options dialog.
  6. In the Security tab, select the Intranet zone.
  7. Click Custom Level. Scroll down to Downloads.
  8. Under "Automatic prompting for file downloads" click Enable.
  9. Click OK.
  1. In Internet Explorer 9, choose Tools > Options.
  2. In the Privacy tab, set the slider to Low for cookies to access the DRAC Interface.
  3. At the "Do you want to open or save vkvm.jnlp" prompt, click Open to launch the DRAC interface.

See Also

Connect to a Node via an In-Band KVM Interface

Java RDP Connection Details

Microsoft RDP Connection Details

VNC Connection Details

About Connection Modes