iDRAC 6 console launcher

On modern systems, the iDRAC6 remote console client is broken. This utility helps to restore usability on linux based systems.

Common errors

Connection failed

This java applet needs to be in the list of trusted Java applications
The Java security level must be patched down. This software requires RC4 to be available as tls crypto algorithm (really!)

Patch java.security

sed -i -e '/^jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=/s/, RC4//' /etc/java-*-openjdk/security/java.security

Exception in thread "main" java.awt.AWTError: Assistive Technology not found

sudo sed -i -e '/^assistive_technologies=/s/^/#/' /etc/java-*-openjdk/accessibility.properties