Console
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The console can be used as an alternative when SSH is unavailable.  It provides OOB ("Out Of Band")
access as if you had a keyboard and monitor plugged directly into it.  This can be very useful if you 
are unable to login via SSH due to a bad firewall rule, etc. 

It is also useful if you would like to watch your slice boot (or shutdown).  Just open up the console
window before rebooting. 

To open the console, click the :guilabel:`Console` button to open it in a new browser window.

.. admonition:: Notes

    - It needs to negotiate a secured backend connection and load additional libraries, so it might take 10-20 seconds to startup.
    - If it opens to a black screen, click on the screen and try tapping a key to wake it up.
    - The console is a direct login to your slice as if you have a keyboard and monitor plugged in, so you will need to type a password manually.
    - If the console resolution is too high to fit in the default window, you can just resize the window until it fits.