System and method for real-time graphic monitoring of differing graphics resolutions using a single graphics buffer

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including computer usable program code for monitoring video output of network nodes, the computer program product including:

• computer usable program code for instructing a first node to send video output to a first networked terminal using only one digital video port of a video card associated with the first node;
• and
• computer usable program code for causing the video output sent to the first remote terminal to be displayed on a single display of the first remote terminal.

A system, comprising:

• a plurality of networked client-server pairs, each client-server pair including a user terminal having at least one user display screen;
• and
• a management entity including an administrator terminal networked with the client-server pairs, the management entity configured for selectively accessing one of the client-server pairs for configuring the associated user terminal according to selected display settings, for receiving graphical output from the selected client-server pair, and for displaying the graphical output on the administrator terminal while the graphical output is simultaneously displayed on the user terminal.