User guide

In addition to the profile override option, the color depth and video scaling settings have an
option that can be enabled to prohibit the user from setting a higher value than the current
setting. Enabling this option can improve bandwidth management.
A KVM session profile contains general, cursor, toolbar and video settings.
General profile settings
Name
A KVM session profile name uniquely identifies the profile. Profile names may contain 1-64
characters. No two KVM session profiles may have the same name.
Default macro group
The default macro group setting allows you to choose which global macro group will appear in
the Video Viewer Macros menu. See Macros on page 313.
If you enable Allow users to override this setting, or if no profile is assigned to the target
device, users may specify the default macro group using Video Viewer menu commands.
Keyboard pass through mode
The keyboard pass through mode setting enables or disables keyboard pass through.
Keystrokes that a user enters may be interpreted in two ways, depending on the screen mode of
the Video Viewer window.
• If a Video Viewer window is in full screen mode, keystrokes and keyboard combinations
are sent to the remote server being viewed.
• If a Video Viewer window is in regular desktop mode, keyboard pass through mode allows
you to control whether the remote server or local computer will recognize certain
keystrokes or keystroke combinations.
When keyboard pass through mode is enabled, keystrokes and keystroke combinations are sent
to the remote server being viewed when the Video Viewer window is active. For Windows,
Linux and Solaris operating systems, all keystrokes and keystroke combinations are supported
except Ctrl-Alt-Del. For Macintosh operating systems, the following table lists keystrokes and
keystroke combinations that are not supported.
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