Owners manual

22.....Avocent® Matrix High Performance KVM Switching System
Devices Tab
FromtheDevicestab,youcanmanageswitches,transmittersandreceivers.Thisincludesviewing
andchangingsettings,updatingfirmware,andresettingtofactorydefaults.Thecurrentlistof
devicesknowntothemasterswitch(includingitself)isshownintheupperDevicespane.Whena
newdeviceisphysicallyconnectedtoaswitchinthesystem,itwillautomaticallyappearonthelist.
Ifadeviceisphysicallyremovedfromthesystem,itwillstillappearonthelistbutwillshowastatus
ofOffline.Settingsforthatdeviceareretainedinthemasterswitch.Ifthedeviceisconnectedagain
inthefuture,itssettingswillbepushedfromthemasterswitchdowntothedevice.
Restore defaults
Therestorefulldefaultsoptionwillrestorethecompletefactorydefaultsettingstothedevice(s)
selected.
Therestorepartialdefaultsoptionappliesonlytoswitches.Thiswillrestorethefactorydefault
settingswiththeexceptionofthenetworksettings.Networksettingsareexcludedsothatyoudonot
havetoreconnecttotheswitchusingapotentiallydifferentIPaddress.
Update firmware
Theupdatefirmwareoptionupdatesthefirmwareforthedevice(s)selected.Firmwarecanbe
updatedusingFTP,HTTP,HTTPS,TFTP,oralocalfile.Firmwareupdatefilesarenotretained
whenpowerisremovedortheswitchisrebooted.
NOTE: Youcanselectmultipledevicestobeupdated,butyoumustselectdevicesofthesametype.
To update the firmware:
1. FromtheDevicestab,selectoneormoresimilardevicesandclickUpdate.
2. Ifthedesiredfileisalreadystoredintheswitch,selectthefilefromthelistofexistingfiles.
-or-
Selectasourceforthenewfileandprovidethenecessarydetailsasprompted.
3. ClickProceed toproceedwiththefirmwareupdate.Progresscanbeseenbywatchingthe
statuscolumnonthelistofDevicespane.ThefinalcompletionstatusisloggedtotheEvents
tab.
Reboot device
OneormoredevicescanberebootedremotelyfromtheDevicestab.