Installation guide

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Installation Guide
Toggling the Local / Integrated Console Display
During the powering up / down sequences, you will be requested to toggle the local /
integrated console from the PAP unit display to the server domain display, or vice versa, as
explained below.
CAUTION:
Access to the local / integrated console should be restricted to Customer / Support
Administrators and Operators ONLY to avoid inadvertent damage to software and/or
hardware components.
The KVM Switch allows the integrated console to be used as the local server domain and
local PAP unit console. KVM ports are configured as shown in Table 2.
NovaScale 5xx5 SMP Server
8-port KVM Switch Console Display Domain
Port 1 PAP Unit N/A
Port 2 Server Domain N/A
NovaScale 5xx5 Partitioned Server
16-port KVM Switch
Console Display Domain
Port 1 PAP Unit N/A
Port 2 CSS0-Mod0-IO0 MyOperations-xx-1
Port 3 CSS0-Mod0-IO1 MyOperations-xx-2
Port 4 CSS0-Mod1-IO0 MyOperations-xx-3
Port 5 CSS0-Mod1-IO1 MyOperations-xx-4
Port 6 CSS0-Mod2-IO0 MyOperations-xx-5
Port 7 CSS0-Mod2-IO1 MyOperations-xx-6
Port 8 CSS0-Mod3-IO0 MyOperations-xx-7
Port 9 CSS0-Mod1-IO1 MyOperations-xx-8
Table 2. KVM port configuration
You can easily toggle from the server domain display to the PAP unit display, or vice versa:
1. To display the KVM Switch Command Menu from the keyboard
a. If you have a KVM switch "Avocent SwitchView 1000" installed, press the "Scroll
Lock" key twice then the Space key.
b. If you have another KVM switch installed, press the Control key twice.
2. Select the required port with the ↑↓ keys and press Enter.
3. The selected display appears on the Console monitor.