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Installation 13
Installation
In this section
Setting up the HP IP Console Switch ......................................................................................................... 13
Establishing LAN connections .................................................................................................................. 14
Installing the HP IP Console Viewer .......................................................................................................... 15
Launching the HP IP Console Viewer......................................................................................................... 16
Configuring the HP IP Console Viewer ...................................................................................................... 16
Setting up the HP IP Console Switch
Before installing the HP IP Console Viewer, see the following sections to be sure that you have all the
items necessary for proper installation and that you synchronize your mouse pointers.
1. Adjust the mouse acceleration on each server to none.
2. Install the console switch hardware, connect the interface adapters, and connect the keyboard,
monitor, and mouse to the analog ports.
3. Connect a terminal or a workstation running emulation software, such as HyperTerminal, to the
configuration serial port on the rear panel of the console switch, and set up the network parameters.
You can also set the network parameters from the HP IP Console Viewer, or the OSD on an HP IP
Console Switch with Virtual Media.
4. Using the local analog workstation, input all server names through the OSD, or you can change the
server names of the interface adapters through the Manage Console Switch window.
Synchronizing your mouse pointers
When viewing a server attached to your console switch, the viewer displays the mouse pointer of the
accessed server and the mouse pointer for your local computer by default. The pointer for the server
follows the movement of the local pointer. To maintain pointer synchronization, the mouse speed and
accelerations must be configured correctly on the target server.
Before beginning, synchronize your mouse pointers through the local port, on servers attached to console
switches.
NOTE: HP recommends that all Windows® systems attached to the console switch use the default
Windows® mouse driver.
Windows operating systems
To synchronize the mouse pointers for Windows® operating systems (using the default drivers):
1. From the desktop, select Start>Setting>Control Panel, and double-click Mouse.
2. Select Motion.
3. For Windows® 2000, set the Speed setting to 50% (default) and the Acceleration setting to None.
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