User guide

Using the Simplified OSD
Compaq Server Console Switch User Guide 5-21
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Writer: Amy L. Laffitte File Name: f-ch5 Using the Simplified OSD
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Switching Tiered Systems
To switch the Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse Switch Box to a computer that is connected
to the primary through a secondary unit:
1. Press the Print Scrn key. The OSD Selection window is displayed on the
monitor.
2. Enter the number of the port to which the slave unit is connected followed by a
dash and the number of the port (on the secondary unit) to which the computer is
connected. For example, to switch to the computer connected to port 3 of a
secondary unit connected to port 1 of the primary, press the Print Scrn, 1, -, 3
keys.
3. If the computer/secondaries are listed in the window by name, then enter the
assigned name of the computer. If no secondary unit is connected to the selected
primary port, the command is canceled when the secondary number is entered.
4. Press the Enter key.