User`s guide

Introduction 63

Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts (Hot Keys)

Predefined keyboard shortcuts (also called hot keys) allow users to do the

following:

• Perform common actions while connected through a KVM or serial port

• Emulate Sun keyboard keys while connected through a KVM port to a

Sun server.

Configuring KVM Port Connection Hot Keys

The hot key sequences that can be used while connected to a KVM port have

two parts, which are called the common escape sequence and the command

key. The default common escape sequence is Ctrl+k, and the command key

is different for each command. For example, the q command key is entered

after Ctrl+k to quit, as in: Ctrl+k q.

The common escape sequence is defined separately from the command keys.

OnSite administrators can redefine two different sets of command keys for

users who are accessing KVM ports in the two following different ways:

• Through the OSD (Local Users)

• Through the Web Manager (KVM over IP Users)

Note: The “Show Connections” dialog on OnSite hardware version 1.1.0

replaces the hot keys for KVM over IP sessions on OnSite hardware version

1.0.0. See “What You See When Connected to a KVM Port” on page 82 for

details.

Configuring Serial Viewer Hot Keys

Connecting to a serial port brings up a Java applet viewer. The hot key used to

bring up an IPDU power management window in the Java applet viewer is

Ctrl+p. The hot key used to bring up an IPMI power management window

is Ctrl+Shift+i.