User`s guide

Configuring KVM Ports [OSD]
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AlterPath OnSite Administrator’s and User’s Guide
Configuring KVM Ports [OSD]
An administrative user can use the screens under Configure>KVM ports to do
the following configuration:
• Enable or disable a KVM port
• Assign an alias to a KVM port
• Enable an authorized user connected to a server through a KVM port to
perform power management, when the server is plugged into an IPDU
connected to an AUX port
T To Select a KVM Port to Be Configured
[OSD]
1. Go to: Configure>KVM Ports.
The KVM ports screen appears.
2. To select the port you wish to configure, do one of the following:
Power Outlet Allows you to enter one or more numbers that identify power
outlet or outlets into which the server that is connected to this
KVM port is plugged. When IPDUs are daisy-chained, the
outlets on the second and subsequent IPDUs are numbered
sequentially. AUX port 1 is assumed because power
management while connected to servers that are connected to
KVM ports can only be done when the servers are plugged into
outlets on an IPDU on AUX port 1. When multiple IPDUs are
daisy-chained, outlets are numbered sequentially. For example,
the fourth outlet on a second daisy-chained IPDU when the first
IPDU has eight outlets is specified as “12,” and the next outlet
is specified as “13,” in the format: “12, 13.” See “Power
Management While Connected to Devices” on page 51 for
details. Also see “To Power On, Off, or Cycle a Server
While Connected to a KVM Port” on page 99, if needed.
Table 7-15: KVM Port Configuration Screens [OSD] (Sheet 2 of 2)
Screen Description