User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Remote Console Switch Software User’s Guide
- Product Overview
- Installation
- Basic Operation
- Launching the Remote Console Switch Software
- Navigating the Remote Console Switch Software
- Remote Console Switch Quick Setup Checklist
- Adding a Remote Console Switch or Avocent Remote Console Switch
- Accessing Your Remote Console Switch
- Accessing and Managing Your Servers
- Interacting With the Server Being Viewed
- Adjusting the Viewer
- Adjusting the Viewer Window
- Adjusting the Viewer Resolution
- Adjusting the Video Quality
- Minimizing Remote Video Session Discoloration
- Improving Screen Background Color Display
- Setting Mouse Scaling
- Minimizing Mouse Trailing
- Improving Mouse Performance
- Reducing Mouse Cursor Flickering
- Viewing Multiple Servers Using the Scan Mode
- Scanning Your Servers
- Thumbnail View Status Indicators
- Navigating the Thumbnail Viewer
- Using Macros to Send Keystrokes to the Server
- Creating New Macros
- Grouping Macros
- Session Options General Tab
- Screen Capturing
- Preemption
- Preemption of Remote User by a Remote Administrator
- Preemption of a Local User/Remote Administrator by a Remote Administrator
- Connection Sharing
- Changing Server Properties
- Accessing a Server via a Browser Window
- Organizing Your System
- Deleting and Renaming
- Customizing the Explorer Window
- Managing Your Local Databases
- Managing Your Remote Console Switch
- The Management Panel
- Viewing and Configuring Remote Console Switch Parameters
- Changing Global Network and Session Parameters
- Setting Up User Accounts
- Locking and Unlocking User Accounts
- Viewing the SIPs and Avocent AVRIQs
- Enabling and Configuring SNMP
- Enabling Individual SNMP traps
- Viewing and Resynchronizing Server Connections
- Resynchronizing the Server Listing
- Modifying a Server Name
- Viewing and Configuring Tiered Switch Connections
- Adding and Modifying Tiered Switch Connections
- Viewing Remote Console Switch Version Information
- Upgrading Firmware
- Controlling User Status
- Rebooting Your System
- Managing Remote Console Switch Configuration Files
- Managing User Databases
- Changing Remote Console Switch Properties
- Changing DirectDraw Support (Windows Operating Systems Only)
10 Installation
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System Hardware Configuration Requirements
The following list contains the hardware configuration requirements for running the Remote
Console Switch Software on the supported operating systems. Configurations with less than the
recommended requirements are not supported.
• 500 MHz Intel
®
Pentium
®
III
• 256 MB of RAM
• 10 or 100BaseT NIC (100 recommended)
• XGA Video with graphics accelerator
• Desktop size must be a minimum of 800 x 600
• Color palette must be a minimum of 65,536 (16-bit) colors
Supported Browsers
The Remote Console Switch Software is supported with the following browsers:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
• Netscape Navigator 6.0 or higher
• Mozilla 1.4 or higher
• Firefox 1.0 or higher
Installing the Remote Console Switch Software
The Remote Console Switch Software can be installed on Windows 2000, Windows 2003
Server, Windows XP and Linux platforms. Follow these instructions to install Remote Console
Switch Software on the desired platform.
To install on Windows 2000, 2003, or XP:
1 Insert the Remote Console Switch Software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If
AutoPlay is supported and enabled, the setup program will start automatically.
-or-
If your system does not support AutoPlay, set the default drive to your CD-ROM drive
letter and execute the following command to start the install program (replace drive with
your CD-ROM drive letter):
drive:\WIN32\SETUP.EXE.
2 Follow the on-screen instructions.