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)
18 Basic Operation
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Figure 3-3. Locate Digital Dialog Box
7 The Remote Console Switch Software searches for the indicated unit as well as all the
powered SIPs, Avocent AVRIQ’s, and server names you associated with it in OSCAR
®
, if
any. If you want to search for unpowered SIPs or Avocent AVRIQs, you can access the
Resync feature under the Servers category in the MP and click to enable the Include
Offline SIPs check box. For more information, see “Viewing and Resynchronizing Server
Connections” on page 67.
8 Click Next.
9 The Configure Tiered Switches dialog box appears if the Remote Console Switch Software
detects an attached legacy switch. This dialog box contains a list of all SIP Electronic ID
numbers (EIDs) retrieved from the Remote Console Switch and the tiered switches to
which they are connected, if any. When this dialog box first displays, all the switches will
be set to None. Switches detected will have an icon next to the drop-down list.
a The Existing Tiered Switches field contains a list of all the current switches defined in
the database. Click Add, Modify, or Delete to alter the list.
b Associate the appropriate switch from the drop-down lists for each SIP or Avocent
AVRIQ that has a switch attached.