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)
Basic Operation 21
8 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 and Avocent
AVRIQ EIDs retrieved from the Remote Console Switch and the tiered switches to which
they are connected, if any.
a The Existing Tiered Switches field contains a list of all the current switches defined in
the database. You may add to, delete or modify the list.
b Associate the appropriate switch from the drop-down lists for each SIP that has a
switch attached.
Figure 3-6. Configure Tiered Switches Dialog Box
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When complete, click Finish to exit the Wizard and return to the main window. Your
Remote Console Switch should now be in the Unit Selector pane.
To discover a Remote Console Switch:
1 Select Tools - Discover from the Explorer menu. The Discover Wizard appears. Click Next
to continue.
2 The Address Range page appears. Type the range of IP addresses you wish to search on the
network in the To and From boxes. Use the IP address dot notation xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Click
Next to continue.
3 The Searching Network progress bar appears. Progress text indicates how many addresses
have been probed from the total number specified by the range and the number of Remote
Console Switches or Avocent Remote Console Switches found. If one or more new Remote
Console Switches or Avocent Remote Console Switches are discovered, the Wizard shows
the Select Remote Console Switches to Add page. From this page, you can choose the
Remote Console Switches to add to the local database.
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