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 23
Accessing Your Remote Console Switch
When you click the Remote Console Switches tab, you will see a list of the switches currently
defined in the local database. To access a Remote Console Switch, you must first log into it by
typing a username and password. The default username is Admin (case sensitive) with no
password. Once you have logged in to a particular Remote Console Switch, the Remote Console
Switch Software will cache the username and password in memory for the duration of the Remote
Console Switch Software session.
NOTE: You can clear the login credentials an re-login under another username and password by
selecting Tools - Clear Login Credentials.
Figure 3-8. Remote Console Switch View Tab Selected
To log into a Remote Console Switch:
1 Click the Remote Console Switches tab in the Explorer.
2 Double-click a Remote Console Switch in the Unit Selector pane.
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Select a Remote Console Switch from the Unit Selector pane, and click the Manage
Remote Console Switch task button.
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Right-click on a Remote Console Switch in the Unit Selector pane. A pop-up menu
appears. Select Manage Remote Console Switch.
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Click a Remote Console Switch in the Unit Selector pane and press <Enter>.