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 45
Exclusive Mode
Exclusive Mode allows you to have exclusive control of a Video session. When in Exclusive
Mode, no other user can share the session (except in Stealth mode). If other users are sharing
the session when you select Exclusive Mode, you are warned that selecting Exclusive Mode will
cause the other users to become disconnected from the session.
NOTE: Only the Primary user can request an Exclusive session. If other users are sharing at the time
Exclusive Mode is requested, they are disconnected, regardless of the Primary users access level.
To open a Video session in Exclusive mode:
In the Viewer, choose Tools - Exclusive Mode.
Changing Server Properties
You can alter individual server properties from the Properties dialog box including General,
Network, Information, and Connections. The General tab allows you to change the server
name, server type and the icon that will be used to display the server in the Remote Console
Switch Software. You may also assign the server to a site, location or folder. The Network tab lets
you set a browser URL for that server if you want to launch a browser to the server’s web server
instead of launching a Viewer session. The Information tab allows you to enter information
about the server including a server description, contact information and any comments you
might wish to add. Lastly, the Connections tab displays the physical connection path that is used
to access this server and the connection type, such as video.
NOTE: You can also change the properties of your Remote Console Switch. For more information, see
“Changing Remote Console Switch Properties” on page 79.
To change server properties:
1 Click the Server tab and then select an individual server in the Unit Selector list.
2 Select View - Properties from the Explorer menu.
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Click the Properties task button.
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Right-click the server and select Properties. The Properties dialog box appears.