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)
64 Managing Your Remote Console Switch
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The Language button displays the Language dialog, in which you can set language and keyboard
parameters for all the Sun/USB SIPs of the whole appliance.
NOTE: The Clear Offline button is not displayed when managing Avocent A1000R and A2000R Remote
Console Switches.
NOTE: It is not possible to clear Offline SIPs or Avocent AVRIQs that are attached to a tiered analog
Console Switch.
NOTE: This operation will clear all offline SIPs on the Remote Console Switch, including those
associated with any powered down Servers.
NOTE: User access rights will also be updated to remove the Servers associated with the cleared offline
SIPs.
Figure 4-6. SIPs Dialog Box - 2161DS-2 Console Switch
NOTE: The Remote Console Switch supports Avocent AVRIQs as well as Dell SIPs. Therefore, although
Dell SIPs are available with PS/2 and USB connections, the addition of Avocent AVRIQs provides support
for Sun and Serial connections.
NOTE: To determine if an item identified as PS2 or USB is a Dell SIP or an Avocent AVRIQ, access the
SIPs Versions panel. For more information see “SIPs Subcategory” on page 71.