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)

70 Managing Your Remote Console Switch
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Viewing and Configuring Tiered Switch Connections
The Tiered Switches category lets you view the tiered switches in your system, the SIP EID
numbers as well as the type of switch it is.
To configure a cascade switch connection:
1 Select the Tiered Switches category in the left hand column in the MP.
2 Click the Switch drop-down list next to the SIP EID you want to configure and select the
switch type you want to assign.
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If the switch you want is not in the drop-down list, add a switch to the Existing Switches
list by clicking the Add button.
3 Repeat step 2 for each switch that you want to configure.
4 When you have finished configuring the switches, click OK to save the new settings.
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Click Cancel to exit without saving.
Adding and Modifying Tiered Switch Connections
If the switch you want is not in the Existing Switches drop-down list, you can add a switch to
the Existing Switches list as follows:
1 Click the Add button. The Add Tiered Switch dialog box appears.
2 Type the name of the switch and select the switch type from the list.
3 Click OK to add the switch. The switch should now be in the Existing Switches list and in
the Switch drop-down list.
Viewing Remote Console Switch Version Information
When you select the Version category for the first time, the MP will retrieve the firmware
versions from the selected Remote Console Switch.