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)
Managing Your Remote Console Switch 75
To simultaneously upgrade multiple SIPs:
1 Click the Tools tab in the MP. The To ols dialog box appears.
2 Click the Upgrade SIP Firmware button. The Upgrade SIP Firmware dialog box appears.
3 Click the check box in front of each type (PS/2,USB, Serial, or Sun) of SIP you wish to
upgrade.
4 Click Upgrade. The Upgrade button dims. The Status column will display either In
Progress or Succeeded, depending on the status of each SIP upgrade. A firmware upgrade
currently in progress message displays until all of the selected SIP types are upgraded.
5 When complete, a message appears prompting you to confirm the upgrade completion.
Once confirmed, the Upgrade button is again enabled.
6 Click Close to exit the Upgrade Firmware window.
To upgrade SIP firmware individually:
1 Click the Settings tab in the MP.
2 Select the SIPs sub-category under Versions in the left column in the MP.
3 Click the ID drop-down list and choose a SIP for which you wish to view firmware
information. The IDs displayed in the drop-down list are a combination of the EID and
either the server name or switch name, depending on what is attached to the SIP. If the SIP
is not attached to anything, the drop-down list will display None. Once selected, the
firmware information appears in the Information box.
4 Compare the current information to the Firmware Available field to see the firmware
upgrade available for the SIP. (You can load firmware even if the current and available
versions are the same. In some cases, you can downgrade the SIP to an older, compatible
version.)
5 Click the Load Firmware button.
6 The firmware upgrade begins. During the upgrade, a progress message is displayed below
the Firmware Available box and the Load Firmware button will dim. When the upgrade is
finished, a message appears indicating that the upgrade was successful.
7 Repeat steps 2-6 for each individual SIP you wish to upgrade.
8 When finished, click OK.
Controlling User Status
You may view and disconnect the current active user connections using the Status tab in the MP.
You can view the length of time users have been connected, the server name or SIP to which
they are connected and their system address. In addition to disconnecting a user session, the
Remote Console Switch software also allows one user to take control of a server currently being
used by another user. For more information, see “Preemption” on page 43.