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)

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Index
Numerics
2161DS Console Switch
Log into, 23
A
A1000R, 8
A100R, 16
A2000R, 8
Access Rights, 61
Address Range page, 21
Avocent Remote
Console Switch
Adding, 16
Avocent®, 8
AVRIQ, 8, 18, 20
C
Clear Offline, 63
Configure Tiered Switches
dialog box, 21
Configuring Remote Console
Switch window, 20
Connect Video task
button, 16, 24-25
Connection Speed, 42
D
DirectDraw, 35
E
EID, 18, 21, 63, 67
Electronic ID. See EID.
Environment Variables, 83
Explorer, 13
Explorer Window
Features, 1 4
F
Firmware
Upgrading, 73
FLASH upgrade, 60
Folders, 7
I
Include Offline SIPs, 18
K
Keystrokes, 38
Field, 40
Send to server, 38
L
Local Cursor option, 33
M
Macro
Group, 39
Macros, 38
Adding, 41
Creating new, 39
Grouping, 41
Macros menu, 38
Manage Remote Console
Switch task button, 23
Management Panel. See MP.
Manual Video Adjust
dialog box, 34
Mouse
Adjusting, 33
mouse acceleration, 15
Mouse Scaling
Setting, 33
Mouse Trailing
Minimizing, 34
MP, 8
N
Network Address window, 20
Noise Adjust Threshold, 34
Noise Threshold, 34
Reducing, 34