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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O
On-Screen Configuration
and Activity Reporting.
See OSCAR.
OpenManage™ IT
Assistant Event Viewer, 8
Options menu, 38
OSCAR, 16
P
Preemption, 60
Product list, 20
Product Type dialog box, 19
R
Registry, 83
Remote Console Switch
Discovering, 21
Viewing and configuring
parameters, 58
Remote Console Switch
Software
Launching, 13
Setup, 16
Remote Console Switch
Software Explorer.
See Explorer.
Resync button, 16
Resync Wizard, 68
S
Scan Mode, 35
Task b ut ton, 3 7
Scan mode, 36
Accessing, 37
scan sequence, 38
Scanning, 36
Search button, 25
Select Remote Console
Switch window, 20
server
to access, 25
Server Listing
Resynchronizing, 68
Servers, 7
Simple Network Management
Protocol. See SNMP.
SIP
Resetting, 72
Viewing, 63
Sites, 7
SNMP, 8
Configuring settings, 65
Enabling and Configuring, 65
Traps, 6 6
Supported Operating
Systems, 9
T
Thumbnail menu, 38
Thumbnail View
Status Indicators, 37
Thumbnail Viewer, 24, 36
Navigating, 38
Time Between Servers, 36-37
Trap Destination, 66
traps, 66
U
UDP, 65
Unit Selector pane, 37
User
Adding or modifying, 61
Deleting, 62
Locking and unlocking
accounts, 63
User accounts
Setup, 60
User password
Changing, 62
V
Vendor, 20
Video session
Launching, 38
Video Session Viewer, 16
Video Session Viewer. See
Viewer.
View Time Per Server, 36-37
Viewer, 25, 33, 38, 67
Adjusting, 29
Features, 2 6
Tool ba r, 2 9