User guide

4. ClickProceed toproceedwiththefirmwareupdate.Progresscanbeseenbywatchingthestatuscolumnon
thelistofDevicespane.ThefinalcompletionstatusisloggedtotheEventstab.
Rebootdevice
OneormoredevicescanberebootedremotelyfromtheDevicestab.
Torebootadevice:
1. FromtheDevicestab,selectoneormoredevicesandclickReboot.
2. ClickReboot toconfirm.Thestatusofthedevicewillchangetorebootpending,offlineandthenbackto
readywhenthedevicecompletesrebooting.
Removedevice
DevicesthatarenolongerbeingusedcanberemovedfromtheMatrixswitch.
Toremoveadevice:
1. FromtheDevicestab,selectoneormoredevicesandclickRemove.
2. ClickRemove toconfirm.Thedevicewillberemovedfromthelist.
Removeoffline
AllofflinedevicescanberemovedbyusingtheclickingRemove Offline - Remove.Thisprovidesaconvenient
wayforyoutocleanupyourlistofdevicesafteroneormoredeviceshavebeenphysicallyremovedfromthe
system.
Flashdisplay
TheLCDdisplaycanbesettoflashtohelplocateatransmitter,receiverorswitch.
ToflashtheLCDdisplay:
Selectoneormoredevices,thenclickFlash inthesidebar.Youwillbepromptedtoenterthelengthoftimeto
flashthebacklight.
NOTE:A value of zero can be used to stop a backlight that is currently flashing.
Switchdetails
WhenintheDevicestab,ifyouselectaswitch,youwillbeabletoviewandeditoptionsfortheswitch
includingthemode,attributesandtheIPaddress.Theoptionsyoucaneditdependonwhethertheswitchisthe
master(theoneyouareloggedinto),aslave,oraswitchthatbelongstoadifferentcascadesystem.Alloptions
areeditableonthemaster.Someoptionsareeditableonaslave.Nooptionsareeditableonamasterorslavethat
belongstoadifferentcascadesystem.
SwitchMode
Youcanchangethemodeoftheswitchyouareloggedintobychangingthecascadeparticipationsetting.
Changingfrommastertoslaveorslavetomasterhassignificantimplications.Ifyouchangeaswitchfrommaster
22Avocent® Matrix High Performance KVM Switching System Installer/User Guide