- Hewlett-Packard IP Console Switch User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP IP Console Switch User Guide
- Notice
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Chapter 1: Overview
- Chapter 2: Installing the IP Console Switch
- Chapter 3: Expansion Module
- Chapter 4: Interface Adapters
- Chapter 5: Cascade Console Switches
- Chapter 6: Local Port Operation
- Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers
- Soft Switching
- Using Basic OSD Navigation
- Configuring the OSD Setup Menu
- Assigning Server Names
- Assigning Device Types
- Changing the Display Behavior
- Controlling the Status Flag
- Broadcasting to Servers
- Setting up a Scan Pattern
- Setting Local Console Switch Security
- Managing Server Tasks Using the OSD
- Viewing and Disconnecting User Connections
- Running System Diagnostics
- Resetting the PS/2 Mouse
- Displaying Version Information
- Chapter 7: Upgrading Firmware using TFTP
- Chapter 8: Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Regulatory Compliance Notices
- Appendix B: Electrostatic Discharge
- Appendix C: Power Cord Set Requirements
- Index
Overview
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Features
The features of the IP Console Switch include:
• Both local and IP KVM functionality
• Support for up to 128 servers
• Firmware flashable over serial port and NIC
• Compatibility with HP video monitors and “hotkeys” on all HP keyboards,
including the HP TFT5600RKM
• Field-terminable CAT5 cables
• Near real-time mouse/cursor speed
• Multiple language support through programmable ROM SoftPaq—English,
Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Italian, and Japanese
• Support for 10/100 NIC ports
• Application clients that manage 25 IP Console Switches with 512 target devices
• 1U form with the ability to mount in a 0U side-mount configuration, as well as
behind HP rack-mount keyboards