Setting | Function |
ACTIVATE BEEPER Choices are Y (on), which is the default position, or N (off). When activated, the beeper sounds when a port is changed, when activating the Auto Scan function, or if an invalid entry is made on an OSD menu.
SET QUICK VIEW | Lets the administrator select which ports to include as quick view ports. |
PORTS | • To select or deselect a port as a quick view port, |
| navigation keys to move the highlight bart to it the press the spacebar. |
| • When a port has been selected as a quick view port, an icon displays in the QV |
| column of the LIST on the main screen. |
| • If one of the quick view options is chosen for the list (see “F2: LIST” on page 13), |
| only a port that has been selected here will display on the list |
| • If one of the quick view options is chosen for |
| MODE” on page 14), only a port that has been selected here will be |
| The default has no ports selected for quick view. |
RESET STATION | If the position of one of the KVM stations in the cascade is changed, the OSD |
IDS | settings will not correspond to the new location. This function directs the OSD to |
| rescan the station positions of the entire installation and updates the OSD so that |
| the OSD station information corresponds to the new physical layout. |
| Note: Only the station numbers get updated. Except for the port names, all |
| administrator settings (such as SET ACCESSIBLE PORTS, SET QUICK VIEW |
| PORTS, etc.) must be input again for all of the servers affected by the change. |
SET OPERATING | Allows the administrator to define the operating system for the server connected to |
SYSTEM | each KVM port. The default is WIN (PC compatible). |
| To set the port operating system: |
| 1. Select the port for the server whose operating system you wish to set. |
| 2. Set the operating system by pressing the spacebar to cycle through WIN, MAC, |
| SUN, or OTHER. Stop on the selection |
| 3. Press the Esc key to exit. The operating system selected is now assigned to the |
| KVM port. |
FIRMWARE | To upgrade firmware, first enable Firmware Upgrade mode. |
UPGRADE | Select Y to enable Firmware Upgrade mode or N to leave the menu without |
| enabling. The current firmware version is also displayed here. |
F5: SKP
Skip mode. Skip backward or forward, switching the focus from the currently active server to the previous or next available server.
•The selection of servers to be available for skip mode switching is made with the
•In skip mode:
–Press the left arrow key to switch to the previous server in the list.
–Press the right arrow key to switch to the next server in the list.
–Press the up arrow key to switch to the last server on the previous KVM station in the list.
–Press the down arrow key to switch to the first server on the next KVM station in the list.
Note: You can only skip to the previous or next available server in the list.
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