Intellinet Network Solutions 524100 Port Number, Computer Name, Alarms, Power Management

select a computer with a simple mouse click or by using the computer name.

•Generate automatically (or on request) the power down and power on cycling if a power control unit is connected.

•Exclude some computers from the auto-scanning process.

•Not generate alarms for some computers.

Note: You can also work without supplying any computer information. In this case, just keep the values by default. You’ll have to remember on which KVM port your computers are attached and generate the specific KVM hot keys by hand. (This is the way most low-end IP KVM extenders work.)

After you’ve made all modifications, click “Store Settings,” then “Apply Settings”/“Restart Servers.”

The various settings on this screen are KVM port-specific because a computer is first identified by the KVM port it is attached to.

Port Number

Select the target port on which your subsequent settings on this screen are directed. You can use the drop-down menu as well as use the “Previous” and “Next” buttons to navigate to a specific port.

Computer Name

Enter a character string (32 characters maximum) to identify the computer attached to the selected port. Note: The computer names you specify here for each port will appear in the Windows and Java viewers.

Scanning

If you don’t want this computer included in auto-scanning, select “Do not include in Scanning Process.” Thus, you can place a specific computer “off your radar screen” if it is of no monitoring importance.

Alarms

If you don’t want the scanning process to generate alarms or SNMP messages for this specific computer, select “Do not Generate Alarms” to exclude it.

Power Management

If you require power control for your connected computers, you can connect a serial power control (SPC) device to the serial port on the rear panel of the switch, and then enable the switch’s power control feature. By doing so, remote users can perform power on/off and power cycling either via the viewer interface or by a pre-defined alarm-triggered action. The switch can support most standard serial power control devices via its serial port (RJ12) on the rear panel — not to be confused with the serial console port on the front panel. (For details about enabling the switch’s power control feature, go to the Power Control section.) Important: When using a power control device, note that some newer computers will require some BIOS option adjustment to restart when power is coming back; otherwise, they will not restart without pressing the computer power button. Usually, you should enable the Power Loss Restart option on your computer BIOS (or similar option, depending on the BIOS vendor) so that your computer can boot up when the power control device is feeding power again.

Power Down Command: Specify the command that must be sent to the power control unit to power down the computer. (Refer to your power control unit documentation.) Note: To remotely power down this computer from the Windows or Java viewers, switch to this computer and then click “Power off” in the viewer menu. The command specified here will be sent automatically by the switch to the power control unit.

Delay: Specify the delay time between the sending of power-down and power-on commands to complete a power cycling. A power cycling is processed only if you’ve selected “Restart Computer” on the Alarms screen. By default, this delay is 5 seconds.

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