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If this is the first unit access of the Network Access Software session, a user name and password is required.
NOTE: A user name and password are not required for any subsequent access attempts during the KVM server module Network Access Software session unless you clear the current cached credentials.
To close a Video Viewer session:
Select File — Exit from the Video Viewer menu.
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Click X to close the Video Viewer session.
Video Session Types
When using the Video Viewer with KVM switches, you can choose which type of session you want to operate. In addition to operating a normal KVM session, administrators and users with certain access rights can also operate a session in an exclusive mode, share the session with one or more users, observe a session in stealth mode or scan multiple target devices. The current type of session is indicated by an icon on the right side of the Video Viewer toolbar. Video session types are outlined in the table below.
Table 6.1: Video session types
Session types Icons | Description |
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Active (normal) | You are conducting a normal KVM session that is not exclusive but is not |
| currently shared. An active session icon is visible. |
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Locked (normal) | Your administrator has configured the KVM switch to lock KVM and Virtual |
| Media (VM) sessions together. You have a normal KVM session and have |
| opened a VM session. Your KVM session cannot be shared or preempted, and |
| it is not subject to inactivity |
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Exclusive | You have exclusive control over the target device. During this KVM session the |
| connection to the target device cannot be shared, but it can be preempted or |
| observed in stealth mode by an administrator. |
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Active sharing: | You are the first user to connect to the target device, and you have allowed |
(primary) | other users to share the KVM session. |
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Active sharing: | You can view and interact with the target device while sharing the KVM session |
(secondary) | with a primary user and, possibly, other secondary users. |
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Passive sharing | You can view the video ouput of the target device, but you are not allowed to |
| have keyboard and mouse control over the target device. |
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Stealth | You can view the video output of the target device without the permission or |
| knowledge of the primary user. You cannot have keyboard and mouse control |
| over the target device. This session type is available for administrators only. |
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