Apex Digital model 140DX CONNECTING CABLES

Apex OutLook 140DX/180DX Switch User Guide 17

CABLING

CONNECTING CABLES

Connecting the Keyboard Cable in the Proper

Sequence

When you are connecting the video, PS/2 mouse and keyboard

cables from your servers to the OutLook switch, always connect

the keyboard cable after the mouse cable. The switch

detects the system power of the secondary switch or server

through the keyboard cable. When the keyboard cable is con-

nected after the mouse cable, the switch initializes both the

keyboard and mouse interfaces to the system. When the recom-

mended sequence is followed, you can add a new switch or

replace a failed switch without having to restart the system.

Whenever you make changes to the switch system, you should

save the hardware configuration settings. If you do not save the

settings, they are lost when power is lost or turned off. To

reestablish keyboard and mouse communication to the switch,

you might have to reboot each computer. T o save your har dware

settings, select the Snapshot command from the OSCAR Ad-

vanced menu. See Chapter 5 for additional information on using

OSCAR.

CONNECTING CABLES

Contents

Main Page CONTENTS 3 S Apex OutLook 140DX/180DX Switch User Guide CONTENTS 4 SAFETY (CONTINUED) Pred intalciou tohto produktu si pretajte Informa n brorku o bezpenosti. G ETTING H ELP , S ERVICE , AND I Getting help, service, and information 1 C 2 3 4 5 6 7 CONTENTS (CONTINUED) 1 OVERVIEW P RODUCT O F FEATURES (CONTINUED) 6 Set up the Switch System Before installing this product, read the Safety Information on the Apex User Guide CD. QUICK START Page POWER UP YOUR SWITCH SYSTEM INSTALLATION R ACK I CABLING CABLE LENGTHS USING LOCKING CABLE CONNECTORS DISCONNECTING CABLES CONNECTING CABLES CONNECTING CABLES (CONTINUED) STATEMENT 1 CONNECTING CABLES (CONTINUED) Connecting the Cables STARTING THE SWITCH BOX POWERING UP THE SYSTEM STARTING THE COMPUTERS CONFIGURING THE SWITCH BOX UNATTENDED REBOOT RESETTING THE UNIT MAKING CONNECTIONS UNDER POWER ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS (CONTINUED) 5 USING OSCAR LAUNCHING OSCAR OSCAR SELECTION SCREEN OSCAR STATUS PORT SYMBOLS Apex OutLook 140DX/180DX Switch User Guide 29 USING OSCAR C OMMAND S This section describes the key sequences that are used to activate OSCAR functions. OSCAR ADVANCED MENUS SCREEN OSCAR ADVANCED MENU SCREEN SELECTING COMPUTERS SWITCHING TIERED SYSTEMS ASSIGNING UNIQUE NAMES TO COMPUTERS ASSIGNING UNIQUE NAMES TO COMPUTERS (CONTINUED) CHANGING MENU ATTRIBUTES Apex OutLook 140DX/180DX Switch User Guide 36 USING OSCAR CHANGING MENU ATTRIBUTES (CONTINUED) CHANGING STATUS FLAG ATTRIBUTES VALUES AND EFFECTS OF SETTINGS ON FLAG APPEARANCE CHANGING STATUS FLAG ATTRIBUTES (CONTINUED) SCANNING THE COMPUTERS Page SCANNING THE COMPUTERS (CONTINUED) BROADCASTING COMMANDS Page Page Page Page Page Page SECURING SERVER ACCESS (CONTINUED) DISPLAYING VERSION INFORMATION SAVING THE HARDWARE SETTINGS RESETTING THE MOUSE AND KEYBOARD ASSIGNING SPECIFIC DEVICE TYPES CAPTURING THE SCREEN CAPTURING THE SCREEN UPDATING FIRMWARE U PDATING THE F To update firmware: TROUBLESHOOTING Page Page Page Page Page APPENDIX A Apex OutLook 140DX/180DX Switch User Guide 64 Appendix B Electronic emission notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Class A Statement Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement Avis de conformit la rglementation d'Industrie Canada Australia and New Zealand Class A statement Page C Apex OutLook 140DX/180DX Switch User Guide 67 Appendix Country-Specific Requirements Use the following table to identify the appropriate accredited agency in your country. Before installing this product, read the Safety Information on the Apex User Guide CD.