ATEN Technology CS-88A Operation, Hot Plugging CPU Ports, Hot Plugging Console Ports

Operation

Hot Plugging

The Master View CS-88A supports hot plugging. Components can be removed and added back into the installation by unplugging and replugging their cables from their respective ports without the need to shut the switch down. For hot plugging to work properly, the following procedures must be observed:

MHot Plugging CPU Ports:

When hot plugging cables from the CPU ports:

1.The cable must be plugged back into the same port it was removed from.

2.The mouse cable must be plugged in before the keyboard cable.

3.After plugging the cable back in, you must perform a KVM Reset on the First Stage unit (by pressing the Reset switch In).

MHot Plugging Console Ports:

The unit supports hot plugging of the keyboard, monitor, and mouse. When hot plugging the mouse from the Master View’s console mouse port:

1.You may unplug the mouse and plug it back in again (to reset the mouse, for example), as long as you use the same mouse.

2.If you plug in a different mouse, all the stations and all the computers on the installation must be shut down for 10 seconds, then restarted. (Refer back to the note describing the Power On sequence on p. 10, if necessary.)

Note: If, after hot plugging (or at any other time), there is no response to mouse and/or PS/2 keyboard input, simultaneously press and hold Port Select buttons 1 and 2 on the First Stage unit for 3 seconds to perform a PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse reset.

CS-88A User Manual 11

2002-12-27