KH2508 / KH2516 User Manual

Operation Mode Attributes

The Setting Adapter Cable Attributes dialog box has the following options for setting a port’s operation mode:

Attribute

Action

 

 

Occupy

The first user to occupy the port has control over it. A second user

 

can view its video output, however. The Timeout function,

 

discussed above, applies to ports that have this setting.

 

 

Exclusive

The first user to occupy the port has exclusive control over it. No

 

other user can view or access it.

 

 

Share

Allows 2 users connected to the first-level switch’s consoles to

 

simultaneously share keyboard and mouse control over a first-level

 

port. User input is placed in a queue and executed sequentially.

 

This is the default operation mode for all first-level ports.

 

Note: KVM ports on cascaded switches cannot be shared.

 

 

Cascade

The first user to occupy the port has control over it and a second

 

user can view its video output. When the first user disconnects from

 

the port, the second user gains control of it.

 

The Timeout function does not apply to users connected to

 

cascaded ports.

 

Note: This operation mode is assigned to all ports on cascaded

 

switches and cannot be changed.

 

 

Miscellaneous

The functions performed by the remaining elements at the bottom of the screen are described in the table, below:

Parameter

Explanation

 

 

Reset

Clicking this button undoes all changes that have been made to the

Configuration

Configuration and Administration pages (except for the Port Names

 

– see Port Names, page 33, and user profiles – see User

 

Management, page 43) and returns the parameters to the original

 

factory default settings (see Restoring Original Factory Default

 

Settings, page 82).

 

 

Clear Port Name

This function clears the Port Name settings.

 

 

Firmware

Use the Firmware Upgrade button when performing a firmware

Upgrade

upgrade to the KH2508 / KH2516, KVM adapter cables and

 

cascaded switches in a multilevel installation. For information on

 

performing a firmware upgrade, see The Firmware Upgrade Utility,

 

page 57.

 

 

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