Chapter 4. Administrator Utility

View Mode

Many of the OSD functions only operate on the computers that are currently listed (displayed) on the OSD main screen. Use this function to broaden or narrow the scope of KVM ports that are listed. The submenu choices and their meanings are given in the table below:

Choice

Meaning

 

 

Personal

The OSD lists the KVM ports that the user has set as personal.

 

See SET PERSONAL VIEW on page 107.

 

 

Accessible

The OSD lists only those KVM ports that the user is permitted to

 

access. See Managing Port Access on page 68.

 

 

Accessible +

The OSD lists only those KVM ports that the user is permitted to

Powered

access and that have their attached computers powered on.

 

 

Set Port ID

When a user switches KVM ports from the OSD, a port ID is shown. The table below explains the choices:

Choice

Meaning

 

 

Tag Mode

Selects how the port ID is displayed: the port number alone (ID);

 

the port note alone (Port Name); or the port number plus the port

 

note (ID + Port Name). The default is ID + Port Name.

 

 

ID Position

Allows you to position where the port ID appears on the monitor.

 

The default is the upper left corner, but you can make it appear

 

anywhere on the screen. If the ID Position is Other, it cannot be

 

changed.

 

 

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