Chapter 1. Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No.

Component

Description

 

 

 

1

Power LED

Lights when the unit is powered up and ready to operate.

2

Port LEDs

The Port LEDs provide status information about their

 

 

corresponding KVM Ports.

 

 

Š GREEN: The computer attached to the port is On Line.

 

 

Š RED: The computer attached to the port is Selected (has KVM focus).

 

 

Š GREEN + RED (ORANGE): The computer attached to the port is On

 

 

Line and Selected.

 

 

The LEDs are steady under normal conditions. A LED will flash

 

 

at half second intervals, however, when its corresponding port

 

 

is accessed under Auto Scan Mode or Skip Mode.

3

LAN LEDs

Primary and Secondary 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN LEDs.

 

 

Š RED: 10 Mbps

 

 

Š RED + GREEN (ORANGE): 100 Mbps

 

 

Š GREEN: 1000 Mbps

 

 

Š Flashes to indicate that the switch is being accessed over the Net.

 

 

 

4

Laptop USB

This mini-USB port allows a laptop to be connected for local

 

Console Port

access and control. See Laptop USB Console Login, page 48

 

 

for further details.

 

 

 

5

USB Ports

A USB keyboard and mouse can plug in here. This can either

 

 

be in place of, or in addition to, plugging a keyboard and mouse

 

 

into the ports on the rear panel. This port can also be used to

 

 

connect USB storage peripherals (CD/DVD, HD, flash drives,

 

 

etc.) on the V series switches.

6Reset Switch Note: This switch is recessed and must be pushed with a small object such as the end of a paper clip, or a ballpoint pen.

ŠPressing and releasing this switch when the unit is running performs a system reset.

ŠPressing and holding this switch in for more than three seconds when the unit is running resets its configuration to the factory default settings.

Note: This does not clear User Account information. See Clear Login

Information, page 257, for information on clearing user account information.

ŠPressing and holding this switch while powering on the switch returns the unit to its factory default firmware level, rather than the firmware version that the switch has been upgraded to. This allows you to recover from a failed firmware upgrade and gives you the opportunity to try upgrading the firmware again.

Note: This operation should only be performed in the event of a firmware upgrade failure that results in the device becoming inoperable.

7

Audio Ports

Speakers and microphone plug in here.

 

 

 

8

Port Switching

Š Press PORT DOWN to switch from the current port to the

 

Buttons

previous port on the installation.

Š Press PORT UP to switch from the current port to the next port on the installation.

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