KVM Over the NET™ User Manual

Port Naming

For convenience – especially in large installations with many switches and ports – each switch and each port can be given a name. To assign, modify or delete a port name, do the following:

1.Click once on the port you want to edit; wait a second; then click again.

Note: 1. This is not a double-click. It involves two separate clicks. A double-click will switch you to the device attached to the port.

2.In the GUI version you can right click on the port you want to edit, then select Rename in the popup box that appears.

– or –

Press F2

After a second or two, the port field changes to provide a text input box:

2.Key in a name for the port (or change/delete a previous one). The maximum number of characters allowed for a port name is 20. You can use any combination of letters, numbers, and symbols on the typewriter keys of keyboards with PC US English layout.

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