Chapter 11. Port Operation

Multiuser Operation

The KVM Over the NETTM switch supports multiuser operation. When multiple users simultaneously access the switch from client computers, the rules of precedence that apply are shown in the following table:

Operation

Rule

 

 

General

Each bus is independent, for the method by which users are

 

assigned to buses, see the next section, Users and Buses.

 

Each user can open his own independent GUI Main Page.

 

 

Auto Scan Mode

If a user has invoked Auto Scan Mode (see page 158), and

 

then another user logs on and gets assigned to the same

 

bus, at first the new user sees the GUI Main Page – but as

 

soon as he accesses any port, he automatically enters Auto

 

Scan Mode (since he is sharing the bus with the original

 

user).

 

Any user on the bus can halt Auto Scan Mode by recalling

 

the GUI Main Page. When this occurs, Auto Scan Mode

 

stops and all the other users on the bus are switched to the

 

port that was being accessed when Auto Scan Mode

 

stopped.

 

 

Panel Array Mode

Š If a user has invoked Panel Array Mode (see page 161),

 

and then another user logs on and gets assigned to the

 

same bus, at first the new user sees the GUI Main Page –

 

but as soon as he accesses any port, he automatically

 

enters Panel Array Mode (since he is sharing the bus with

 

the original user).

 

Š Panel Array Mode continues until the original user stops it.

 

(Administrators can override Panel Array Mode, however.)

 

Š Only the user who starts Panel Array Mode can use the

 

Skip Mode (see page 159), function.

 

Š Only the user who starts Panel Array Mode can switch

 

ports. Other users automatically switch to the ports that

 

the original user selects. However, if one of the other

 

users does not have access rights to the port that the

 

original users switches to, that user will not be able to

 

view the port.

 

Š Individual users can increase or decrease the number of

 

panels they wish to view in Panel Array Mode; however,

 

the picture quality may decrease as the number of panels

 

decreases.

 

 

163