Chapter 5. The User Interface

The Tab Bar

The number and type of icons that appear on the Tab Bar at the top of the page are determined by the user’s type (Super Administrator, Administrator, User) and the permissions assigned when the user’s account was created. The functions associated with each of the icons are explained in the table below:

Icon

Function

Port Access: The Port Access page is used to access and control the

devices on the KVM Over the NETTM installation. This page is available to all users.

User Management: The User Management page is used to create and manage Users and Groups. It can also be used to assign devices to them. User Management is discussed on page 105. This page is available to the Super Administrator and Administrators. The icon doesn’t display on the page of ordinary users.

Device Management: The Device Management page is used by the Super Administrator (and Administrators and Users with Configuration

permission) to configure and control the overall operation of the KVM

Over the NETTM switch. This page is available to the Super Administrator. The icon doesn’t display on the page of ordinary administrators and users.

Log: The Log page displays the contents of the log file. The Log page is discussed on page 98.

Maintenance: The Maintenance page is used this icon to install new versions of the KVM Over the NETTM switch's firmware.

See Upgrading the Main Firmware, page 148, for details. This page is available to the Super Administrator (and Administrators and Users with Configuration permission). The icon doesn’t display on the page of ordinary administrators and users.

Download: Users with appropriate permission can click this icon to download AP versions of the Windows Client; the Java Client; the Log Server; and the PON program. This page is available to all users. The programs that can be downloaded depend on the user’s permissions.

There are two small icons at the extreme right of the page. Their functions are described in the table, below:

Icon

Function

Click this icon to brings up a panel with information about the KVM Over the NETTM switch firmware version.

Click this icon to log out and end your KVM Over the NETTM switch session.

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