Avocent 1024 Secure Mode, Firmware Management, Enable Debug Messages, Keyboard Layout Configuration

50 DSR1024 Switch Installer/User Guide

If the server running DSView 3 software cannot contact the DSR10241024 switch to add the

certificate, an error message displays and the DSR10241024 switch is not added to the database.

Secure Mode

The DSR1024 switch operates in one of two modes: Security disabled or Security enabled.

• In Security disabled mode, the DSR10241024 switch allows any server running DSView 3

software to communicate with it.

• In Security enabled mode, an initial server running DSView 3 software can download a

certificate to the switch. If that server is part of a system that replicates certificates, it passes

the certificate to the other servers in that certificate replication system. Thereafter, all servers

in that system will be allowed to access the DSR1024 switch. All servers that are not part of

that system will be locked out.

When the DSR10241024 switch is removed from the DSView 3 software database, the certificate is

removed from the DSR10241024 switch. This enables you to move the DSR1024 switch from one

certificate replication system to another. You can also remove the certificate by using the Console

menu accessed via the SETUP port on the DSR10241024 switch. See the

Reset Certificates section on page 49 for instructions.

See the DSView Installer/User Guide for more information on software security.

This menu contains the FLASH Download selection. For more information, see Appendix A on

page 53.

This menu option turns on console status messages. Because this can significantly reduce

performance, you should enable debug messages only when instructed to do so by Avocent

Technical Support. When you are finished viewing the messages, press any key to exit this mode.

NOTE: Using a keyboard code that supports a language different from that of your DSR switch firmware will

cause incorrect keyboard mapping.

Sun servers may use keyboard mappings for non-US keyboards. By default, the DSR1024 switch

sends the US keyboard country code to Sun and USB modules attached to target devices and the

code is applied to the target devices when they are powered up or rebooted. Codes are then stored

in the DSRIQ module.

Issues may arise when you use the US keyboard country code with a keyboard of another country.

For example, the Z key on a US keyboard is in the same location as the Y key on a German