Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Product Overview

OutLook ES Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2: Installation

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rack Mounting your OutLook ES Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing a 4- or 8-Port Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Installing a 16-Port Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Installing a Multiple Switch System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Powering up the OutLook Switch System . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 3: Basic Operations

Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers . . . . . . . . . . . 21 OSCAR Navigation Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting up OSCAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Resetting your Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Displaying Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Sending the Print Screen Keystroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations

Assigning Device Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Accessing OSCAR at a Secondary Switch . . . . . . . . . . 40 Scan Behavior with a Multiuser Cascaded System . . . 40 Broadcasting to Cascaded Configurations . . . . . . . . . 42

Appendices

Appendix A: FLASH Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Appendix B: Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Appendix C: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Appendix D: Connecting the 280ES DC Switch . . . . . 50

Appendix E: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51