Belkin F1DE108B manual Console Column, Passwords, Options

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Console Column

The Console currently viewing the computer is indicated in this column.

Passwords Page

The “Passwords” page allows the administrator to change user passwords, enable or disable user accounts, and set the AutoLogout time.

Password Entry Fields

There is a “Change Password” button associated with each user; clicking the button displays the “Password Entry” dialog box. The administrator is required to type the password and then confirm it; the new password will not be accepted until the entries match (passwords are up to eight characters long and case-sensitive). Canceling the “Change Password” dialog box will return to the passwords page without changing the existing password. In a daisy-chain configuration, clicking “OK” automatically synchronizes this password with the other Consoles.

Enable Check Boxes

The check boxes next to the user names allow the administrator to disable user accounts with a single mouse click. This removes the need to alter the security settings of each host individually when it is necessary to remove a user’s access.

AutoLogout Enable and Time

The AutoLogout feature logs off the user after a specified period (1–99 minutes) of Console inactivity. Generally, this will return the KVM Switch

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to “Guest” level access, but if guest access has been disabled, all access rights will be revoked until a valid user logs on to the Console. The edit box sets the length of inactivity required before the logout occurs.

Broadcast Passwords

This check box forces all other Consoles to overwrite all of their user passwords with the passwords contained in the current Console. This makes it simple for the administrator to synchronize the passwords of all Consoles (e.g. when adding a new Console to an existing configuration).

Options Page

The controls on this page affect several of the KVM Switch’s miscellaneous features.

Display Banner

This check box enables a banner to be displayed for system events: pressing a direct-access port selector, powering on the KVM Switch, etc. The banner is either always displayed, or displayed for a configured time (1–99 seconds). If the timed selection is enabled, the time input determines how long the banner will remain on-screen after the system event occurs.

Display Inactive Ports

Enabling this feature will cause ports that do not have an active computer attached to appear in the computer list box (on the main page of IntelliView. By default, inactive ports are displayed.

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