CHAPTER 4: BASIC OPERATIONS

OSD interface navigation basics (Continued)

Key, key combination, or

Result

mouse action

 

 

 

Alt+port number

Select a target device to be scanned; port number

is the port number of the target device.

 

 

 

 

Completes a switch in the Main window and exits

 

the OSD interface.

Enter

Click on an editable field to select the text for editing

 

and enable the Left and Right arrow keys to move

 

the cursor. Press Enter to quit the edit mode.

 

 

Print Screen, Backspace

Return to the previously selected target device.

 

 

 

Disconnect the user from the selected target

Print Screen, Alt+0

device. Note that the zero must be typed on the

 

main keyboard, not the numeric keypad.

 

 

Print Screen, Pause

Start the screen saver immediately and lock the

user, if it is password-protected.

 

 

 

Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Move the cursor from line to line in a list.

 

 

 

When editing text in a field: Move within the text in

Right Arrow or Left Arrow

the field.

All other conditions: Move the cursor from column

 

 

to column in a list.

 

 

Page Up or Page Down

Page through a list or help window.

 

 

Home or End

Move the cursor to the top or bottom of a list.

 

 

 

Delete the selected characters in a field or the

Delete

selected item in the scan list. For more information

about scan lists see “Scanning the switching

 

 

system” on page 38.

 

 

4.5 Connecting local virtual media

You can connect virtual media directly to the appliance using the USB port on the appliance.

Note that all USB ports are assigned to a single virtual media session and cannot be independently mapped.

To start a local virtual media session, complete the following steps:

1.Press Print Screen to start the OSD interface. The Main window opens.

2.Connect the user to the target device with which you want to establish a virtual media session. Use the arrow keys to highlight the target device name, and then press Enter.

3.Press Print Screen to start the OSD interface again.

4.Click the VMedia button. The Virtual Media window opens.

5.Select one or more of the following check boxes:

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