SERVSELECT IP VM INSTALLER/USER GUIDE

Locked - Select this check box to specify that when the user is disconnected from a target device, the virtual media is also disconnected.

Reserve - Select this check box to specify that the virtual media connection can be accessed only by your user name and that no other user can connect to that target device. If both Locked and Reserved are selected, the session will be reserved.

CD ROM - Select this check box to establish a virtual media CD connection to a target device. Clear this check box to end the connection.

Mass Storage - Select this check box to establish a virtual media mass-storage connection to a target device. Clear this check box to end the connection.

Write Access - Select this check box to enable the connected target device to write data to the virtual media during a virtual media session. Read access is always enabled during virtual media sessions.

6.Click OK.

4.6 Configuring the appliance and the OSD interface

To configure the appliance and the OSD interface, start the OSD interface and click Setup. The following illustration shows the Setup window.

Figure 4-2. Setup window

The following table describes the options in the Setup window.

Setup features to manage routine tasks for the target devices

Option Purpose

Order the list of target devices by target device name, eID number,

Menu or port number. Set a screen delay to specify the length of time that elapses between when Print Screen is pressed and when the OSD

interface starts.

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