CHAPTER 4: ANALOG PORT OPERATION

Viewing the status of your appliance

The status of the servers in your system is indicated in the right columns of the Main dialog box. The following table describes the status symbols.

OSD Status Symbols

Symbol Description

SAM is online (green circle).

SAM is offline or is not operating properly.

Connected switch is online.

Connected switch is offline or is not operating properly.

SAM is being upgraded (yellow circle).

SAM is being accessed by the indicated user channel.

SAM is blocked by the indicated user channel. For instance, in Figure 4-1, user B is viewing Forester, but is blocking access to Acton, Barrett and Edie which are connected to the same SAM chain.

Selecting servers

Use the Main dialog box to select servers. When you select a server, the appliance reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the proper settings for that server.

To select servers:

Double-click the server name, EID or port number. -or-

If the display order of your server list is by port (Port button is depressed), type the port number and press Enter.

-or-

If the display order of your server list is by name or EID number (Name or EID button is depressed), type the first few characters of the name of the server or the EID number to establish it as unique and press Enter.

To select the previous server:

Press Print Screen and then Backspace. This key combination toggles you between the previous and current connections.

To disengage the user from a server:

Press Print Screen and then Alt+Ø. This leaves the user in a free state, with no server selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free.

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Black Box KV212E, KV120E, KV120A manual Viewing the status of your appliance, Selecting servers, OSD Status Symbols

KV120A, KV212E, KV120E specifications

The Black Box KV120E, KV212E, and KV120A are innovative KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) solutions that bring seamless control to various IT environments. These devices are particularly suited for computer rooms, data centers, and remote server management where efficiency and reliability are paramount.

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