CHAPTER 4: BASIC OPERATIONS

Viewing the status of your switch

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 Interface Status Symbols

Symbol Description

SAMs and ServSelect III cables are online (green circle).

SAMs and ServSelect III cables are offline or are not operating properly.

Server is cascaded through a cascade legacy switch. The switch is online and has power.

Server is cascaded through a cascade legacy switch. The switch is offline or has no power.

SAM is being upgraded (yellow circle).

SAMs and ServSelect III cables are being accessed by the indicated user channel (green channel letter).

SAMs and ServSelect III cables are blocked by the indicated user channel (black channel letter).

Selecting servers

Use the Main dialog box to select servers. When you select a server, the switch 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.

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Black Box KV22016E manual OSD Interface Status Symbols, Selecting servers, To select servers, To select the previous server

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