Black Box ServSwitch manual KVM Name, Resolution, Start, Profile

MATRIX SERVSWITCH™

KVM Name

Use this field to assign a name up to 16 characters long to either user (KVM) station on the Matrix ServSwitch. Factory defaults are “KVM Station 1” and “KVM Station 2” (with spaces embedded between the word “Station” and the number).

Resolution

Use this field to select the resolution and refresh rate of the on-screen menu when no computer video is shown. Factory default is 640x480 pixels at 60 Hz. Other available options are 640x480 at 67, 72, or 75 Hz. With multiplatform Matrix ServSwitches, you can also choose 832x634 at 75 Hz or 1152x900 at 66 or 76 Hz.

Start

Use this field to assign a default computer that will be selected by the station at startup or login. If you set this field to zero (which is the factory default for all stations), no default connection will be made; the display will be blank until the user manually selects a computer.

Do not assign the same computer, or more than one computer attached to the same port board (row of ports) in the chassis, to be the startup computer for different stations. For example, if you make CPU 1 the startup computer for one station, don’t make CPU 1, 2, 3, or 4 the startup computer for the other station. If you do, it might cause contention-related errors at startup.

Profile

When you place the cursor on this field, a separate menu appears that displays a list of usernames (like those in Figure 4-6 on the next page) followed by the word “Login” at the bottom.

If you select “Login,” users at this station will have to log in in order to access attached computers.

If you select one of the usernames, logins will be disabled and anyone will be able to access the system from this station; the username’s user profile (see Section 4.6) will determine the type of computer access that users at this station will have. The factory-default username for each station is the name appearing in the same-numbered row in the “Configure User” page (see Section 4.5); that is, station 1 is assigned the username in the first row in the “Configure User” page (“User 1” initially) and station 2 is assigned the username in the second row in the “Configure User” page (“User 2” initially). If you go into the “Configure User” page and change any username assigned to a station—whether it’s one of the defaults that’s still in effect, or a different name you’ve manually assigned that’s listed in some other row—the username appearing in this User field will be automatically updated, but only after you save the configuration and exit and re- enter the configuration menu.

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