Cyclades User's Guide manual Server Connection Description Labels

Server Access: Inband and Out of Band

Determining the Connection Type and its Supported Functionality

When a user wants to connect to a server displayed on the Web Manager Connect to Server form, the drop-down list indicates whether the server can be accessed by a KVM connection, an in-band connection, or both. In the connect list, all servers connected to KVM ports appear first followed by all servers that are accessed through in-band connections and are not connected to KVM ports; those servers that can be connected by both methods appear at the bottom of the list.

The types of connections that can be made to each server is displayed in parenthesis at the end of each server entry in the list. The following table describes the functionality of each connection type.

Table 1-12:Available Functionality During KVM and In-band Connections

Server Connection	Description
Labels
(KVM)	Indicates that the server can be accessed only through an out-
	of-band, KVM connection.
	This server is connected to a KVM port on the KVM/net or on
	a cascaded KVM unit.
	Users can control all applications on the server, have BIOS
	access, and can view POST, and boot messages. Users can
	access this server even when the network is down or after a
	system boot is completed.
	Users can also control the power flow on this server if the
	server is plugged into an AlterPath PM and the port is properly
	configured for power management.

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