Before connecting the KVM switch to a supported analog switch, you must set the KVM switch to display in slot order, and set the Screen Delay Time to 1 or more seconds:
1Press <Print Screen> to launch the KVM Switch OSCAR.
2Click Setup > Menu. The Menu dialog box appears.
3Select Slot to display servers numerically by slot number.
4Enter a screen delay time of at least 1 second.
5Click OK.
Setting the Screen Delay time to 1 second allows you to soft switch to a server without launching
OSCAR.
NOTE: Soft switching allows you to switch servers using a hot key sequence. You can soft switch to a server by pressing <Print Screen> and then typing the first few characters of its name or number. If you have a Delay Time set and you press the key sequences before that time has elapsed, OSCAR will not display.
To configure the analog switch:
1Press <Print Screen> to open the OSCAR Main dialog box.
2Click Setup > Devices > Device Modify.
3Select the
4Click OK to exit OSCAR.
5Press <Print Screen> to verify that the settings have taken effect. The slot number of the server module to which the KVM switch is now attached should be expanded to display each of the slot locations of the server modules in the system. For instance, if the KVM switch is attached to slot 1, it would now be displayed as
To connect the Avocent KVM switch to a supported analog switch:
1Connect the keyboard, video, and mouse cable to the analog switch.
2Connect the other end of this cable to the custom cable.
3Connect the custom KVM cable to the KVM port of the KVM switch (see Figure
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