Dell 2161DS Controlling Your System at the Analog Port, Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers

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Analog Port Operation

Controlling Your System at the Analog Port

The Dell™ 2161DS Console Switch includes an analog port on the back of the unit that allows you to connect a monitor, a PS/2 keyboard, and a mouse for direct analog access. The 2161DS Console Switch uses the On-Screen Configuration and Activity Reporting interface (OSCAR®), which has intuitive menus, to configure your system, and select computers.

Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers

Use the Main dialog box to view, configure, and control servers in the 2161DS Console Switch system. You can view your servers by name, port or by the unique Electronic ID number (EID) embedded in each Server Interface Pod (SIP). You will see an OSCAR-generated Name list by default when you first launch OSCAR.

To access the Main dialog box:

Press <Print Screen> to launch OSCAR. The Main dialog box appears. -or-

If a password has been assigned, the Password dialog box appears. Type your password and click OK. The Main dialog box appears. For more information, see "Setting Console Security".

Analog Port Operation

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