Selecting servers

Operations

 

 

You can also press the Control key twice within one second to launch OSCAR. You can use this key sequence in any place you see Print Screen throughout this installer/user guide.

4.2.2 Viewing the status of your appliance

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.

OSCAR Symbol Description

KVM s2-Adapter is online.

KVM s2-Adapter is offline or is not operating properly.

KVM s2-Adapter is being accessed by the indicated user channel.

KVM s2-Adapter is blocked by the indicated user channel. For instance, in Figure 5, user B is viewing Forester, but is blocking access to Acton, Barrett and Edie which are connected to the same KVM s2- Adapter chain.

Table 5: OSCAR Status Symbols

4.2.3 Selecting servers

Use the Main dialog box to select servers. When you select a server, the appliance reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the proper settings for that server.

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 .

4.2.3.1 Selecting the previous server

Press Print Screen and then Backspace. This key combination toggles you between the previous and current connections.

4.2.3.2 Disengaging the user from a server

Press Print Screen and then Alt+Ø . This leaves the user in a free state, with no server selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free.

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