Button

Description

 

 

Disconnect

Enables you to disconnect the local KVM session.

 

 

Setup

Enables you to access the Setup dialog box and configure the

 

OSD.

 

 

Commands

Enables you to access the Commands dialog box.

 

 

Viewing servers

You can view servers by name, port, or by the unique EID embedded in each interface adapter.

Viewing the Port column

When you launch the Main dialog box ("Accessing the Main dialog box" on page 17) for the first time, an OSD-generated port list appears.

The Port column indicates the port to which a server is connected. For example, in the following figure, the first number represents the port number of the first console switch and the second number represents the port number of the cascaded console switch port to which the server is connected.

Port number

Port number of

Server status

Description

of the first

the cascaded

icon displayed

 

console

console switch

 

 

switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

01

 

The server is connected to port 01 of the 2 x 8 HP

 

 

 

KVM Server Console Switch, and that HP KVM

 

 

 

Server Console Switch is cascaded from port 16 of

 

 

 

the first HP KVM Server Console Switch.

 

 

 

 

14

02

 

The server is connected to port 02 of the 2 x 16 HP

 

 

 

KVM Server Console Switch, and that HP KVM

 

 

 

Server Console Switch is cascaded from port 14 of

 

 

 

the first HP KVM Server Console Switch.

 

 

 

 

04

 

 

The server is connected to the first console switch

 

 

 

and the interface adapter is not connected, or the

 

 

 

server is powered off.

 

 

 

 

05

 

 

The server is connected to the first console switch

 

 

 

and is active.

 

 

 

 

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HP 531671-001 manual Viewing servers, Viewing the Port column, Button Description