NEC N8191-09 manual Use the cursor keys ↑ and ↓ similarly to select a port

b)Server switching procedure on OSD screen

1.Select a port of the server switch unit on the left side of the OSD screen by using cursor keys (↑ and ↓ ).

2.In the cascade connection, the status of the server switch unit subject to the cascade connection appears on the right side of the screen depending on the selected ports.

3.If you press the cursor key → in the cascade connection, the character string in the cascade state display section on the right side of the screen is displayed purple to make it valid. If you press the cursor key ← , the pointer returns to the left side of the screen.

4.Use the cursor keys ↑ and ↓ similarly to select a port.

5.Press the Enter key to switch a server to another actually. After the switching, the name of the server newly selected appears at the upper left corner of the screen for about three seconds. Press the Esc key to exit from the hot key mode without the switching.

[Selection Using the Server Selection Switch]

The selected server can be changed using the Server Selection switch on the server switch unit even while the OSD screen is displayed.

[Direct selection]

You can select a server by pressing the proper one of the 1 to 8 keys. In the cascade connection, select the master side by pressing the proper one of the 1 to 8 keys and the slave side by pressing the appropriate one of the F1 to F8 keys.

The key operation enables the screen display to be switched from one to another directly.

The proper switching allows the server switch unit to exit from the hot key mode.

[Auto Scan mode]

If you press the 0 (zero) key, then the Server Selection lamps blink at a slow rate and the screen display is automatically switched in a certain period. At that time, the console displays the switching period. To change the switching rate, press the ↑ or ↓ key. Pressing the ↑ key allows the switching rate to be faster, while pressing the ↓ key enables the switching rate to be slower. Whenever you press either of the ↑ and ↓ keys, you can select the switching period among 3, 5, 10 (initial value), 20, 40 and 60 seconds. Any server with the power being off is skipped. During the auto scan, any key entries to the servers and mouse operations are unavailable. Before entering the hot key mode, the auto scan mode must be terminated.

The auto scan mode is terminated by either of the following methods:

￿Press the Auto Scan switch or the Enter key. Then the screen is switched to that displayed currently.

￿Press the Esc key. Then the server selected at the start of the auto scan is selected again.

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