7.Administration (continued)
7.6Administration Page
When you click the Administration tab, the Administration page comes up. Each of the administrative functions is represented by an icon at the left of the page. Clicking the icon brings up its associated dialog box. When the Administration page first comes up the General dialog box appears:
7.6.1 User Management
The User Management dialog box is used to create and manage user profiles. Up to 64 user profiles can be established.
•To delete a user profile, select it in the list box, and click Remove.
•To modify a user profile, select it and click Edit.
•To add a user, click New.
If you choose Edit or New, a dialog box similar to the one below appears:
General
The General Page (shown) presents four items of information. This is the same information that displays after you log in from a browser, or when you click the General icon at the top left of the browser main page. The meaning of these items is described in the table below:
Item | Description | |
| This field lets you give the switch a unique | |
Device Name | name. This can be convenient when you need | |
to differentiate among several devices in multi- | ||
| ||
| station installations. | |
MAC Address | This item displays the KVM switch’s MAC | |
address. | ||
| ||
Firmware Version | This item displays the current firmware version | |
number. | ||
| ||
Last IP from DHCP | If the switch is on a network that uses DHCP | |
assigned IP addresses, this item is a convenient | ||
Server | ||
way of ascertaining what its IP address is. | ||
|
Fill in the required information for a new profile, or modify the existing information to edit a previous profile. A description of the field headings is given in the table below:
Heading | Description | |
Username | A minimum of 6 and a maximum of 15 characters is | |
allowed. | ||
| ||
Password | A minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15 characters is | |
allowed. | ||
| ||
Confirm Password | To be sure there is no mistake in the password you are | |
asked to enter it again. The two entries must match. | ||
Description | Additional information about the user that you may | |
wish to include (optional). | ||
| ||
| Gives the user Administrator level access to the KVM | |
Admin | switch. All permissions are granted (see Permissions in | |
| this table). | |
User Permissions | Gives the user Windows Client and Java Client (see | |
Permissions in this table). | ||
Select | This allows the Administrator to individually select | |
permissions for a user. | ||
| ||
| These fields are used together with the Select radio | |
| button to set up permissions that differ from the | |
| defaults for Admin and User. | |
| 1. Checking Administration assigns administration | |
| privileges, which allows the user to modify the KVM | |
| switches Administration page settings. | |
| 2. Checking Windows Client allows a user to access | |
| the KVM switch via the Windows Client software. By | |
| default, all users may access the KVM switch via the | |
Permissions | Windows Client software. | |
| 3. Checking Log allows a User to view and query the | |
| log file. The Log and Log Server buttons appear | |
| on the Main web page of Users who have Log | |
| permission (see section 8.2, Webpage Layout). | |
| 4. Checking Java Client allows a User to access the | |
| KVM switch via the Java Client software. | |
| 5. Checking Force to Grayscale forces the user’s view | |
| of the remote display to be in grayscale. This can | |
| speed up I/O transfer in low bandwidth situations. |
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