OSD Operation (continued)

Connections (continued)

The chart below describes the attributes that are listed for each port.

Attribute

Description

 

 

Port Number

The KVM switch port that the computer or KVM is connected to

 

 

Port Name

If a port is assigned a name, it is displayed here

 

 

Device Name

The name of the KVM switch that the port is on

 

 

Status

Current status of the computer or KVM connected to the port; Online or Offline

 

 

Connect

A Connect icon will be located underneath the port list. Highlight a port and click Connect to open up a remote session

with the selected port displayed.

 

 

 

Note: When accessing the KVM via web browser, this page can be sorted by any attribute by clicking on the column header.

Port Level

When a port is selected in the Sidebar tree, the Connections sub- section will display port connection and configuration options.

The chart below describes the sections that are displayed on this page.

Section

Description

 

 

Status

This displays the Port Status; whether it is online or offline, and whether virtual media can be mounted to it. Click on the

Connect button to open a remote session with the selected port displayed.

 

 

 

 

Each port can have additional ports associated with it, so that the user can access multiple ports via one connection

Associated Link

page. Associated Links can be added/removed from the Port Configuration sub-section (see Port Configuration section

under OSD Operation for details). When ports are available in the Associated Link section, simply highlight one and

 

 

click the Connect button to open a remote session with that port displayed.

 

 

History

The History page provides a record of each time that a port was accessed.

If there are more entries than there is room on the screen, a scroll bar appears to let you scroll up and down to see the entire record.

To clear the records and start over, click the Clear History button at the bottom right corner of the page.

Note: You can access a port in the History page by double clicking it, or highlighting it and pressing [Enter]. When accessing the KVM switch via web browser, you can sort the results by clicking on any of the column headers.

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B064-016-02-IPG, B064-032-02-IPG, B064-016-04-IPG, B064-032-04-IPG specifications

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