Consider equipment nameplate ratings for maximum current. Pay particular attention to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit for example, use of power strips. DSView software allows a user to view and control target devices one at a time attached to the DSR switching system. The DSR switching system transmits keyboard, video and mouse KVM information between operators and target devices attached to the DSR switch over a network using either an Ethernet connection or a modem connection.
The general procedure for setting up and installing the DSR switch is as follows:. See the Getting Started section in this chapter. See the Verifying the Connections section. See Chapter 4 for more information. See the Adjusting mouse settings on target devices section. The following diagram illustrates one possible configuration for your DSR switch. Avocent recommends that IP addresses be reserved for each switch and that they remain static while the DSR switches are connected to the network.
Before installing your DSR switch, refer to the following lists to ensure you have all items that shipped with the DSR switch, as well as other items necessary for proper installation. The DSR switch does not support a 0U configuration. Power down the target device s that will be part of your DSR switching system. Locate the power cord that came with the DSR switch. Plug one end into the power socket on the rear of the DSR switch.
Plug the other end into an appropriate AC wall outlet. The grounding plug is an important safety feature. You must install both a keyboard and mouse on the local ports or the keyboard will not initialize properly.
Choose an available numbered port on the rear of your DSR switch. Repeat this procedure for all servers that are to be connected to the DSR switch. Network users will access the DSR switch through this port. Plug the other end into the connector on the modem. Plug the power cords from the target servers into the SPC device power outlets. The terminal should be set to bits per second bps , 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and no flow control. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
Power up each target device and then power up the DSR switch. Use the DSView software to configure the switch. Attach the appropriately color-coded connectors of a DSRIQ module to the keyboard, monitor and mouse ports on the server you will be connecting to this DSR switch.
Repeat this procedure for all servers you wish to attach. Connect the other end of the CAT 5 patch cable to the desired port on the back of your. Power up your serial device.
The top green LED is the Link indicator. It will illuminate when a valid connection to the network is established and blink when there is activity on the port. Additionally, there are two LEDs above each port number on the front of your DSR switch to indicate the target device status: one green and one amber.
The green LED will illuminate when the attached target device is powered. The amber LED will illuminate when that port is selected. However, a user can generate a serial break with the attached device by pressing Alt-B after accessing the Terminal Applications menu.
Before a computer connected to the DSR switch may be used for remote user control, you must set the target mouse speed and turn off acceleration. The Mouse Properties dialog box will appear.
Click on the Motion tab. Set the Pointer speed to Slow. Set Acceleration to None for mouse sync. Click OK. Click on the Pointer Options tab. Uncheck the Enhance pointer precision checkbox. Set the speed setting to the default, which is the midpoint of the Pointer Speed slider five tick marks on each side of the slider. Click Advanced. The Advanced Pointer Speed dialog box will appear.
Uncheck the Enhanced pointer precision checkbox, then click OK to close the dialog box. Click OK to close the Mouse Properties dialog box. From the Desktop Controls, select the mouse settings. Set acceleration to the center position of the slider the fourth tick mark from the left and apply the changes.
The Application Manager will appear. The Mouse Style Manager dialog box will appear. Set Acceleration to 1. The Mouse Scaling dialog box will appear. The DSR switch includes a local port on the back. This port allows you to connect a keyboard, monitor and mouse to the switch for direct access. Targets can be identified by customizable names.
Use the Main dialog box to view, configure and control target devices in the DSR switching system. The Main dialog box will appear. Set virtual media options and make virtual media connections. This option is only.
Click Disconnect to disconnect a KVM session. If there is an associated Locked virtual media session, it will be disconnected. The status of target devices in your system is indicated in the far right columns of the Main dialog box. The following table describes the status symbols. Connected target device is powered down or is not operating properly and the DSRIQ module is offline. Doing so may render the module permanently inoperable and require the DSRIQ module to be returned to the factory for repair.
For instance, in Figure 3. Use the Main dialog box to select target devices. When you select a target device, the DSR switch reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the settings for the selected target device. If the display order of your list is by port Port button is depressed , type the port number and press Enter. If the display order of your list is by name or EID Name or EID button is depressed , type the first few letters of the name of the target device, or the EID number to establish it as unique and.
Press Print Screen and then Backspace. This key combination toggles you between the previous and current connections. This leaves the user in a free state, with no target device selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free.
Soft switching is the ability to switch target devices using a hotkey sequence. You can soft switch to a target device by pressing Print Screen and then typing the first few characters of its name or number. The Main dialog box appears. Click Setup - Menu. The Menu dialog box appears. For Screen Delay Time, type the number of seconds of delay desired before the Main dialog box is displayed after Print Screen is pressed. Press Print Screen. If the display order of the Main dialog is by port Port button is depressed , type the port number and press Enter.
If the display order of the Main dialog is by name Name button is depressed , type the first few letters of the name of the target device to establish it as unique and press Enter. To switch back to the previous target device, press Print Screen then Backspace. Closes the current dialog box without saving changes and returns to the previous.
See Controlling the. In a message box, pressing Escape. Opens dialog boxes, selects or checks options and executes actions when used with. Selects the OK button, then returns to the previous dialog box. In a text box, single-clicking an entry and pressing Enter selects the text for editing.
Press Enter again. Status flag displays Free. This only applies to the 0 zero on the keyboard and not. Immediately turns on Screen Saver mode and prevents access to that specific console,. Deletes from the current selection to the end of the list when editing a Scan list. Select the Names button when initially setting up your DSR switching system to identify target devices by unique names. Select the other setup features to manage routine tasks for your target devices from the OSCAR interface menu.
Change the Main dialog box list sorting option by toggling between numerically by port or EID. Click Setup. The Setup dialog box appears. Use the Names dialog box to identify target devices by name rather than by port number. The Names list is always sorted by port order.
You can toggle between displaying the name or the EID number of each DSRIQ module, so even if you move the target device to another port, the name and configuration will be recognized by the switch. Click Setup - Names. The Names dialog box appears. The mouse cursor will change into an hourglass during the update. No mouse or keyboard input will be accepted until the list update is complete. In the Names dialog box, select a target device name or port number and click Modify. The Name Modify dialog box appears.
Type a name in the New Name box. Names of target devices may be up to 15 characters long. Legal characters include: A-Z, a-z, , space and hyphen. Click OK to transfer the new name to the Names dialog box. Your selection is not saved until you click OK in the Names dialog box. Repeat steps for each target device in the system. The Mouse Properties dialog box will appear. Set acceleration to the center position of the slider the fourth tick mark from the left and apply the changes.
All terminal commands are accessed through a terminal or PC running terminal emulation software. Page Figure 3. Actually, the terminal may be connected at any time, even when the switch is already powered. Figure 3. Type and press for the Network Configuration Enter Avocent recommends using a static IP address for ease of configuration. Page Console Password Chapter 3: Terminal Operations You will be prompted to enter the number of the user you wish to rename.
Enter zero to exit. Page Firmware Management This menu option turns on console status messages. Because this can significantly reduce performance, you should only enable debug messages when instructed to do so by Avocent Technical Support. When you are finished viewing the messages, press any key to exit this mode.
A soft reboot may be performed without waiting 90 seconds. Display Version Information When you select this menu item from the Main menu, all important version information for the switch hardware and firmware displays. Names may be up to 15 characters long. Legal characters include: A-Z, a-z, , space and hyphen.
You will be prompted to accept the new name. On-screen indicators will display the upgrade progress. When the upload is complete, the DSR switch will reset and upgrade the internal subsystems.
Once the upgrade is complete, a verification message will appear on-screen. This modem may be used to access the switch when an Ethernet connection is not available. The dial-up connection options should be set to , bps, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and enabled hardware flow control. Setting the window size Adjusting the view Adjusting color depth Additional video adjustment Adjusting mouse options Using Keyboard Pass-through Using Macros Saving the View Closing a Video Viewer Window Session Chapter 6: Terminal Operations The Console Menu Network Configuration Other Console Main Menu Options Security configuration Local user accounts Console password Reset certificates Security mode Firmware management Enable debug messages Restore factory defaults Reset appliance Appendix E: Technical Specifications Appendix G: Technical Support Figure 1.
Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table C. Table D. Table E. Table F. They provide enterprise customers with a significant reduction of cable volume, secure remote access and flexible server management from anywhere at anytime.
With server densities continually increasing, cable bulk remains a major concern for network administrators. This allows a higher server density while providing greater airflow and cooling capacity. It provides VT terminal emulation, break suppression and port history in a compact, convenient module. This feature allows you to manage remote systems more efficiently by allowing operating system installation, operating system recovery, hard drive recovery or duplication, BIOS updating and server backup.
No special software or drivers are required on the attached, or client, computers. Clients can be located anywhere a valid network connection exists. When a user accesses the DSView Server software, a listing of all target devices to which the user has permission to view and manage is displayed.
When a user selects a target device from the list, the video of the selected target device is displayed in a Video Viewer window. For best results, they should be on the same circuit. To avoid potentially fatal shock hazard and possible damage to equipment, please observe the following precautions:.
Use care not to exceed the rated maximum ambient temperature of the switch. Consider equipment nameplate ratings for maximum current. Pay particular attention to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit for example, use of power strips.
You can perform KVM switching tasks by using one of the following:. The general procedure for setting up and installing the a DSR switch that has an on-board web server is as follows:. DSR switching systems that have the on-board web server use IP addresses to uniquely identify the switch and the target devices.
Avocent recommends that IP addresses be reserved for each switch and that they remain static while the DSR switches are connected to the network. See the Getting started section in this chapter.
See the. See the Verifying the Connections section. See Chapter 4 for more information. Plug the other end into an appropriate AC wall outlet. The grounding plug is an important safety feature. You must install both a keyboard and mouse on the local ports or the keyboard will not initialize properly.
Plug the other end into the RJ to DB-9 adaptor male , and plug the adaptor into the connector on the modem. Plug the power cords from the target servers into the SPC device power outlets. Repeat this step for the SPC 2 port if fail-over capability.
The terminal should be set to bits per second bps , 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and no flow control. Otherwise, proceed to the. Use the DSView 3 software to configure the switch. Power up your serial device. However, a user can generate a serial break with the attached device by pressing Alt-B after accessing the Terminal Applications menu. Before using the web server to access the switch, first specify an IP address. Special cursors should not be used and cursor visibility options, such as pointer trails, Ctrl key cursor location animations, cursor shadowing and cursor hiding should also be turned off.
NOTE: If you are not able to disable mouse acceleration from within your operating system, or if you do not desire to adjust the settings of all your servers, newer versions of the DSView 3 software include the Tools - Single Cursor Mode command available in the Video Viewer window.
To adjust the mouse speed and pointer settings for NT 4. Click the Motion tab. Set the Pointer speed slider to Slow the leftmost tick mark. Make sure the Snap to default checkbox is cleared. Click OK to save your settings and to close the Mouse Properties dialog box. Resynchronize the mouse in the software remote session window for the Avocent management software you are using:. To adjust the mouse speed and pointer settings for Windows using default drivers :.
Set the Acceleration option to None. To adjust the mouse speed and pointer settings for Windows XP or Windows Server using default drivers :. Click the Pointer Options tab. Set the Select a pointer speed slider to the default of midpoint the fifth tick mark from the left.
Clear the Enhance pointer precision checkbox. Make sure the Snap To and the Visibility checkboxes are cleared. Click the Wheel tab. Clear the Enable accelerated scrolling From the tree view, select Peripherals - Mouse to list the mouse settings. Set the Acceleration slider to the center position.
Optional Select the desired Mouse buttons option and set the Threshold slider to the desired position. Click OK to save your settings and to close the Control Center dialog box. Resynchronize the mouse in the software remote session window for the Avocent management software you are using. Click the Red Hat icon. Select Preferences - Mouse to open the Mouse Preferences dialog box. Set the Acceleration slider slightly left of the center position.
Proper alignment may be achieved only by trial and error. Optional Set the Sensitivity and Threshold sliders to the desired positions. Click Close to save your settings and to close the Mouse Preferences dialog box. Test the mouse motion in the Video Viewer window. If necessary, repeat steps 4 to 8 until the mouse is properly aligned.
Click the Main Menu icon. Click the Start Here icon to open the Start Here dialog box. Click the Preferences icon to open the Control Center dialog box. Click the Peripherals icon to open the Peripherals dialog box. Click the Mouse icon to open the Mouse dialog box.
Set the Acceleration slider to the middle position. Click OK to save your settings and to close the Mouse dialog box. Click anywhere in the screen area to open the Behavior first time use default - Control Center window where you clicked.
Otherwise, select Peripherals. Select the Mouse option to display the Mouse - Control Center dialog box. Click the Advanced tab. Set the Pointer acceleration slider to the leftmost position 1.
Optional Set the Pointer threshold, Double click interval, Drag start time, Drag start distance and Mouse wheel scrolls by sliders to the desired positions. If necessary, click Defaults to restore the default settings.
Click Apply to save your settings. Click the X button in the upper-right corner to close the Mouse - Control Center dialog box.
From the Workspace Menu, select Desktop Manager and go to 3. Click on the tab above the Text Note control and select Applications to open the Application Manager window. In the Style Manager - Mouse dialog box, set the Acceleration slider to 1.
Optional Select the desired Handedness and Button 2 options and set the Double-Click and the Threshold sliders to the desired positions. Test the double-click speed by double-clicking on the mouse icon. Click OK to to save your settings and to close the dialog box.
Set the mouse scaling to normal by performing the following actions:. Click the Mouse tab.
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