Mercury 8 - Manual (Page 16)

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5. Hot Plug
The KVM Switch supports “Hot Plug“ function for easy addition or removal of PCs. The
user can arrange or maintain PCs as follows:
a. A PC can be disconnected and reconnected to the same or different port of the KVM
unit without having to power it off as long as it is not the Daisy-chain port or pass
through port.
b. The pass through port PC (i.e. the pass through port means the console port is
connected to PC directly) is powered on. Before you go hot plug function, please
switch to this pass through port to next port (or say emulation port) and then switch
back to the pass through port.
c. You may unplug the mouse or the keyboard from the console port and plug it back in
at any time.
Some O.S. (Operation Systems) like SCO Unix are unable to support
“Hot Plug ” function. If you apply “Hot Plug” to this kind of O.S., it will
cause unpredictable behavior or shut down the PC. Before attempting to
use “Hot Plug”, please make sure your O.S. and mouse software driver
supports the “Hot Plug” function.