Document Outline

• G&D DVICenter
  • Basic functions
    • System requirements
      • Supported web browsers
      • Java Runtime Environment
    • Configuring the network settings
    • Getting started
      • Starting the web application
      • Security instructions of the web browser
      • User login at the web application
      • Operating the web application
        • User interface
        • Frequently used buttons
      • User logout
      • Selecting the default language of the web application
      • Selecting the hash algorithm for storing passwords
      • Showing the version number of the web application
      • Port administration
        • Automatic port mode
        • Compatibility mode
        • Configuring ports
        • Showing ports modes
    • Basic configuration of the web application
      • Network settings
        • Configuring the network settings
        • Configuring the global network settings
        • Increasing the reliability of network connections through link aggregation
        • Reading out the status of the network interfaces
      • Creating and administrating netfilter rules
        • Creating new netfilter rules
        • Editing existing netfilter rules
        • Deleting existing netfilter rules
        • Changing the order/priority of existing netfilter rules
      • Creating an SSL certificate
        • Special features for complex KVM systems
        • Creating a Certificate Authority
        • Creating any certificate
        • Creating and signing the X509 certificate
        • Creating a PEM file
      • Selecting an SSL certificate
      • Firmware update
      • Restoring the default settings
    • Network functions of the devices
      • NTP server
        • Time sync with an NTP server
        • Setting time and date manually
      • Logging syslog messages
        • Locally logging the syslog messages
        • Sending syslog messages to a server
        • Viewing and saving local syslog messages
      • User authentication with directory services
    • Monitoring functions
      • Viewing monitoring values
        • Listing values by applying monitoring sets
        • Listing individual values of critical devices
      • Disabling monitoring values
      • Advanced function regarding the administration of critical devices
        • Messages regarding critical statuses of devices
        • Viewing the list of critical devices
        • Marking messages from critical devices as read
      • Administrating monitor groups
        • Adding monitoring groups
        • Changing name and/or comment of monitoring groups
        • Assigning members to monitoring groups
        • Duplicating monitoring groups
        • Deleting monitoring groups
      • Administrating monitoring sets
        • Adding monitoring sets
        • Changing name and/or comment of monitoring sets
        • Assigning members to monitoring sets
        • Selecting a monitoring set in the folder configuration
        • Duplicating monitoring sets
        • Deleting monitoring sets
    • Device monitoring via SNMP
      • Practical use of the SNMP protocol
      • Configuring the SNMP agent
      • Configuring SNMP traps
    • Logbook
      • The dialogue entries of the logbook
        • The »Logbook configuration« window
        • Viewing a logbook entry in detail
      • Basic logbook functions
        • Creating a new logbook entry
        • Changing a logbook entry
        • Deleting a logbook entry
      • Advanced functions
        • Printing logbook entries
        • Exporting logbook entries
        • Copying the logbook entries
    • Shared editing
    • Users and Groups
      • Efficient rights administration
        • The effective right
        • Efficient user group administration
      • Administrating user accounts
        • Creating a new user account
        • Renaming the user account
        • Changing the user account password
        • Changing the user account rights
        • Changing a user account’s group membership
        • Enabling/Disabling a user account
        • Deleting a user account
      • Administrating user groups
        • Creating a new user group
        • Renaming a user group
        • Changing the user group rights
        • Administrating user group members
        • (De)activating a user group
        • Deleting a user group
      • System rights
        • Rights for full access (Superuser)
        • Changing the login right to the web application
        • Rights to change your own password
    • The »KVM combinations« folder
      • Folder administration
        • Creating new folders
        • Assigning a device to a folder
        • Deleting a device from a folder
        • Renaming a folder
        • Deleting a folder
    • Advanced functions of the KVM system
      • Temporarily (de)activating SNMP traps (Maintenance mode)
        • (De)activating the maintenance mode
        • Viewing a list of devices in maintenance mode
      • Identifying a device by activating the Identification LED
      • Saving and restoring the data of the KVM system
      • Administration and use of EDID profiles
        • Importing the EDID profile of a monitor
        • Overview of the stored EDID profiles
      • Activating the premium functions
    • Overview of the monitoring values
      • Matrix switches
      • User modules
      • Target modules
    • Target modules
      • Adjusting access and configuration rights
        • Accessing a target module
        • Accessing target groups
        • Access mode if a target computer is accessed by several users
        • Access to USB devices
        • Changing the rights to configure the target modules
        • Changing the rights to reset or reactivate a PS/2 mouse
      • Basic configuration of target modules
        • Renaming target modules
        • Changing comments of target modules
        • Deleting target modules from the KVM matrix system
        • Copying the target module config settings
      • Settings for special hardware
        • Selecting the USB keyboard mode
        • Support for servers of IBM’s RS/6000 series
        • Defining the EDID profile to be used
        • Reducing the colour depth of the image data to be transmitted
      • Enhanced functions
        • Enabling/disabling the keyboard signal
        • »Multiuser« display
        • Showing the status information of a target module
        • Showing information about the connection
        • Viewing the cascade information
      • Updating the firmware of target modules
  • Matrix Systems
    • User consoles
      • Operating modes of user consoles
        • Standard operating mode
        • Open Access operating mode
        • Video operating mode
        • Selecting the user console’s operating mode
      • Basic configuration of user consoles
        • Changing names or comments of user consoles
        • Enabling or disabling user consoles
        • Enabling or disabling startup while missing keyboard
        • Copying console config settings
        • Deleting user consoles from the KVM matrix system
      • Settings for special hardware
        • Adjusting the scancode set of a PS/2 keyboard
        • Enabling the support for special PS/2 keyboards
        • Support of any USB device
        • Reinitialising USB input devices
      • Advanced functions
        • Setting the automatic user logout
        • Automatically disconnecting the access to target modules
        • Viewing the status information of user modules
        • Remembering the username in the login box
        • Setting the hold time for the screensaver
        • Viewing the cascade information
      • Restarting user modules
      • Updating the firmware of user consoles
    • Target groups and view filters
      • Difference between target groups and view filters
        • Intended use of target groups
        • Intended use of view filters
      • Administrating target groups
        • The »New Targets« target group
        • Creating a new target group
        • Changing the name or comment of a target group
        • Administrating target group members
        • Deleting a target group
      • Administrating view filters
        • Creating a new view filter
        • Assigning a target module to a view filter
        • Cancelling a target module’s assignment to a view filter
        • Renaming a view filter
        • Deleting a view filter
    • Accessing the target modules via select keys
      • Changing the select key modifier or the valid keys
      • Administrating select key sets
        • Creating a select key set
        • Changing name, comment or global allocation of a select key set
        • Defining select keys for the target modules
        • Assigning a select key set to a user account
        • Deleting a select key set
    • Automatically or manually switching the target modules
      • Auto scanning all target modules (Autoscan)
        • Applying the Autoscan function
        • Configuring the scantime of the Autoscan function
      • Auto scanning all active target modules (Autoskip)
        • Applying the Autoskip function
        • Configuring the scantime of the Autoskip function
      • Scanning the target modules manually (Stepscan)
        • Starting and stopping the Stepscan function
        • Configuring keys to scan the targets manually
      • Administrating scanmode sets
        • Creating a scanmode set
        • Changing a scanmode set’s name, comment or global assignment
        • Assigning the target modules to a scanmode set
        • Assigning a scanmode set to a user account
        • Deleting a scanmode set
    • Configuring the On-Screen Display (OSD)
      • Configuration
        • Changing the hotkey to call the OSD
        • Opening the on-screen display via double keypress
        • Adjusting the information display
        • Changing the colour of the information display
        • Defining a standard view filter
        • Selecting the mode for OSD synchronisation
        • Selecting a keyboard layout for OSD entries
        • Operating the on-screen display by mouse
        • Enabling/disabling the on-screen display
    • Power switch
      • Rights administration
        • Rights to switch the power outlets of a target module
        • Rights to switch the power outlets of a target group
      • Configuration
        • Assigning a power switch power outlet to the target module
        • Changing the name or the comment of a power switch
        • Deleting a power switch from the KVM matrix system
        • Viewing the status information of a target module
    • Special functions for cascaded KVM matrix systems
      • Basic functions
        • Changing names or comments of matrix switches
        • Deleting slave matrix switches from the system
      • Configuration settings
        • Defining the cascade mode of a matrix switch
        • Forwarding target names to slave matrix switches
        • Viewing the status information of matrix switches
        • Viewing cascade information
        • Copying config settings of matrix switches
    • Expanding switchable signals
      • Expanding the system through channel grouping
        • Creating a new channel group
        • Adding or deleting modules from a channel group
        • Deleting a channel group
        • Displaying an overview of channel groups
      • Expanding the system through stacking
      • Adjusting the bus address of matrix switches
    • Replicating the database of a KVM matrix switch
      • Overview of the data to be replicated
      • Replicating the database
        • Adding a destination
        • Changing the address settings of a destination
        • Deleting a destination
  • Advanced functions of the KVM matrix switch
    • Freeze mode
    • Changing push event key modifiers and valid keymodes
    • Adjusting the RS232 mode and the baud rate of the service port
    • Rights administration
      • Right to change the personal profile
    • Optional functions
    • Push-Get function (option)
      • Changing the right for carrying out the Push-Get function
    • IP-Control-API (option)
      • C++class library functions
      • Configuring accesses for text-based control
    • Tradeswitch function (option)
      • Basic configuration
        • Creating Tradeswitch workplaces
        • Changing names and comments of Tradeswitch workplaces
        • Deleting Tradeswitch workplaces
        • Changing Tradeswitch keys and valid keys
      • Detailed configuration of Tradeswitch workplaces
        • Assigning devices to Tradeswitch workplaces
        • Defining the master workplace of Tradeswitch workplaces
      • Enhanced functions
        • Enabling or disabling the Tradeswitching information display
        • Starting user modules without keyboard
    • CrossDisplay Switching
      • Using »CrossDisplay Switching«
      • Requirements for »CrossDisplay Switching«
      • Order and proportions of monitors
      • Including multi-head monitors
      • The »CrossDisplay Switching« tab
        • List of modules
        • Workspace
        • Status bar
      • Configuration
        • Enabling »CrossDisplay Switching«
        • Saving order and proportions of monitors
        • Adjusting the general mouse speed
        • Correcting horizontal and vertical mouse speed
      • Messages
  • CDS multihead groups
    • Differences between CDS modes
    • Example of use
      • CDS with channel groups
      • CDS with mulithead groups
    • Requirements
    • The »Member configuration« tab
      • Listing target modules
      • Workplace
    • Group administration
      • Creating a new CDS multihead group
      • Changing name or comment of CDS multihead groups
      • Deleting CDS multihead groups
    • Member configuration
      • Saving order and resolutions of display ranges
  • Connecting analogue matrix switches (Bridging)
    • Operation
    • Requirements
    • Particularities
    • Configuration
      • Enabling the Bridge mode of a target module
      • Disabling the Bridge mode of a target module