Dell POWEREDGE 1855 - Manual (Page 51)

Tiering a Avocent Analog KVM Switch or Avocent Digital Access KVM Switch From a Analog
KVM Switch
Both Avocent KVM switches can be tiered from analog KVM switches such as the Dell180ES and 2160ES, as well as other products that support the On-Screen
Configuration and Activity Reporting (OSCAR) interface.
Before connecting the KVM switch to a supported analog switch, you must set the KVM switch to display in slot order, and set the Screen Delay Time to 1 or
more seconds:
1. Press <Print Screen> to launch the KVM Switch OSCAR.
2. Click Setup > Menu. The Menu dialog box appears.
3. Select Slot to display servers numerically by slot number.
4. Enter a screen delay time of at least 1 second.
5. Click OK.
Setting the Screen Delay time to 1 second allows you to soft switch to a server without launching OSCAR.
To configure the analog switch:
1. Press <Print Screen> to open the OSCAR Main dialog box.
2. Click Setup > Devices > Device Modify.
3. Select the 10-port option to match the number of slots in your system. If the 10-port option is not available, select the 16-port option.
4. Click OK to exit OSCAR.
5. Press <Print Screen> to verify that the settings have taken effect. The slot number of the server module to which the KVM switch is now attached should
be expanded to display each of the slot locations of the server modules in the system. For instance, if the KVM switch is attached to slot 1, it would now
be displayed as 01-01 to 01-10.
To connect the Avocent KVM switch to a supported analog switch:
1. Connect the keyboard, video, and mouse cable to the analog switch.
2. Connect the other end of this cable to the custom cable.
NOTE: Soft switching allows you to switch servers using a hot key sequence. You can soft switch to a server by pressing <Print Screen> and then typing
the first few characters of its name or number. If you have a Delay Time set and you press the key sequences before that time has elapsed, OSCAR will
not display.