Configuring oscar interface menus, Table 3-3 – Dell KVM 2160AS User Manual

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Basic Operation

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Configuring OSCAR Interface Menus

You can configure your Console Switch from the Setup dialog box in OSCAR. Click the Names

button when initially setting up your appliance to identify servers by unique names. Select the

other setup features to manage routine tasks for your servers from the OSCAR menu.

Enter

Completes a switch in the Main dialog box and exits the

OSCAR interface. Performs the same function as the

OK button.

Print Screen, Backspace

Toggles back to previous selection.

Print Screen, Alt+0

Immediately disengages user from a server; no server is

selected. Status flag displays Free. (This only applies to

the <0> on the keyboard and not the keypad.)

Print Screen, Pause

Immediately turns on screen saver mode, and prevents

access to that specific console if it is password protected.

Up/Down Arrows

Moves the cursor from line to line in lists.

Right/Left Arrows

Moves the cursor between columns. When editing a text

box, these keys move the cursor within

the column.

Page Up/Page Down

Pages up and down through lists and

Help pages.

Home/End

Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of a list.

Delete

Deletes characters in a text box.

Numbers

Type from the keyboard or keypad.

Table 3-3. Setup Features to Manage Routine Tasks for Your Servers

Feature

Purpose

Menu

Change the server listing between numerically by port or

EID number and alphabetically by name.

Change the Screen Delay Time before the OSCAR interface

displays after pressing <Print Screen>.

Flag

Change display, timing, color or location of the status flag.

Broadcast

Set up to simultaneously control multiple servers through

keyboard and mouse actions.

Table 3-2. OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics (continued)

This Keystroke

Does This

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