Chapter 3: Local Port Operation; Controlling Your System At The Local Port; Viewing And Selecting Ports And Servers - Avocent DSR1020 Installer/User Manual

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Controlling Your System at the Local Port

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. The DSR switch uses the OSCAR
user interface, which has intuitive menus to configure your system and select target devices.
Targets can be identified by customizable names.

Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers

Use the Main dialog box to view, configure and control target devices in the DSR switching
system. You may view the target devices by name, port or by the unique Electronic ID (EID)
embedded in each DSRIQ module. You will see an OSCAR interface generated port list by default
when you first launch the OSCAR interface.
The Port column indicates the port to which a target device is connected.
To access the OSCAR interface Main dialog box:
Press
Print Screen
Figure 3.1: Main Dialog Box
Local Port Operation
to launch the OSCAR interface. The Main dialog box will appear.
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