Osd Operation; The Osd Main Page - Eaton NetDirector B064-016-04-IPH Manual

OSD Operation

The OSD Main Page

After logging into the KVM switch, the OSD Main Page
appears. Depending on how you logged into the switch, the
interface will vary slightly. The following section describes
the differences between these interfaces and the icons and
functions you will find in them.
Web Browser Main Page
When logging into the KVM switch via web browser, the
following page is displayed.
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The following chart describes the components of this page.
No . Component Description
The Tab Bar consists of category icons that
take you to the various interfaces used to
operate the KVM switch. The icons that are
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Tab Bar displayed in the Tab Bar depend on your user
type (Super Administrator, Administrator,
User), your permissions and the method you
use to log into the KVM switch.
The Menu Bar consists of sub-categories
of the selected category icon. As with the
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Menu Bar Tab Bar, the sub-categories that show
up in the Menu Bar depend on your user
type and permissions.
The Sidebar displays a Tree Diagram that
lists all of the functions available for the
chosen category and sub-category. Clicking
on one of the Sidebar functions will pull
up the corresponding interface in the
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Sidebar
Interactive Display Panel. At the bottom of
the Sidebar is a Filter button that allows you
to display only the parts of the Tree Diagram
that you filter for. (See Filter section under
Connections in OSD Operation for details.)
Clicking on this icon pulls up the KVM
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About
switches firmware version
Clicking on this icon logs you out of the
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Logout
KVM switch
When enabled (see User Preferences section
Welcome under OSD Operation for details), this section
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Message of the main page will display a welcome
message. This is disabled by default.
This is the main work area of the OSD.
Interactive Different interfaces are displayed here
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Display Panel depending on your category, sub-
category and sidebar selections.
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AP Client Main Page
When logging into the KVM switch via the non-browser AP
Windows or Java client, the following page is displayed.
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The AP Client Main Page differs from the Web Browser Main
Page as follows:
• Instead of a Menu Bar, the AP Client Main Page has a set
of notebook tabs that are used to select sub-categories.
As with the Web Browser Main Page, the notebook tabs
displayed depend on the user type and permissions.
• In addition to the Filter button at the bottom of the Sidebar,
there is a Scan button and an Array Mode button.
• There is a hidden Control Panel (see Control Panel section
under Remote Session Operation for details) at the upper
center of the screen that becomes visible when you mouse
over it.
• In addition to the two icons in the upper-right corner of the
Web Browser Main Page, there is a third icon that closes the
OSD and displays the screen of the last selected port.
The OSD can be navigated via keyboard using the commands
in the table below:
Command Description
Ctrl + P
Ctrl + U
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + L
Ctrl + M
Ctrl + D
F1
F2
F4
F5
F7
F8
Opens the Port Access category page
Opens the User Management category page
Opens the Device Management category page
Opens the Log category page
Opens the Maintenance category page
Opens the Download category page
Displays the KVM switches firmware version
Press to edit the name of the selected port
Selects the Sidebar panel
Selects the Interactive Display Panel
Closes the OSD and displays the screen of the
last selected port
Logs you out of the KVM switch