Video Viewer; Interoperability With Avocent® Products - Dell PowerEdge 180AS User Manual

You can create custom groups of units by adding and naming folders. Other
groupings are also available, based on custom fields that you can assign to
units.
From the Explorer Devices list, you can select a device from the list of target
devices and start a KVM session with the device. Starting a keyboard, video,
and mouse (KVM) session brings up a Video Viewer. From the Explorer
Appliances list, you can select a switch to configure.

Video Viewer

Users access and manage target devices through the Video Viewer. You can
use predefined macros and choose which macro group is displayed on the
Video Viewer Macros menu. You can open the Video Viewer to connect to
target devices on the Remote Console Switch. For more information, see
"Using the Viewer" on page 49.
The Video Viewer also provides access to the Virtual Media window. You can
use the Virtual Media window to map a physical drive such as a disk, CD-
ROM, or DVD-ROM data drive, onto a target device so that the media device
is available to the target device even though it is not directly connected. For
more information on the Virtual Media window, see "Virtual Media" on
page 78.
Interoperability with Avocent
The RCS software can also be used to manage some Avocent switches,
allowing increased flexibility in the management of systems
In addition, the RCS software includes support for Avocent IQ modules,
expanding the range of server types that can be managed. The addition of
support for Avocent IQ modules means that the following connections are
now supported:
• PS/2 modules (Dell and Avocent modules available)
• USB modules, including Virtual Media and Smart Card/Common
Access Card (CAC) versions (Dell and Avocent modules available)
• VT100 Serial modules (Avocent modules available)
• True Serial modules (Dell and Avocent modules available)
• Sun modules (Avocent modules available)
• PS2M modules (Avocent modules available)
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