Reducing Mouse Cursor Flickering; Viewing Multiple Servers Using The Scan Mode; Scanning Your Servers - Dell PowerEdge 180AS User Manual

NOTE:
See the documentation included with your Windows operating system for
specific instructions.
Red Hat Linux:
1 Select the Mouse settings from the Desktop Controls.
2 Set Acceleration to 1.0.
3 Apply the changes and use the Align Local Cursor/Mouse button in the
Viewer to resynchronize the mouse.

Reducing Mouse Cursor Flickering

If the video driver on the Remote Console Switch Software client machine
does not support DirectDraw
Console Switch Software has been activated, the mouse cursor will flicker on
the screen. The Remote Console Switch Software factory default has
DirectDraw disabled. If the video driver on the client system supports
DirectDraw and the additional performance is desired, follow the instructions
below to enable DirectDraw.
To enable or disable DirectDraw:
1 In the Explorer window, select Tools - Options.
2 Click to enable or disable the DirectDraw check box.
3 Click OK.
4 Restart the Remote Console Switch Software.

Viewing Multiple Servers Using the Scan Mode

The Viewer allows you to simultaneously view multiple servers through the
Thumbnail Viewer of the Scan mode. This view contains a series of
thumbnail frames, each containing a small, scaled, non-interactive version of
a server's screen image. The server name displays below each thumbnail as
well as the status indicator.

Scanning Your Servers

Using the Thumbnail Viewer, you can set up a scan sequence of up to 16
servers to monitor your servers. The scan mode moves from one thumbnail
image to the next, logging into a server and displaying an updated server
image for a user-specified length of time (View Time Per Server), before
logging out of that server and moving on to the next thumbnail image. You
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Using the Viewer
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and the DirectDraw option in the Remote