Configuring Switches For Soft Switching; Soft Switching To A Previous Server; Disconnecting From A Server; Using Basic Osd Navigation Keys - HP AF600A - Server Console Switch User Manual

Configuring switches for soft switching

From the Main dialog box
1.
Menu dialog box appears.
For Screen Delay Time, enter the number of seconds of delay desired before the Main dialog box
2.
displays after the Print Scrn key is pressed.
Click OK to save settings.
3.

Soft switching to a previous server

Press the Print Scrn key, then press the Backspace key. This key combination toggles between the previous
and current connection.

Disconnecting from a server

Press the Print Scrn key and press the Alt+0 keys, or click Disconnect.
This leaves no server selected and the console switch is in a free state. The status flag
status flag" on page 23) on the OSD appears as Free.

Using basic OSD navigation keys

Keystroke
Print Scrn
F1
Esc
Alt
Alt + X
Alt + 0
Enter
Single-click, Enter
Print Scrn, Backspace
Print Scrn, Alt + 0
Print Scrn, Pause
Up or Down arrows
("Accessing the Main dialog
Description
Opens the OSD Main dialog box. Press the Print Scrn key twice to send the
Print Scrn keystroke to the currently selected device.
Opens the Help screen for the current dialog box.
Closes the current dialog box without saving changes and returns to the
previous dialog box. In the Main dialog box, it closes the OSD and returns to
the selected server. In a message box, it closes the pop-up box and returns to
the current dialog box.
Opens dialog boxes, selects options, and executes actions, when used in
combination with the other keys.
Closes the current dialog box and returns to the previous dialog box.
Selects the OK button and returns to the previous dialog box.
Completes the console switch operation in the Main dialog box and exits the
OSD.
Selects the text, in a text box, for editing and enables the left and right arrow
keys to move the cursor. Press the Enter key again to quit Edit mode.
Toggles back to the previous selection if no other keystrokes have been
entered.
Disengages the user immediately from a server–no server is selected. Status
Flag displays Free. (This only applies to the 0 on the keyboard, not the
keypad.)
Activates the Screen Saver mode immediately and prevents access to that
particular console if it is password protected.
Moves the cursor from line to line.
box" on page 17), click Setup>Menu. The
Local port operation 20
("Controlling the