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Chapter 1: Product Overview
Chapter 1: Product Overview
Features and Benefits
The Avocent OutLook 180DX switch system consists of the user station (your
keyboard, monitor and mouse), the switch unit and the attached servers. You
can connect additional, or secondary, switches to the primary OutLook switch
(called cascading) to expand the 180DX system to 64 servers. This flexibility
allows you to add capacity as your data center grows.
Figure 1.1: OutLook 180DX Model
OSCAR user interface
OutLook switches are equipped with OSCAR, our patented On-Screen
Configuration and Activity Reporting interface. OSCAR features intuitive
menus to configure your switch system and select computers. Computers can
be identified by a unique name or port number, allowing you to select server
names that make sense to you.
Multiplatform support
The OutLook 180DX supports PS/2 and expands to support multiple platforms
with adaptors for Apple, Sun, Unix, IBM RS/6000, HP 9000 and serial devices.
Switch easily across platforms with OSCAR.
Security
Protect your system with a screen saver password. After a user-defined time,
the screen saver mode will engage. Access is prohibited until the appropriate
password is entered to reactivate the system.
Quality video support
The OutLook 180DX supports analog VGA, SVGA and XGA video. The
resolution you can achieve depends upon the length of cable separating your
switch and servers. Achieve resolutions of up to 1600 x 1200 with a 7 foot cable
and up to 800 x 600 with a 50 foot cable.
Plug and Play
The OutLook system supports Display Data Channel Plug and Play, which
automates configuration of the monitor and is compliant with the VESA
DDC2B standard.
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