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Host configuration, Remote configuration, More – Lindy Switch User Manual

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Host configuration

This page provides the opportunity to configure various details for each of the
host systems that may be connected to the LINDY KVM IP via one or more KVM
switch units. There are 128 entries, each of which can be configured with a
name, the permitted users, the hot key combinations required to switch to it
and, if required, appropriate power control commands.

To create a new host entry

1 Click one of the host entries to reveal a Host configuration dialog.

Name
Enter the name that will be displayed in the viewer window when you

click the Host button.

Users
Select the users that will be permitted to connect to this host. Either

enter

*

to allow all users or a list of users separated by commas (e.g.

admin,nigel,andy,steve).

Hotkey / KVM Port
Declare the hot key sequence, or Port Direct address that will cause the

KVM switch to link with the required host system. Port Direct addresses
must be entered within square brackets. See

Hotkey sequences and

Port Direct

for details.

A list of valid hotkey codes are given in

Appendix 8

.

Power On
Enter the code required to make an attached power control unit apply

power to the selected host. See

Power switching configuration

for

details.

Power Off
Enter the code required to make an attached power control unit remove

power from the selected host. See

Power switching configuration

for

details.

2 Enter the required information in each field.
3 Click the OK button.

To get here

1 Using VNC viewer or a browser, log on as the ‘admin’ user.
2 Click the ‘Configure’ button in the top right corner.
3 Click the ‘Host Configuration’ option.

Add entry for unrecognised host
When selected, any systems visited that are not specified in the Hosts list, will

be added to the list. Use with care when visiting complex cascaded systems.

Erase Host Configuration
Removes all hosts from the list.