beautypg.com

Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

Page 191

background image

Viewing Server Status

The right columns of the Main dialog box indicates the server status in the chassis. The following table describe the
status symbols.

Table 36. OSCAR Interface Status Symbols

Symbols

Description

Server is online.

Server is offline or absent from chassis.

Server is not available.

Server is being accessed by the user channel indicated by the
letter:

A=rear panel

B=front panel

Selecting Servers

Use the Main dialog box to select the servers. When you select a server, the iKVM reconfigures the keyboard and
mouse to the proper settings for that server.

To select servers, do one of the following:

– Double-click the server name or the slot number.
– If the display order of your server list is by slot (that is, the Slot button is depressed), type the slot number and

press .

– If the display order of your server list is by name (that is, the Name button is depressed), type the first few

characters of the server name, establish it as unique, and press twice.

To select the previous server, press and then . This key combination toggles between

the previous and current connections.

To disconnect the user from a server, do one of the following:

– Press to access OSCAR and then click Disconnect.
– Press and then <0>. This leaves you in a free state, with no server selected. The status flag

on your desktop, if active, displays Free. See Setting Status Flag Display

Soft Switching

Soft switching is switching between servers using a hotkey sequence. Press to soft switch to a server
and then type the first few characters of its name or number. If you have previously set a delay time (the number of
seconds before the Main dialog box is displayed after is pressed) and if you press the key sequences
before that time has elapsed, the OSCAR interface does not display.
Related Links

Configuring Soft Switching
Soft Switching to a Server

191