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Session sharing options, Automatic sharing – Dell KVM 1081AD/ KVM 2161AD User Manual

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To capture a screen as a file:

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In the Viewer, choose File - Capture to File. The Save dialog is displayed.

2

Browse to the location where you want to save the file.

3

In the File Name field, type a file name and click Save.

To copy a screen to the clipboard:

In the Viewer, choose File - Capture to Clipboard. The image is saved to the
clipboard and can be pasted into a document or image editing application.

NOTE: The Capture to Clipboard function is not available in Linux.

Session Sharing Options

NOTE: For Dell 1081AD and 2161AD switches the optional Dell Remote Access Key is
required to support session sharing.

Session sharing can be configured by Admin and other users with Appliance
Administrator or User Administrator rights. The first user with a KVM session
with a target device is called the primary user. If another (secondary) user
attempts to start a KVM session with the same target device, options for the
secondary user depend on the following two conditions:

The access rights of the two users

Whether an administrator has configured global connection sharing

Automatic Sharing, Exclusive Connections, and Stealth Connections all are
configurable options that require connection sharing to be enabled.

Automatic Sharing

Connection sharing allows multiple users to interact with a target device at the
same time. When you are a primary user, you may be notified by a dialog box
that another user would like to share your connection. You may select Yes to