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USING YOUR SWITCH
IntelliView Graphical On-Screen Display (OSD) Menu Control
IntelliView is intended to have a look and feel similar to Windows-based operating
systems popular on personal computers. To bring up IntelliView, press on “Scroll Lock
+ Scroll Lock + Space Bar”.
General IntelliView Features
The main page is the initial screen that will appear after opening IntelliView. The
graphical OSD screen layout is similar to many Windows-based systems that exist.
The user will see a window with a title bar containing some controls and a main area
where the user accesses the features of the Switch. The top-right side of the OSD
title bar identifies the console that is being used and the user that is currently
logged in. Selecting the “?” button will display the help screen. The help screen will
show a description of the current page and will describe all available controls.
Selecting the “X” button will close the page the user is viewing. The main page also
has an “Exit” button that closes IntelliView. The exit button is the default key, so
pressing “Enter” will also exit IntelliView, unless another button has focus.
Note: All changes to IntelliView are written and saved to memory as soon as the focus
changes; there is no method of canceling or undoing actions once they have been
entered. However, in the case of edit boxes (e.g. the “Computer Name” edit box), ESC
will exit the control and revert the contents to their original form.
Input and Navigation Features
• Clicking on the “Group”, “Computer Name”, or “ID” column headers will sort the
list box entries in ascending order, by the column header selected.
• Single-clicking on a computer line will select that computer line.
• Double-clicking on a computer line will select that computer line and switch the
console’s focus to the selected port. If the user is restricted from accessing the
computer selected, an error message will be displayed. When the error dialog box
is cleared, the console’s focus will remain on the previously selected port.
• Pressing the up or down arrow keys, while IntelliView is up, will move the
computer cursor (the row highlighted blue) up or down. If the cursor moves
outside of the visible area, the list will scroll by one line. The scroll wheel on the
mouse can also be used to perform this function.
• The up/down double arrows, to the right of the computer list, scroll the list up
and down one page at a time. The “Page Up” and “Page Down” keys on the
keyboard will also perform this function.
• Pressing the space bar will activate IntelliView’s control in focus (same as
clicking on the control). If the list box is in focus, then pressing the space bar
will give the console control of the highlighted computer.
USING YOUR SWITCH
• Pressing “Enter” will activate the control in focus if the control is on a button or
inside an edit box. However, if the focus is on another type of control (e.g. the
list box), the Enter key will activate the default control (“Close” or “Exit”,
depending on the current IntelliView screen).
• If the administrator presses “Ctrl+TAB” while viewing one of the setup pages,
IntelliView will switch to the next page.
• Accelerator keys that have been enabled will activate their respective controls
(i.e. pressing “Alt+{A-Key}”, where the A key corresponds with a character that is
underlined in a control label).
• When IntelliView is active, keyboard and mouse input is routed to IntelliView;
nothing is sent to the computer that the console controls.
• Selecting the “Close” button (or pressing “Alt+C”) on any of the setup pages will
return the user to the main page.
• The “Tab” key can be used to cycle through the controls on the current
IntelliView page.
• IntelliView’s window can be repositioned by clicking on the title bar and
dragging the window with the mouse.
• To reposition the banner, press “Ctrl+Alt” while IntelliView is up. The cursor will
jump from IntelliView’s window to the banner; clicking and dragging the mouse
will allow the user to reposition the banner.
• The size and position of the IntelliView window and banner vary with the
resolution and refresh rate of the video card. To improve the user’s ability to
position the IntelliView window where they desire, the Switch preserves the
position of the IntelliView window for several different resolution/refresh rates.
This feature will help the user to position the IntelliView window and the banner
where they want them, but the user may have to set the positions of the
IntelliView window and banner windows multiple times during KVM setup before
they remain in a consistent location.
The Main Page
Group Column
The “Group” column displays the name of the group to which the server has been
assigned. The group name is assigned by the Switch’s administrator (see the
“Administrator Setup Page” section for information on changing the group name).
The “Computer Name” list can be sorted on this field by clicking on the column header.
Computer Name Column
The “Computer Name” column displays the name of each connected computer/server.
The computer name can be set by the Switch’s administrator (see the “Server Page”
section for information on changing the computer name). The computer list can be
sorted on this field by clicking on the column header.