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Servers Admin
The Servers Admin button allows the Administrator to edit the server name.
Changes to the server name are propagated to the Octopus SAM immediately. For
more information on server administration, see Chapter 5.
?
The ? tab provides access to Octopus online help.
4.4 Selecting Servers
Use the Target tab in the Octopus SAM dialog box to connect to servers. When you
connect to a server, the Octopus reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the
appropriate settings for the selected server.
To select a server:
1. Press
Ctrl+Ctrl
or
Print Screen
to launch the OSD.
2. Click
the
Target
tab and select the appropriate access mode: Shared, Private
or Maintain.
3.
Click on the server name.
4. Click
the
Connect
button.
To disconnect from a selected server, activate the OSD and click the
Disconnect
button or switch to another server.
To scan an Octopus system:
1. Press
Ctrl+Ctrl
or
Print Screen
to launch the OSD.
2. Select
the
Target
tab and click the
Scan
radio button.
3.
Press and hold the
Ctrl
key while you individually select the servers that you
would like to scan. Alternately, if you wish to select a group of servers in
sequence, you can click on the
fi
rst server in the list, press and hold the
Shift
key and select the last server to highlight the list.
4. Click
the
Start
button to begin scanning.
Once scanning is initiated, the Octopus will cycle through the selected servers in
alphabetical order. If the user has “full” access rights to the current server and the
Octopus user station detects keyboard or mouse activity, scanning is suspended. This
allows the user to work with the server. When mouse and keyboard activity stops,
scanning resumes with the next channel in sequence. If the user has “view only”
access rights to the current server, scanning will not be suspended if the user types on
