Dell Console Switch, User Manual

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Basic Operation
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Configuring OSCAR Interface Menus
You can configure your Console Switch from the Setup dialog box in OSCAR. Click the Names
button when initially setting up your appliance to identify servers by unique names. Select the
other setup features to manage routine tasks for your servers from the OSCAR menu.
Enter Completes a switch in the Main dialog box and exits the
OSCAR interface. Performs the same function as the
OK button.
Print Screen, Backspace Toggles back to previous selection.
Print Screen, Alt+0 Immediately disengages user from a server; no server is
selected. Status flag displays Free. (This only applies to
the <0> on the keyboard and not the keypad.)
Print Screen, Pause Immediately turns on screen saver mode, and prevents
access to that specific console if it is password protected.
Up/Down Arrows Moves the cursor from line to line in lists.
Right/Left Arrows Moves the cursor between columns. When editing a text
box, these keys move the cursor within
the column.
Page Up/Page Down Pages up and down through lists and
Help pages.
Home/End Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of a list.
Delete Deletes characters in a text box.
Numbers Type from the keyboard or keypad.
Table 3-3. Setup Features to Manage Routine Tasks for Your Servers
Feature Purpose
Menu Change the server listing between numerically by port or
EID number and alphabetically by name.
Change the Screen Delay Time before the OSCAR interface
displays after pressing <Print Screen>.
Flag Change display, timing, color or location of the status flag.
Broadcast Set up to simultaneously control multiple servers through
keyboard and mouse actions.
Table 3-2. OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics (continued)
This Keystroke Does This