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CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration
4.1 Using the Menu
4.1.1 N
AVIGATING THE
C
ONFIGURATION
P
AGES
A help line at the bottom of each screen explains what each selection does. From
the configuration main page, use arrow keys to highlight the desired configuration
menu, and press the [Enter] key. New text or numeric values may be entered in an
input box, or a list of possible choices will appear. Enter the appropriate
information and press [Enter] key. Return to the previous page or abort an input
box by pressing the [Esc] key.
4.1.2 C
HOOSING
N
AMES
You assign text strings to passwords, computers, KVM stations, users, profiles, and
groups. These strings and names are case-sensitive and may have embedded special
characters. Choose names wisely. For example, including terminating space
characters may confuse other users.
4.1.3 S
AVING
C
ONFIGURATION
C
HANGES
Saving to flash memory ensures that configuration changes will be active after the
next power up—not only in this unit, but also in all attached units. Choose the
Save option on the main menu, press [Enter] or exit the main menu after you’ve
changed at least one parameter, and a text box will ask if you want to save changes
(see Figure 4-2 on the next page):
• Choose “no” for temporary or incorrect changes. The new settings become
active in this unit and all attached units, but old settings become active the
next time a unit is restarted.
• Choose “yes” to save changes to the flash memory of all powered-on ServSwitch
Affinity units in the system. The number of boards (Port Cards) in all of the
ServSwitch Affinity units in your system is calculated and displayed in a
message that reads,
Boards to update - n
Before responding “yes,” make sure that the number of boards in the message
above (“n”) agrees with the number of Port Cards in the system
minus one
. If
the number does not agree, then reply “no,” turn on any inactive units, and
choose the Save option of the main menu again.