User guide

• (serial console appliances) Interface - Interface to which to the session is connected, which
is either a serial port or the network CLI.
To display session information:
This procedure is valid for supported KVM switches and serial console appliances. It may also
be valid for appliances supported by a plug-in; see the appropriate documentation.
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Sessions. The Appliance
Sessions window will open.
3. To display information about a specific session, click on the name of the KVM, virtual
media or serial session. The Active Session Information window will open, including
information about the active session.
4. Click Close. The Appliance Sessions window will open.
5. Click Close. The Units View window will open.
To change the KVM session settings for a supported KVM switch:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the KVM switch name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Sessions. The Appliance
Sessions window will open.
3. Click Settings in the side navigation bar and then click KVM. The Appliance KVM
Session Settings window will open.
4. In the Inactivity Timeout area, click Enable Inactivity Timeout and use the arrows to
specify a time-out value (from 1-90 minutes) that the managed appliance will wait during
inactive intervals until the session is closed and the user must log back into the managed
appliance.
5. To enable video noise compensation, click the Enable Video Noise Compensation
checkbox.
6. In the Encryption Level area, specify an encryption level for the keyboard and mouse and
also for the video:
• DES - SSL Single DES encryption
• 3DES - SSL Triple DES encryption
• 128-Bit SSL - 128-bit encryption which used an ARCFOUR (RC4
®
) SSL cipher
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