User guide

Using the OSD
Compaq Server Console Switch User Guide 4-11
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Writer: Amy L. Laffitte File Name: e-ch4 Using the OSD
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Reset Command
The console switch stores mouse and keyboard connection and rate data and uses this
information to emulate the physical mouse and keyboard. If communication between
the console switch and mouse and keyboard fails, the selected server may not
function. The Reset command takes the mouse and keyboard information that was
saved in Snapshot and sends it to the server to re-establish connection with the mouse
and keyboard. Resetting the mouse and keyboard attempts to restore the correct
settings for the selected computer.
Because the console switch emulates the physical mouse and keyboard, it allows a
computer without an attached keyboard or mouse to operate as though there were a
physical device attached to it.
To reset the mouse and keyboard values, click Reset.
NOTE: If this does not correct the problem, press the Reset button on the back panel of the
console switch.
Devices Screen
If the system includes one or more secondary console switches in a tiered
configuration, the user must make the primary console switch aware of the secondary
console switch by assigning a specific device type. In addition, if one or more of the
computers in the console switch system have a special type of monitor, it may be
necessary to assign that monitor type to the port associated with that computer.