Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Overview
- Installation
- Basic Software Operation
- Viewing Your System in the Explorer
- Customizing the Window Display
- Adding a Remote Console Switch (Dell or Avocent)
- Accessing Your Remote Console Switch
- Launching the VNC or RDP Viewer
- Changing Server and Switch Properties
- Changing Server and Switch Options
- Organizing Your System
- Customizing the Explorer Window
- Managing Your Local Databases
- Using the Viewer
- Accessing Servers from the RCS Software
- Interacting With the Server Being Viewed
- Viewer Window Features
- Adjusting the Viewer
- Adjusting the Viewer Resolution
- Adjusting the Video Quality
- Minimizing Remote Video Session Discoloration
- Improving Screen Background Color Display
- Setting Mouse Scaling
- Minimizing Mouse Trailing
- Improving Mouse Performance
- Reducing Mouse Cursor Flickering
- Viewing Multiple Servers Using the Scan Mode
- Scanning Your Servers
- Thumbnail View Status Indicators
- Navigating the Thumbnail Viewer
- Using Macros to Send Keystrokes to the Server
- Session Options - General Tab
- Screen Capturing
- Session Sharing Options
- Virtual Media
- Appendix A: Updating RCS Software
- Appendix B: Keyboard and Mouse
- Appendix C: TCP Ports
- Appendix D: Technical Support
- Bookmarks
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Installation
Before you install the RCS software on a client computer, make sure that you
have all the required items and that the target devices and RCS client
computers are running the supported operating systems, browsers, and Java
Runtime Environment.
Supplied with the Software
The software is shipped with appliances on a Remote Console Switch Software
CD. The user documentation is available as an option on the Help menu from
the Remote Console Software Explorer window.
Supported Operating Systems
Client computers running the RCS must be running one of the following
operating system versions:
• Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server with Service Pack 3 Web,
Standard, and Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Web, Standard, and Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Windows Vista™ Business with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4.0 and 5.0 WS, ES, and AS