User's Guide

By using the SIGMABLADE monitor or On Screen Display feature, you can select a CPU Blade

that uses KVM, optical disk drive, and USB devices.

Follow the below instructions to use these features.

TIPS:

 For how to use SIGMABLADE monitor and On Screen Display (OSD), refer to the manual provided

with the EM card.

 To use an English keyboard, you must change the settings for the keyboard type. For how to change

the settings, refer to the sections “SIGMABLADE monitor” and “Using OSD (On Screen Display)

Feature” in the EM Card manual.

KVM Select Feature

KVM Select feature is used to select the CPU Blade that can use the console (keyboard, video and/or

mouse). Selecting this feature changes the connection between VIDEO output and USB 1 system of the

CPU blade and keyboard (K), video (V), and mouse (M) connected to the rear panel of the Blade

Enclosure.

The keyboard and mouse are connected via the USB interface. If the OS requires initialization of USB

devices, wait until the startup sequence completes with the relevant slot being selected for KVM.

Selecting these devices using the KVM Select feature after OS has started up is equivalent to the procedure

to add or remove USB keyboard or USB mouse. This is subject to the restriction of OS.

If you are going to perform any of the following operations, ensure that the KVM has been selected for the

relevant slot on the SIGMABLADE monitor or the OSD before powering on the CPU blade.

IMPORTANT:

“Legacy USB Support” feature of the system BIOS enables the USB device under the OS that does not

support the USB interface. If you are using the keyboard and mouse in such an environment and you

make change to the USB device configuration, the USB devices will no longer work normally.

 When installing the OS in manual mode

 When using the ROM-DOS

 When using the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER

 When changing the system BIOS setup

There may be a negative effect on the overall system if you switch CPU blade connections with the KVM

select feature while performing the abovementioned operations.

Notes on the Use of KVM and Optical Disk Drive

Select Feature