Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AutoView 1415 Avocent
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590-644- 616 A For T echnical Support: Avocent Corporation 4991 Corporate Drive Huntsville, Alabama 35805-6201 USA Tel: +1 256 430 4000 Fax: +1 256 430 4031 Avocent International Ltd.
USA Notification Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Not e: T his e quip ment has been test ed an d fo und to co mply with the limi ts f or a Clas s A digit al d evice , pu rsuan t to Par t 15 of t he F CC Ru les.
AutoV iew ® Switch 1415/1515/2015 Inst aller/User Gu ide A vocent, the A vocent logo, The Power of Being There, AutoV iew , OutLook and OSCAR are registered trademarks of A vocent Corporation or its affiliates. A ll othe r marks are the property of their resp ective ow ners.
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v Table of Conten ts List of Figures ............ ................... ............. ............. ................... ............. .................... ... vii List of Tables ....... .................... ............. ............. ..................
vi AutoView 14 15/151 5/2015 Switch Install er/User Gui de Changing Your Switch Mode ............... ...................... ................. ................. ....................... ........ ..... 41 Chapter 4: Advanc ed Opera tions ................
vii List of Figures Figure 1.1: Examp le of an AutoView Switch C onfiguration ............ ................. ...................... .......... 4 Figure 2.1: Au toView Switch Horizontal Ins tallation .......... ...................... ................. .
viii AutoView 1415/1515/2 015 Switch Instal ler/User Guide Figure 4.2: User S etup Menu (Administrator Only).............. ...................... ................. ................. .. 44 Figure 4.3: User Ed it Menu (Administrator Only) ..............
ix List of Tables Table 2.1: Legacy Switch Support ............ ...... ...... ..... ................. ...... ................. ...... ................ .... .. .. 12 Table 3.1: OSC AR Interface Status Symb ols ................... ................. ....
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1 CHAPTER 1 Produ ct Over view Features and Benefit s The AutoView ® 1415 / 151 5/20 15 switches integr ate Avocent field-prove n analog keyboard, video and mous e (KVM) switching technology with adva n ced cable manag ement, flexible access for two simultaneous users, USB support an d a patented, eas y-to-use i nterface.
2 AutoView 1415/15 15/2015 Sw itch Installer/User Guide T wo-User Sha re Mode The AutoView 1415/1515/ 2015 switches feature a Share Mo de function that allows two users to gain access to a primary server.
Chapter 1: Product Overvie w 3 Cascading expansion Each AutoView switch suppo rts up to 16 di rectly attached server s and can conveniently s cale to suppor t more. You ca n expand you r system using cascadable Avo cent products s uch as other AutoView or OutLook ® switches.
4 AutoView 1415/15 15/2015 Sw itch Installer/User Guide Figure 1.1: Example of an AutoVi ew Sw itch Configuration Safety Precauti ons To av oid p oten tial vide o and /or k eyb oa rd pr oble ms w hen us in g A voce nt p roduc ts: • Ι f the b uil ding has 3-p has e AC po wer , ensure tha t the computers and mon itors are on the same phase.
Chapter 1: Product Overvie w 5 • Use on ly with groun ded outlets at both the computer and monitor . When us ing a backup Uninterruptible Power Su pply (UPS), power the com puter , the mon itor and the AutoV iew switch off the supply . NOTE: The AC inlet is the main disconnect.
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7 CHAPTER 2 Installation Getting S t arted Before installin g your AutoView switch , refer to the following lis t to ensure you ha ve all items that shipped with the AutoView s w itch, as well as other items necessary f or proper installatio n.
8 AutoView 1415/15 15/2015 Sw itch Installer/User Guide Figure 2.1: AutoVi ew Sw itch Horizontal Inst allation CAUTION: Rack Loading - Over loading or uneven loading of racks may result in shelf or rack failure, causing damage to equipm ent and possible personal injury .
Chapter 2: Installation 9 CAUTION: T o re d uc e th e r i s k o f e le ct r i c s h o c k o r da m a g e t o y ou r e qu ip m e n t - - Do not disable the pow er cord grounding plug. Th e ground ing pl ug is an import a nt safety fe ature. - Plug the power cord int o a grounded (ea rth ed) outle t that is easil y accessibl e at all times.
10 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e T o connect a server using an A VRIQ module: 1. Locate the A VRIQ modu les for your AutoV iew switch. 2. Att ach the appropri ately color -coded cable ends to the keyboard, mo nitor and mouse port s on the first server you will be co nnecting to the appliance.
Chapter 2 : Installation 11 In this configur ation, the local port OSCAR in terface is dis abled in switches cascaded below the main AutoView sw itch. T o cascad e multiple AutoView switche s: 1. Connect the cascaded AutoV iew switch to each server as des cribed in the pr evious Installing the AutoV iew Switch section.
12 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Figure 2.3: AutoVi ew 2015 Switch Configuration with a Cascaded Switch Adding Legacy Switches You can add leg acy switches to the AutoView switching system for easy integ r ation in to your existing conf iguration.
Chapter 2 : Installation 13 Figure 2.4: AutoVi ew 2015 Switch Configurat ion with Legacy KVM Switches Local Analog User A AutoView 2015 Switch A VRIQ Modul e PS/2, USB, Sun and seri al cable s are av .
14 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Figure 2.5: AutoView S witch Configuration with AutoView 1415/1515/2015 Switches NOTE: The PS2IAC modules can be utili zed in Figure 2.
Chapter 2 : Installation 15 T o add a le gacy KVM switch: 1. Mount the primary KVM switch into you r rack cabinet. 2. Connect one end of a CA T 5 cable to an availab le port on the back of your AutoV iew switch. 3. Attach th e keyboard, moni tor and mouse co nnectors of t he A VRIQ module t o a user port o n your cascaded s witch.
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17 CHAPTER 3 Basic Operat ions Controlling Y ou r System at the Analog Port s The AutoView switch features one or two analog por t sets on the back of the switch th at allow you to connect a mon itor and a PS/2 or USB keybo ard and mouse fo r direct analog access.
18 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e NOTE: Y ou can also press the Con trol ke y twi ce , t he Alt key twice or the Shift key twice within o ne second to launch the OSCAR interface. See Changin g the display beh avior later in this chapter for further details.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 19 T o se lect t he pr evious serve r: Press Pr int Screen and then Backsp ace . Thi s key combinatio n toggles you between the previous and current co nnections. T o disconnect the user from a server: Press Print Screen and then Al t+0 .
20 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e This Keystroke Does This F1 Opens the Help screen for the current dialog box. Escape Closes the current dialog box without sa ving changes and returns to the previous one. In the Main dialog box, it closes the OSCAR interface and returns to the flag.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 21 Configuring OSC AR Interface Menus You can config ure your AutoView switch from the Setup menu withi n the OSCAR interface. Sel ect the Names butt on when initi ally sett ing up your switch to identify servers by un ique names.
22 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Figure 3.2: Setu p Dialog Box ( User) Figure 3.3: Setu p Dialog Box ( Admin) NOTE: Figure 3.3 displays for the Administrator if Local User Accounts are enabled, or f o r all user if Local Use r Accounts are disabled.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 23 Figure 3.4: Nam es Dialog Box NOTE: If the server list c hanges, the mouse cursor will turn into an hourglas s as the list is autom ati cally u pdated. No mouse or keyboard input will be accept ed until the list update is complete.
24 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e NOTE: If an A VRIQ module has not been assigned a name, t he EID is used as the default name.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 25 Figure 3.7: Device Modify Dialog Box 3. Choo se the numb er of port s sup ported by your cascaded swit ch and clic k OK . If the numb er of desired ports is not li sted , click Other and type in port number between 4 and 24 ports.
26 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e T o choose t he defa ult display order of server s: 1. Select Name to dis play servers al phabetically by name. -or - Select EID to di splay server s numerically by EID number . -or - Select Port to disp lay s erve rs num eri cally by po rt nu mber.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 27 Figure 3.9: Keyboard Box T o change the key board country code: 1. Pr ess Pr int Screen t o laun ch the OSC AR interface. The Main dialog box will appear . 2. Cli ck Setup-K eyboar d . The Ke yboard dialog b ox displ ays.
28 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e 3. Select your desired language. 4. Cli ck OK for changes to take ef fect. Figu re 3.1 1: Language Dialog Box Controlling the st atus flag The st atus flag displ ays on y our desktop and show s the name or EID number of the selected server or the status of the selected port.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 29 Figure 3.12: Flag Dialog Box T o determine how the st atus flag is displayed: 1. Select Name or EI D to determine what information will b e displayed. 2. Select Displayed to show the fl ag all th e tim e or select Ti m e d to display the flag for only five seconds after s wit ching.
30 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Once engaged, your console will remain locked until you press any key or mov e the mouse. You will then need to type in your password to continue. Use the Secur ity dialog bo x to lock your console with p assword prot ection, set or cha nge your password and enable the screen saver.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 31 3. T ype t he number o f minutes fo r In activ ity T i me (fro m 1 t o 9 9) to d ela y act ivat ion o f pas swo rd protection and the screen saver featur e. 4. For Mod e, select Ener gy if your monit or is E NERGY S TAR ® compliant; otherwise select Scr een .
32 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e 4. Choose Ener gy if your monitor is E NER GY S TAR c omplian t; other wise select Scr een . CAUTION: M onitor damage can result from the us e of Energy mode with monitors not compliant with E NERG Y S TAR .
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 33 T o turn o ff the scre en saver : 1. In the Securi t y dialog box, clear Ena ble Scr een Saver . 2. Cli ck OK . T o immediate ly turn o n the s creen sa ver: Press Pr int Screen , then press Paus e .
34 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Figure 3.16: T arget Selection Di alog Box (Ad min) 4. Select an A VR IQ or IAC module to view and click the Ve r s i o n button. The T arget V ersion dia log bo x dis pl ays. F or m ore i nfo r mat ion o n lo a ding fi rm war e, se e Appendix A.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 35 Figur e 3.18: Fir mware W arning Di alog Box T o decommission an A VRIQ module: Decommissioning an AV RIQ module restores the f actory defaults in Su n, USB and PS/2 AVRIQ modules only. 1. Pr ess Pr int Screen . The Main dial og box will ap pear .
36 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e T o add ser vers to t he scan lis t: 1. If the OSCAR interface i s not open, press Print Scre en . The Main di alog box will appea r . 2. Cli ck Setu p - Sc a n . The Scan dialog box displays .
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 37 Figure 3.20: Commands Dialog Box NOTE: Figure 3.17 shows the Commands screen for the admin istrator and local user when the Enable User Accounts feature is turned off. The restricted us er will only have access to the Display Versions, Device Reset and Log Out but tons.
38 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e NOTE: A VRIQ or IAC modules may appear to be offline while being upgraded. Figure 3.21: Diagnostics Dialog Box Next to each item to be tes ted, you will see a pass (green circle) or fail (red x) s ymbol display to the left of each item as that test finishes.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 39 Figure 3.22: Diagnostics W arning Di alog Box 3. Cli ck OK to begin diagn os tics . -or - Click X or p re s s Escape to ex it the dialog box without running a diag nostic test. 4. All us ers are disconnect ed and the Diagno stics dialog box displays .
40 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Figure 3.23: Broadcast Dialog Box NO TE : Broadcasting Keystr okes - The keyboard stat e must be iden tical for al l servers recei ving a bro adcast to interpret keyst rokes identicall y . S pecifically , the Cap s Lock an d Num Lock modes must be the same on all keyboards.
Chapter 3: Basic Operati ons 41 Figure 3.24: Broadcast Enable Confirm/Deny Dialog Box 5. Cli ck OK to enable the br oadcast. Click X or press Escape to cancel and return to the Com- mands di alog box. 6. If br oadcasting is enab led, type the information and/ or perform t he mouse movements you want to broadcas t from the switch.
42 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Figure 3.25: Switch Dialog Box 3. Select either Pr eemptive or Coopera tive as your Switch Mode.
43 CHAPTER 4 Advanc ed Operatio ns Using Administrator Pr iv ileges The AutoVi ew 1415/ 1 515 / 201 5 sw it ches allo w up to four user s and one admini s trat or to l og into a switch, with the adminis trator having the ability to restrict us ers from accessing the t argets via the Security menu.
44 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Figu re 4.2: Us er Setup Me nu (Adminis trator O nly) User Setup menu fun c tions (adminis trato r only) The User Setup men u allows the administrator to edit, access and/or delete a user account.
Chapter 4 : Advanced Operations 45 Figure 4.3: User E dit Menu (A dministrator Only) The Username f ield displays default names t hat can be edit ed by the adminis trator. Usernames must be between 1 to 15 characters. Adm inistrators can also set us er passwords in the User Ed i t menu.
46 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e The Clear All button allows the adminis trator to clear acces s to all ports for a given user instead of deleting the accoun t. The Check All button allows the administrator to assi gn all avai lable KVM ports t o any user.
47 Append ices Appendix A: Flash Upgrades Upgradin g the AutoV iew switch You can upgrade the firmware of you r Aut oView swit ch by us i ng a special update uti lity pro vided by Avocent. This utility automatically config ures the port commu nications settings to allow direct downloading f rom the connected server.
48 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e • In the selected COM port Advanced Port settings, verify that the FIFO b uff ers are selected and that the receive buf fer is set to High. CAUTION: While upgr ading, do not use your server for any thing else or switch between windows.
App endices 49 Figure A.2: A VRIQ Upg rade Dialog Box.
50 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Appendix B: T echnical S pecificat ions T able B .1: Produ ct Specifications AutoView Switch Product Specifications ARI port s Number 8 (AutoV.
App endices 51 AutoView Switch Product Specifications AC-input voltage rating 100 to 240 V AC Autosensing AC-input current rating 0.5 A AC-input cable 18 A WG three-wire cable, wit h a t hree-lead IEC.
52 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Appendix C: Sun Advanced Key Emulation Certain keys on a standard Type 5 (US) Sun keybo ard can b e emul ated by key press sequences on a PS/2 key board. To enable Sun Advanced Key Em ulation mode and use these keys , press and h old Ctrl+Shift+Alt and t hen pres s the Scroll Lock key.
App endices 53 For example : For Stop + A , press and hold Ctrl+Shift+ Alt and press Scroll Loc k , then F1 + A . These key combinations will work with the A VRIQ-USB modu le (if your Sun system comes with a USB port) as well as th e Sun AVRIQ-VSN and AVRIQ-WSN mod ules.
54 AutoVie w 1415/1515 /2015 Switch Installer/User Guid e Appendix D: T echnical Su ppor t Our Techni cal Support staff is ready to assist you with any in stallati on or operating issues yo u encounter with your Avocent product. If an issue should develo p, follow the steps belo w for the fastest possibl e service.
USA Notification Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Not e: T his e quip ment has been test ed an d fo und to co mply with the limi ts f or a Clas s A digit al d evice , pu rsuan t to Par t 15 of t he F CC Ru les.
590-644- 501 C For T echnical Support: Avocent Corporation 4991 Corporate Drive Huntsville, Alabama 35805-6201 USA Tel: +1 256 430 4000 Fax: +1 256 430 4031 Avocent International Ltd.
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