Avocent 280ES User Manual
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Product Overview
OutLook ES Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
OutLook ES Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2: Installation
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rack Mounting your OutLook ES Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing a 4- or 8-Port Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a 16-Port Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing a Multiple Switch System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Powering up the OutLook Switch System . . . . . . . . . . 18
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rack Mounting your OutLook ES Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing a 4- or 8-Port Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a 16-Port Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing a Multiple Switch System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Powering up the OutLook Switch System . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 3: Basic Operations
Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers . . . . . . . . . . . 21
OSCAR Navigation Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting up OSCAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Resetting your Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Displaying Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sending the Print Screen Keystroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers . . . . . . . . . . . 21
OSCAR Navigation Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting up OSCAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Resetting your Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Displaying Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sending the Print Screen Keystroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 4: Advanced Operations
Assigning Device Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Accessing OSCAR at a Secondary Switch . . . . . . . . . . 40
Scan Behavior with a Multiuser Cascaded System . . . 40
Broadcasting to Cascaded Configurations . . . . . . . . . 42
Assigning Device Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Accessing OSCAR at a Secondary Switch . . . . . . . . . . 40
Scan Behavior with a Multiuser Cascaded System . . . 40
Broadcasting to Cascaded Configurations . . . . . . . . . 42
Appendices
Appendix A: FLASH Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Appendix B: Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Appendix C: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Appendix D: Connecting the 280ES DC Switch . . . . . 50
Appendix E: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Appendix A: FLASH Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Appendix B: Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Appendix C: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Appendix D: Connecting the 280ES DC Switch . . . . . 50
Appendix E: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51