Avocent 1024 User Manual

 Chapter 5: Terminal Operations        51

keyboard. Sun servers will interpret pressing the 

 key on a German keyboard as pressing the 

 key 

when the US keyboard country code is used.

The Keyboard command enables you to send a different keyboard country code than the default US 
setting. The specified country code is sent to the target device attached to the DSR1024 switch 
when it is powered up or rebooted and the new code is stored in the DSRIQ module.

See Appendix F on page 64 for information on emulating certain Sun keys using a PS/2 keyboard 
and special considerations for Japanese and Korean Sun USB keyboards.

NOTE:  You can only view or change keyboard country code settings via the Console menu on the SETUP port.

1. Type 

 and press 

 to select the Keyboard Layout Configuration menu option. A list of 

countries will appear.

2. Select the country from the list by number, or press 

 (zero) to save your changes, if any, 

and exit. 

3. Reboot the Sun server. After rebooting, the Sun server will request the country code setting 

stored in the DSRIQ module.

NOTE:  If you wish to reboot the target device by power-cycling it, you must wait 90 seconds before rebooting. A 
soft reboot may be performed without waiting 90 seconds.

When you select this menu item from the Main menu, all important version information for the 
switch hardware and firmware displays. You can also select to view the DSRIQ module 
version information.

Select this menu item from the Main menu to change the name of the attached DSRIQ module.

1. Type 

 and press 

 to select the Rename DSRIQ module menu option. The current DSRIQ 

EID and Name display.