Avocent 280ES User Manual

 

OutLook ES Series Installer/User Guide

 

 

1.  Select its location.

 

 

2.  Connect cables to station connections.

3.  Connect cables to a port. 

 

 

 

4.  Plug in power cord.

 

 

5.  Power up switch.

6.  Assign specific device types. 

 

 

 

7.  Connect servers.

 

 

8.  Power up servers.

 

 

9.  If  switch  was  previously  used  as  a  primary 

 

 

 

device, then reset OSCAR defaults (optional).

10.  Check status of secondary servers.   
11.  Check mouse, keyboard and video functions.   
12.  Perform Snapshot. 

 

 

 

13.  Perform Snapshot.

 

 

14.  Turn off Delay Time. 

1.  Place the secondary switch in the desired location. Make sure the switch 

is turned off and unplugged.

2.  Connect the video, mouse and keyboard interconnecting cables to the user 

port connections on the secondary switch.

3.  Connect the video, mouse and keyboard cables (in this order) to the user 

port connections on the primary switch.

4.  Plug the power cord into its socket on the secondary switch.

5.  Power up the secondary switch.

6.  At the primary switch, open OSCAR to assign a specific device type. This 

designation makes the primary switch aware of the secondary switch: 

a.  Press Print Screen to open the OSCAR Main dialog box.

b.  Click Setup - Devices - Device Modify.

c.  Click the port number that identifies the number of ports of the 

secondary switch: 4-port, 8-port, 10-port or 16-port. 

d.   Click OK.

7.  Leave the power turned on to the secondary switch and connect the video, 

mouse and keyboard cables (in this order) from the servers to the switch port.

8.  Power up the servers attached to the secondary switch.