DELL Console Switch User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Console Switch Installer/User’s Guide

  1
• Contents

  3
• Product Overview

  7
  • Features and Benefits

    7
  • SIP Intelligent Module

    7
    • Multiplatform Support

      8
    • OSCAR Graphical User Interface

      8
    • Security

      8
    • Video

      8
    • Plug and Play

      8
    • FLASH Upgradable

      9
    • Tiering Expansion

      9
  • Safety Precautions

    9
    • General

      10
    • Rack Mounting of Systems

      11
• Installation

  13
  • Getting Started

    13
    • Supplied with the Console Switch

      13
    • Additional Items Needed

      13
  • Rack Mounting Your Console Switch

    13
  • Installing the Console Switch

    14
  • Tiering Console Switches

    16
  • Adding Legacy Switches

    18
  • Setting Up Your Console Switch System

    20
• Basic Operation

  21
  • Controlling Your System at the Local User Ports

    21
  • Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers

    21
    • Viewing the Status of Your Switch

      22
    • Selecting Servers

      23
    • Soft Switching

      23
    • Navigating the OSCAR Interface

      24
  • Configuring OSCAR Interface Menus

    25
    • Assigning Server Names

      26
    • Assigning Device Types

      28
    • Changing the Display Behavior

      29
    • Controlling the Status Flag

      30
    • Setting Console Security

      32
  • Displaying Version Information

    34
    • Resetting a SIP

      36
  • Resetting Your Keyboard and Mouse

    37
  • Scanning Your System

    38
  • Running System Diagnostics

    40
  • Broadcasting to Servers

    42
  • Changing Your Switch Mode (16-port Console Switch Only)

    44
  • Appendix A: Flash Upgrades

    47
    • Upgrading the Console Switch

      47
    • Items Needed for the Upgrade

      47
    • Upgrading Firmware

      47
    • Upgrading the SIP

      49
  • Appendix B: Technical Specifications

    52
  • Appendix C: Notifications

    54
    • USA Notification

      54
    • Canadian Notification

      54
    • Japanese Approvals

      54
    • Taiwanese Approvals

      54
    • Agency Approvals

      55
• Index

  57