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Soft Switching, Configuring Servers for Soft Switching, Soft Switching to a Server

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50 HP IP Console Switch User Guide Soft Switching Soft switching is the ability to switch servers using a hotkey sequence. You can soft switch to a server by pressing the Print Scrn key and entering the first few characters of its name or number. If you have set a Screen Delay Time and you press the key sequences before that time has elapsed, the OSD does not display. Configuring Servers for Soft Switching 1. From the Main dialog box ("Accessing the Main Dialog Box" on page 45), click Setup>Menu. The Menu dialog box is displayed. 2. For Screen Delay Time, enter the number of seconds of delay desired before the Main dialog box displays after the Print Scrn key is pressed. 3. Click OK to save settings. Soft Switching to a Server To select a server, press the Print Scrn key. If the display order of your server list is by Port (the Port button is clicked), enter the port number and press the Enter key. -or- If the display order of the server list is by Name or EID number (the Name or EID button is clicked), enter the first few letters of the name of the server or the EID number to establish it as unique, and then press the Enter key. Soft Switching to a Previous Server Press the Print Scrn key, then press the Backspace key. This key combination toggles between the previous and current connection.

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HP IP Console Switch User Guide
Soft Switching
Soft switching is the ability to switch servers using a hotkey sequence. You can
soft switch to a server by pressing the
Print Scrn
key and entering the first few
characters of its name or number. If you have set a Screen Delay Time and you
press the key sequences before that time has elapsed, the OSD does not display.
Configuring Servers for Soft Switching
1.
From the Main dialog box ("Accessing the Main Dialog Box" on page
45
),
click
Setup>Menu.
The Menu dialog box is displayed.
2.
For Screen Delay Time, enter the number of seconds of delay desired before
the Main dialog box displays after the
Print Scrn
key is pressed.
3. Click
OK
to save settings.
Soft Switching to a Server
To select a server, press the
Print Scrn
key. If the display order of your server
list is by Port (the Port button is clicked), enter the port number and press the
Enter
key.
-or-
If the display order of the server list is by Name or EID number (the
Name
or
EID
button is clicked), enter the first few letters of the name of the server or the
EID number to establish it as unique, and then press the
Enter
key.
Soft Switching to a Previous Server
Press the
Print Scrn
key, then press the
Backspace
key. This key combination
toggles between the previous and current connection.