Raritan II User Manual

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24 PARAGON II USER M ANUALFigure 30 Selection Menu in order by NameThe Selection Menu displays up to eight channel ports per page; total number of pages appears in the upperright-hand corner, for example “Page 2/5” indicates that you are on the second of five pages. Use the[PageUp] and [PageDown] keys on your keyboard to move between the pages. Once you have selected aCPU as described on the following pages, Paragon II will switch to that channel port. If “ID Display” isenabled, a display will appear to identify the chosen channel port for the number of seconds set at the top ofyour screen.To choose a server from the Selection Menu:1. Press [F12] to toggle the menu to sort-order view of your choice (by channel port-ID number oralphabetically by device name). The entry for the channel port you currently have selected (if any) willbe highlighted and will have a small red arrow to the left of its channel port name.Note: In the channel port-ID view, the Selection Menu can display either all channel ports or only thosechannel ports that the current user is allowed to select (the default view). If the system administrator hasset the “Display All Computers” option in the System Configuration menu (see Chapter 4: Operation –Administrator Functions, System Configuration) to “Yes,” you can press [F10] to toggle between therestricted and unrestricted views. In the unrestricted “all channel ports” view, the Paragon displays a red“S” next to the scan rate of any channel port that the user is not permitted to access.2. Use the up- and down-arrow keys (and, for longer lists, the [PageUp] and [PageDown] keys) to movethe highlight bar to the channel port you want to select, and then press the [Enter] key. Note thatalthough the highlight will move, the small red arrow to the left of the channel port name will remainstationary, indicating the user’s currently-selected channel port, until a new selection is made.a. In channel port-ID view, once all channel ports page are assigned, you can press the desiredchannel port’s key number ([1] through [8]) to move the highlight to that channel port instantly.b. In name view, you can type the first few characters of the desired channel port’s name to move thehighlight to the first channel port whose name begins with that character sequence.3. Press the [Enter] key to select a channel port. If there is a server CPU attached to the channel port thatyou are permitted to access, Paragon II automatically switches you to that channel port for normalserver operation, and the OSUI disappears. If there is a cascaded Base Unit attached to that channelport, an additional dedicated OSUI Selection Menu will appear for that device; keep moving throughthe Selection Menu layers until you reach the CPU you want.Note: To return to the main Selection Menu from any second- or third-tier device-specific Selection Menu,press the [Home] key on your keyboard once, or press the [Esc] key once or twice depending which tieryou are currently on.