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Chapter 6: Video Viewer 75
If this is the first unit access of the Network Access Software session, a user name and password is
required.
NOTE: A user name and password are not required for any subsequent access attempts during the KVM server
module Network Access Software session unless you clear the current cached credentials.
To close a Video Viewer session:
Select File — Exit from the Video Viewer menu.
— or —
Click X to close the Video Viewer session.
Video Session Types
When using the Video Viewer with KVM switches, you can choose which type of session you want
to operate. In addition to operating a normal KVM session, administrators and users with certain
access rights can also operate a session in an exclusive mode, share the session with one or more
users, observe a session in stealth mode or scan multiple target devices. The current type of session
is indicated by an icon on the right side of the Video Viewer toolbar. Video session types are
outlined in the table below.
Table 6.1: Video session types
Session types Icons Description
Active (normal) You are conducting a normal KVM session that is not exclusive but is not
currently shared. An active session icon is visible.
Locked (normal) Your administrator has configured the KVM switch to lock KVM and Virtual
Media (VM) sessions together. You have a normal KVM session and have
opened a VM session. Your KVM session cannot be shared or preempted, and
it is not subject to inactivity time-out. It can be terminated by an administrator.
Exclusive You have exclusive control over the target device. During this KVM session the
connection to the target device cannot be shared, but it can be preempted or
observed in stealth mode by an administrator.
Active sharing:
(primary)
You are the first user to connect to the target device, and you have allowed
other users to share the KVM session.
Active sharing:
(secondary)
You can view and interact with the target device while sharing the KVM session
with a primary user and, possibly, other secondary users.
Passive sharing You can view the video ouput of the target device, but you are not allowed to
have keyboard and mouse control over the target device.
Stealth You can view the video output of the target device without the permission or
knowledge of the primary user. You cannot have keyboard and mouse control
over the target device. This session type is available for administrators only.