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CHAPTER 4: Operation: Hardware and Keyboard Commands
4. Operation: Hardware and
Keyboard Commands
The first part of this chapter, Section 4.1, gives you some guidelines that you
should follow to make sure your ServSwitch works properly with your equipment.
Section 4.2 summarizes the ServSwitch’s keyboard commands, and Section 4.3
describes these commands in detail.
Section 4.4 outlines how you can select ports or upgrade firmware from an
optional computer or terminal connected to the ServSwitch’s RS-232 port.
NOTES
To start any ServSwitch keyboard command, you must press and
release the left Control Key ([CTRL]). Pressing and releasing [CTRL]
cues the Switch to expect command characters from the keyboard. You
then have two seconds in which to start entering a valid command. If no
command is begun within two seconds or if an invalid command is
entered, the ServSwitch aborts the command.
When entering commands that contain numbers or math symbols, use
only the numeral keys located at the top of your alphanumeric keyboard.
Numbers and symbols entered from the numeric keypad to the right will
not be recognized as valid.
4.1 Guidelines for Using the ServSwitch with Your Equipment
4.1.1 CPU
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• IBM and multiplatform models: Use only IBM PC/AT or PS/2 or
100% compatible machines. The ServSwitch does not support IBM PC/XT™
or compatible machines. It does not support machines that output CGA or
EGA video.
• Apple, Sun, and multiplatform models: Since the basic hardware design has
remained backward-compatible for these CPUs, the ServSwitch supports all
Apple and Sun machines.