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Appendix B: Dual Video Port Groups
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Recommendations for Dual Port Video
Set the target server’s primary and secondary displays to the same video
resolution in order to maintain mouse synchronization and minimize
having to periodically resync.
Depending on the desired orientation, the top display (vertical orientation)
or left display (horizontal orientation) should be the designated primary
display. This display will provide active menu selection for virtual media,
audio, smart card and mouse operations.
In order to provide intuitive mouse movement and control, the following
should have the same display orientation:
Client PC’s primary and secondary displays
Raritan device’s dual video port group configuration
Target server’s primary and secondary displays
Only the following Client Launch Settings will be applied to dual port
video displays:
Select standard display or full screen Window mode when launching
KVM client
Enable video scaling
Enable pinning menu toolbar when in full screen mode
The use of single mouse mode is not recommended when displaying
dual video ports in full screen mode on a single client monitor. This will
require exiting single mouse mode in order to access and view the other
display.
Dual Video Port Group Supported Mouse Modes
Target operating
systems
Supported mouse
modes
Comments
All Windows
®
operating systems
Intelligent, Standard
and Single Mouse
Modes
If ‘Stretch’ mode is supported
by the target server video
card, Absolute mouse mode
operates correctly.
Stretch mode means the target
server manages the dual
display as a single,
contiguous, virtual display.
In contrast, the target server
considers the displays as two
independent displays when
configured in Extended mode.
For Extended mode, Intelligent