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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 11
Ghosting
In a Paragon system, when a CIM or tier device is removed from the system or powered off
(manually or accidentally), a record of the CIM or CIMs connected to that tier device is reserved
in the Paragon system. The target (or port) name will continue to appear in black text on the On-
Screen Display (OSUI) of local user stations, and will also appear, with inactive status, in clients
such as Raritan MPC (Multi-Platform Client), RRC (Raritan Remote Client), Paragon Manager,
P2SC (Paragon II System Controller) Admin, and CC (CommandCenter).
In versions of PCCI 1.2 and later (and with standalone Paragon 4.1 and later), the default
Ghosting mode on the Paragon OSUI is set to Enable. When an active CIM is removed from one
channel and connected to another channel (‘hot-swapped’), you will see two identical CIM entries
on the OSUI of the Paragon Clients: one in green text (indicating that it is active) and another in
black text (indicating that it is inactive). The inactive CIM is known as the ‘ghost’ CIM. To stop
displaying records of the inactive CIMs after they are hot-swapped into a different port, you must
set the Ghosting mode in Paragon to Disable.
Even if Ghosting mode in your Paragon device is set to Disable, Paragon Manager allows the
capability to override the ghost setting on the local machine. Choose View > Ghosted Channels
to display any ghosted channels even though they are invisible throughout the rest of the Paragon
system. This feature allows you to override the Ghosting preferences without changing settings of
the entire system. It should be used for administration and for troubleshooting. Please see the next
section for specifying Ghosting preferences for the system.
Figure 10 Ghosted Channels Option in the View Menu