Local OnSite administrators and authorized users can access the OSD through the Local User station, which is a keyboard, monitor, and mouse directly connected to the OnSite. The following figure illustrates a Local User station connected to the keyboard, video and mouse connectors on the back.
• Only one administrative user can access the OnSite at once. Therefore, an administrative user cannot log into the OSD while an administrative user is logged into the Web Manager or the OnSite console.
• OnSite administrative users should use the OSD mostly for troubleshooting when a direct connection method is required. OnSite administrative users should perform most configuration tasks through the Web Manager. Similarly, regular users should usually connect to both KVM and serial ports through the Web Manager.
• KVM ports can be accessed through the OSD by administrative users and authorized users.
• Serial ports cannot be accessed through the OSD by either OnSite administrators or authorized users.
• By default, users do not have access to KVM ports. The OnSite administrator must configure the KVM port access permissions before anyone except administrative users can access them.The following table lists tasks performed using the OSD and provides links to where they are documented.
How OnSite administrators can use the OSD to assign or restrict KVM port access permissions for users What you see when you connect to a server through a KVM port (AlterPath Viewer) How users use hot keys, share KVM port connections, and common procedures for accessing KVM ports (which are the same whether the ports are accessed using the Web Manager or the OSD)