The unit's seamless functionality is a far cry from the problems we experienced in the aforementioned comparative review. Not only did the 180ES immediately detect secondary switches and configure itself to display them, it didn't have a single incident of loss of mouse or keyboard control with any of the servers connected to it or below it on the secondary switches. This was because of a lower refresh frequency setting on that server. When the refresh frequency was raised, the lines disappeared. Obviously, this is not a big problem, but something to keep an eye out for.
Icons display whether a port is in use and if a port is on a second-tier switch.
On the system level you can set scan modes and password protection and tell OutLook when and where to display the device name on the screen. On the port level you can tell the switch what type of device is on the port, what the name of the machine is and so forth. To change a setting for a port or machine, you simply highlight it, click the setup button, and setup options for that port appear. You make whatever changes you need, click on OK, and the new settings take effect. The new GUI also features Windows-style buttons.