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3. Afterloggingintothesystem,theSelectionMenuappearsonthe
screen.
4. PressÏ,Ð,ÍorÎtomovethehighlighttothedesiredserver
whichisconnectedtothereader‐enabledCIM(P2CIM‐AUSB‐C).
5. PressEntertoaccesstheserver.SeeSelectingaServer(onpa
ge47)
formoredetails.
6. Iftheclientauthenticationsoftwarehasbeenconfiguredproperly,
eitherablankscreenoramessagepromptingyoutoinsertthecard
appears.Themessagevariesdependingontheconfigurationofyour
authenticationsoftware.
7. Insertyourcardintothecardreaderslot ontheuserstation.TheLE
D
oftheuserstationturnsgreen.
Note:TheParagonIIintegratedsmartcardreadermaynotrecognize
theinsertionofasmartcardwhenthereisconflictwithanexternal
cardreader,includingkeyboardsthatconsistofabuilt‐insmartcard
reader.Whenthereisconflictwithanexternalreader,theLEDonthe
userstation(whichnormallyturnsfrombluetogreenwhenacardis
inserted
)willnotreacttotheinsertionofthecard.
8. Thecardreaderreadsthedataofthecardandtransmitsthedatato
theserver.Followtheserverʹsonscreeninstructions,ifany,to
completetheloginauthenticationprocess.
Formoreinformationoncompletingtheauthenticationprocess,see
theuserdocumentationprovidedwithyoursystemʹsauthentication
softwareorco
ntactyoursystemadministrator.
IMPORTANT:Wheneverthecardreaderisreadingand
transmittingthedata(indicatedbythegreenblinkingLED),do
NOTdoanythingthatinterruptsthetransmission,suchasthe
removalofthecardorCIM,turningofftheParagonswitchor
server,andsoon.Doingthismaycauseabnormalfunctionand
requireyoutorestartallofthedevicesinor
dertoreturntonormal
operation.
TheParagonsystemdoesnotallowyoutoswitchtoanyserver
duringthetransmissionofthecardʹsdata.Whenattemptingtodoso,
thesystemdisplaysthemessagebelowontheOSUI.
9. Onceyoupasstheauthenticationprocess,youareallowedtoview
andmanagetheserver.
