Black Box ACU3009A, CAT5 KVM Micro Extender Attaching a Switch with Multiple CPU-Port Connectors

CHAPTER 6: Installation

6.2.4ATTACHING A SERVSWITCH FAMILY KVM SWITCH TO THE REMOTE UNIT OR TO THE

DUAL-ACCESS LOCAL UNIT’S USER PORTS

The way you’ll do this will depend on what kind of CPU ports the Switch has: multiple connectors (see Section 6.2.4.A), single connectors compatible with the Local Unit’s (see Section 6.2.4.B), or single connectors that aren’t compatible with the Local Unit’s (see Section 6.2.4.C). (Refer to the listings in Section 4.2.4 for which switch models are in which category.)

6.2.4.A Attaching a Switch with Multiple CPU-Port Connectors

Run extension cabling from the monitor, keyboard, and mouse connectors on the Remote Unit or Dual-Access Local Unit to the matching CPU-port connectors on the KVM switch. This extension cabling can be individual keyboard-, video-, and mouse-extension cables (product codes EVMPS03-MM for keyboard and mouse, EVNPS05-MM for video), but we recommend our specially bonded three-to-three CPU-extension cable (product code EHN408):

•If you’re using individual extension cables, run the video-extension cable between the two video/monitor ports, the keyboard-extension cable between the two keyboard ports, and the mouse-extension cable between the two mouse ports.

•If you’re using one of our three-to-three bonded extension cables, run the cable’s video strand between the two video/monitor ports, the cable’s keyboard strand between the two keyboard ports, and the cable’s mouse strand between the two mouse ports, as shown in Figure 6-6.

ServSwitch Wizard Pro (SW644A)

(To master Switch or monitor, keyboard, and mouse)

EHN408

Remote Unit

Figure 6-6. Attaching a KVM switch with multiple CPU-port connectors to

the Remote Unit.

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