 




5
Creating larger installations
Alone, the AdderView CATxIP 5000 can support sixteen host computers and
allow up to five users (four global and one local) to concurrently access any of
those hosts. In many cases the number of hosts will exceed these numbers and
that is when the flexibility of the Adder CATx range becomes apparent.
There are two main ways to increase the number of supported host computers:
• Cascade: Connect AdderView CATx 1000 units to the ports of the master
AdderView CATxIP 5000, then connect the host computers to the ‘1000 units.
• Enterprise: Add further AdderView CATxIP 5000 units and spread the hosts
between them.

Cascade installations

Cascade installations can support a maximum of 256 host computers, however,
they impose the limitation that only a single host can be viewed by users at any
time. For more details see Appendix 7 - Cascading multiple units.
The KVM switch is required only to allow a single local user to access all hosts. Global
users merely access the alternative IP addresses for the AdderView CATxIP 5000 units
- this is one of the jobs handled by ADDER.NET in order to simplify operation.
CAM CAMCAM CAMCAM CAM
CAM CAMCAM CAMCAM CAM
CAM CAMCAM CAMCAM CAM
Global
User
Global
User
Global
User
Global
User
Global
User
Global
User
Global
User
Global
User
ADDER.NET
Local
User
Local
User
LOCREM VNC 100 LN K PWR
www.adder.com
LOCREM VNC 100 LN K PWR
www.adder.com
IP network/
Internet

Enterprise installations

Enterprise installations are effectively limitless, you can keep adding AdderView
CATxIP 5000 units and new hosts whenever and wherever required. For all
but the most basic enterprise configurations, the supplied ADDER.NET utility
becomes vitally important: For users, it provides a virtualised and seamless
way to access host systems that are spread across multiple devices. For
administrators, it creates a centralised and secure method for managing all
of those hosts, devices and users. For further information, please see the user
manual on the supplied ADDER.NET CD-ROM.
The shaded
areas show
the items
managed by
ADDER.NET