Chapter 1. Introduction

KVM Adapter Cables

ŠCat 5e/6 cable is required to connect the KH2508A / KH2516A to one of the KVM adapter cables.

ŠThe following KVM adapter cables are required for use with the KH2508A / KH2516A:

Function

Module

 

 

Connect to devices with PS/2 ports

KA7920 / KA7520 / KA7120

 

KA9520 / KA9120

 

 

Connect to devices with USB ports

KA7970 / KA7570 / KA7170

 

KA9570 / KA9170

 

 

Connect to Sun Legacy systems (with 13W3 port)

KA9130 / KA7130

 

 

Connect to Sun USB systems

KA9170 / KA7170

 

 

Connect to serial based devices

KA9140

 

 

Note: 1. KVM adapter cables are referred to as I/O Modules in some dialog boxes.

2.The following cable models support the Adapter Cable ID function: KA7920 / KA7970 / KA7520 / KA7570 / KA7120 / KA7170 / KA7130

Operating Systems

Supported operating systems are shown in the table, below:

 

OS

Version

 

 

 

Windows

 

NT1, 2000, XP, 2003 Server, 2008 Server, Vista

Linux2

RedHat

9.0, Fedora and higher, RHEL AS 4, RHEL 5

 

SuSE

10 and higher, OpenSUSE 10.2; SLES 10 SP1

 

 

 

 

Debian

3.1, 4.0

 

 

 

 

Ubuntu

7.04, 7.10

 

 

 

UNIX

IBM

AIX4.3, 5L (V5.2,V5.3), V6 (V6.1)

 

 

 

 

FreeBSD

5.5, 6.1, 6.2

 

 

 

Novell

Netware

5.0 and higher

 

 

 

Sun

 

Solaris 8, 9, 10

 

 

 

Mac

 

9.0, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 , 10.5

 

 

 

DOS

 

6.2 and higher1

1Does not support USB.

2Kernels below 2.6 do not support USB 2.0

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