KVM Over the NET™ User Manual
Terminology
Throughout the manual we make reference to the terms Local and Remote in regard to the operators and equipment deployed in a KVM Over the NET™ switch installation. Depending on the point of view, users and servers can be considered Local under some circumstances, and Remote under others:
Switch’s Point of View
Remote users – We refer to a user as a Remote user when we think of him as someone who logs into the switch over the net from a location that is remote from the switch.
Local Console – The keyboard mouse and monitor connected directly to the switch.
Servers – The servers attached to the switch via KVM Adapter Cables.
User’s Point of View
Local client users – We refer to a user as a Local client user when we think of him as sitting at his computer performing operations on the servers connected to the switch that is remote from him.
Remote servers – We refer to the servers as Remote servers when we think of them from the Local Client User’s point of view – since, although they are locally attached to the switch, they are remote from him.
When we describe the overall system architecture we are usually speaking from the switch’s point of view – in which case the users are considered remote. When we speak about operations users perform via the browser, viewers, and AP programs over the net, we are usually speaking from the user’s point of view – in which case the switch and the servers connected to it are considered remote.
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