Chapter 2: Installation

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In this configuration, the local port OSCAR interface is disabled in switches cascaded below the main AutoView switch.

To cascade multiple AutoView switches:

1.Connect the cascaded AutoView switch to each server as described in the previous Installing the AutoView Switch section.

2.Connect the local peripherals to analog user A and/or B of the main switch as described in To connect local peripherals.

3.Attach one end of the CAT 5 cabling that will run between your main and cascaded AutoView switch to the RJ-45 ACI port on the cascaded AutoView switch.

4.Attach the other end of the CAT 5 cable to one of the RJ-45 ARI ports on the main AutoView switch.

NOTE: The system will automatically “merge” the two switches together as one. All servers connected to the cascaded AutoView switch will display on the main AutoView switch server list in the OSCAR interface.

5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all additional (secondary) cascaded AutoView switches you wish to attach.

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Avocent 1515, 2015, 1415 manual To cascade multiple AutoView switches

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