52LongView® IP KVM Extenders Installer/User Guide

Configuration

Share Mode can be enabled or disabled from the serial menu.

To enable or disable Share Mode:

1.From the Receiver Main Menu, press 8 and Enter to access the Console Settings Menu. -or-

From the Transmitter Main Menu, press 7 and Enter to access the Console Settings Menu.

2.Press 10 and Enter to access the Share Mode Menu and enable or disable Share Mode.

Network requirements

Using the LongView IP KVM extender system in Share Mode requires IGMP protocol version 2 or higher network capabilities. In addition, all Ethernet switches to which the LongView IP KVM user stations and transmitters are connected must be capable of observing the IGMP traffic in order to determine which units to communicate with (IGMP snooping). Transmitters in Share Mode send out multicast IP packets to the Ethernet switch. If the switch used is not capable of IGMP snooping, the switch will broadcast the packets to every port, causing undesirable results.

Monitor requirements

Each monitor attached to a user station has to be capable of displaying the same resolution and frequency that all the other monitors in the share group use.

Using Share Mode

Connecting

From a user station, the following steps are required to make a Share Mode connection with a Share Mode enabled transmitter:

NOTE: It is recommended that the IP address and Share Mode settings of each user station are configured before adding them to the network.

Via the serial port of the user station, set the transmitter and user station for Share Mode connection.

On the user station, enter the IP address of the transmitter with which a connection is desired. To configure this option on the user station, see Configuring Network Settings on page 26.

Configure the gateway address.

NOTE: Repeat these three steps for each user station that you wish to connect to the transmitter.

Configuring

In order to use Share Mode, it must be enabled from both the transmitter’s serial menu and the user station’s serial menu. Once a transmitter is enabled for Share Mode, multiple user stations can connect with the transmitter.

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Avocent 590-836-501D manual Using Share Mode

590-836-501D specifications

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