CHAPTER 4: Checklist of System Components

4.2.4TO CONNECT A SERVSWITCH FAMILY KVM SWITCH TO THE REMOTE UNIT OR TO THE

USER PORTS ON THE DUAL-ACCESS LOCAL UNIT

You would do this to extend the distance you can run from the KVM switch to a CPU. (You could also do this to extend the distance you can run between two cascaded switches, but for this to work, each switch must be one of the ServSwitch family models with regular ServSwitch style DB25 composite interfaces listed in Section 4.2.4.B.)

On the Remote Unit and the Dual-Access Local Unit, the user ports are the HD15 and 6-pin mini-DIN connectors on the opposite end of the Unit from the RJ-45 jack. Which cable(s) you’ll use to connect the switch to it will depend on what type of CPU ports the switch model has, as detailed in the following three subsections.

4.2.4.A Switches Whose CPU Ports Are a Set of Separate Interfaces

The CPU ports of some ServSwitch family KVM switches are a set of separate interfaces: Each CPU port consists of separate interfaces/connectors for video, keyboard, and mouse communication. At the time of this writing, some of the important ServSwitch family models in this category are:

ServSwitch™ Duo

ServSwitch™ Wizard, Wizard LP, Wizard MP, and Wizard Pro

Personal ServSwitch™

You’ll need individual keyboard-, video-, and mouse-extension cables (such as product codes EVMPS03-MM for keyboard and mouse, EVNPS05-MM for video) or a specially bonded three-to-three CPU-extension cable (product code EHN408) to attach a KVM-switch CPU port of this type to the user ports on the Remote Unit or Dual-Access Local Unit.

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Black Box ACU3009A, ACU3001A, ACU3022A, cat5kvm micro extender Switches Whose CPU Ports Are a Set of Separate Interfaces