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CHAPTER 6: Installation
6. Installation
To install your ServSwitch™ Brand CAT5 KVMMicro or KVM/Serial/Audio Micro
Extender system, first test-place it (if you want to) as described in Section6.1, then
attach devices as described in Section6.2, then finish your installation as described
in Section 6.3.

6.1 Test-Placing the Extender System (Optional)

We recommend testing your Micro Extender system with a test setup confined to a
single room; that way, if any components are bad, you can find out before you run
cable halfway across your campus. If you want to do this, gather your equipment in
your test site; otherwise, place the Extender’s Local and Remote Units, and the
equipment you’ll be attaching to them, in your desired locations.

6.2 Attaching Devices

For instructions on making device connections, refer to these subsections:
•Section 6.2.1for the special considerations involved in audio connections in a
KVM/Serial/Audio system.
•Section 6.2.2for attaching a CPU to the Local Unit’s CPU port.
•Section 6.2.3for attaching a KVM switch to the Local Unit’s CPU port.
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Section 6.2.4for attaching a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the user port on a
Remote Unit or Dual-Access Local Unit.
•Section 6.2.5for attaching a KVM switch to the
user port on a Remote Unit or
Dual-Access Local Unit
.
To attach a serial or audio device to the user port of a KVM/Serial/Audio Micro
Remote Unit, follow the instructions in Section6.2.4. Because few KVM switches
handle serial communication in a way that’s compatible with the KVM/Serial/
Audio Micro Extender, we generally don’t recommend attaching KVM switches to
it. (One exception is the ServSwitch Multi; to attach it to the KVM/Serial/Audio
Micro Extender, follow the instructions in Sections 6.2.3or 6.2.5.)