Black Box KV162A manual Connecting the Server Cables and Computer Equipment

CHAPTER 4: Installing CPU-Interface Cards, Server Cables, and Computers

4.4 Connecting the Server Cables and Computer Equipment

Server Cables connect your computers to the ServSwitch Multi. You will need a set for each computer in your system. These cables are 8 feet (2.4 m), 20 feet (6.1 m), or 30 feet (9.1 m) long and have an HD44 (high-density 44-pin D-subminiature) male connector on one end. They have different numbers of connectors on the other end, depending on the options you ordered (see Table 4-2 below and the corresponding subsections on the following pages). In order to connect RS/6000 or SGI workstations, you’ll also need a special adapter; see Section 4.4.4. (It is also possible to connect HP® workstations; please call Black Box Technical Support if you need to do this.)

Things to be aware of when you make Server-Cable connections of any type:

•As you attach the console equipment to each CPU-Interface Card, finish filling out the Card’s record in the System-Configuration Chart (see Appendix A).

•The Cable’s audio-strand connectors are very similar to each other, but the audio-in strand has a blue band around it so that you can tell the two apart.

•Similarly, on some versions of the Cable, the mouse-port-strand connector is the same as the connector on the keyboard-port strand or serial-port strand. On these Cable versions, the mouse-port strand has a yellow band around it so you can tell it apart.

•Some speakers, headphones, and microphones have plugs and jacks different from the type that the ServSwitch Multi’s audio cables are designed for. If this is the situation with your audio equipment, you will need adapters to connect your equipment to the ServSwitch Multi system. These adapters are commonly available; call your local electronics-supply store for more information.

•For serial connections, if you want to connect an Apple serial port or a serial port with a connector other than a DB9 female, see Appendix E.

Table 4-2. Product codes for Server Cables.

Platform			Product Codes
	8' (2.4-m)	20' (6.1-m)	30' (9.1-m)	8' (2.4-m)	20' (6.1-m)	30' (9.1-m)
	Standard	Standard	Standard	with Audio	with Audio	with Audio
IBM PS/2 or PC/AT	KV2020-R2	KV2025	KV2030	KV2040-R2	KV2060-R2	KV2080-R2
(Section 4.4.1)
Apple Mac with Apple	KV2220	KV2225	KV2230	KV2240	KV2260	KV2280
video (Section 4.4.2)
Apple Mac with VGA video	KV2920	KV2925	KV2930	KV2940	KV2960	KV2980
(Section 4.4.2)
Sun Microsystems with	KV2320	KV2325	KV2330	KV2340	KV2360	KV2380
Sun video (Section 4.4.3)
Sun Microsystems with	KV2420	KV2425	KV2430	KV2440	KV2460	KV2480
VGA video (Section 4.4.3)

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