Cyclades User's Guide manual Before You Begin, Audience

Before You Begin

This installation, administration, and user’s guide provides background information and procedures for installing, configuring, and administering the Cyclades™ AlterPath family of KVM products including:

•AlterPath KVM/net

•AlterPath KVM Expander

•AlterPath KVM RP

•AlterPath KVM Terminators

In addition, this guide offers information and procedures for accessing connected servers and other connected devices.

Audience

This manual is intended for installers and system administrators of the AlterPath KVM/net and for users who may be authorized to connect to devices and to manage power through the AlterPath KVM/net.

This document describes configuration, administration, and use of the AlterPath KVM/net only. It does not describe how to set up and administer other external services or servers that the AlterPath KVM/net may access for authentication, system logging, SNMP notifications, data logging, file sharing, or other purposes. This document assumes that users who are authorized to connect to servers and other devices through the AlterPath KVM/net already know how to use the connected devices.