Cyclades User's Guide KVM Unit Management Ports Connectors KVM Expander, AlterPath KVM, KVM/net

Cascaded Devices

Administrators can connect up to 32 KVM units to the master KVM/net. Each cascaded KVM device has two management ports that can be connected to the primary KVM/net.

Note: You must connect the master KVM/net’ KVM port to User 2 on the slave. Optionally, you can add a second connection to User 1 on the slave by using a terminator. If a KVM Expander is used then User A or User B management ports on the KVM Expander can be used.

Note: In a cascaded configuration, the internal IP modules of the cascaded units are not available.

The following table indicates which ports on each cascaded device can be used for cascading and which cables need to be used in order to connect them.

Table 1-8:Connectors and Ports for Cascading KVM Units

KVM Unit	Management Ports	Connectors
KVM Expander	User B primary	CAT5 cable with RJ45
	User A secondary	connectors
AlterPath KVM	User 2 primary	CAT5 cable
	User 1 secondary	KVM Terminator (User1)
		and CAT5 cable with RJ45
		connectors
AlterPath	User 2 primary	CAT5 cable
KVM/net	User 1 secondary	KVM Terminator (User1)
		and CAT5 cable with RJ45
		connectors
AlterPath	User 2 primary	CAT5 cable
KVM/netPlus	User 1 secondary	KVM Terminator (User1)
		and CAT5 cable with RJ45
		connectors

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