Cyclades User's Guide manual Accessing Ports on Cascaded KVM Devices, KVM/net Port Permissions

Cascaded Devices

Note: In addition to a CAT5 cable, you need a KVM Terminator to connect to the User 1 port of a cascaded KVM, KVM/net, or KVM/netPlus.

KVM/net users can use the master KVM/net to access all devices connected to KVM ports on the master and slave KVM units.

Accessing Ports on Cascaded KVM Devices

KVM/net users can use the master KVM/net to access all devices connected to KVM ports on the master and slave KVM units. However, only two port connections can be made to each cascaded unit at any time. Each physical port connection (for example to User 1 or User B) to the cascaded KVM devices allows a user to connect to one KVM port on the secondary KVM unit. So any user can connect to up to two KVM ports on a cascaded device at any time.

KVM/net Port Permissions

In the default configuration, only the “admin” user can access any port. The KVM/net administrator configures access for regular users as desired.

The following table summarizes the default port access permissions and default authentication types (Auth Type) and provides links to where the port permissions are described in more detail.

Table 1-9:Default Port Access Permissions

Default	Default	Access Types	Where Documented
Access	Auth Type

None	Local	No access
		Read only
		Read/Write
		Full access (Read/
		Write/Power
		management)

“Understanding KVM Port Permissions” on page 25

“To Assign KVM Port Access to a User or Group” on page 196

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