Cyclades User's Guide manual Ports on the KVM Expander, Port Type Use and Connection Information

KVM Expander

Ports on the KVM Expander

The KVM Expander has two CAT5 access ports and either 8 or 16 KVM ports.

KVM ports	User A port
	User B port

Figure 1-12:Ports on the KVM Expander Back Panel

Table 1-24:KVM Expander Port Types

Port Type	Use and Connection Information
User A and	The access ports can be connected with an RJ-45 cable to KVM ports
User B	on the primary KVM unit. Once the KVM Expander is configured as a
	cascaded device on the master KVM unit, users can connect to one or
	both ports. Each port allows one connection to a server plugged into the
	KVM Expander, so a maximum of two server connections can be made
	at one time.

See “Installing the AlterPath KVM Expander” on page 119.

KVM ports	KVM ports on the KVM Expander work exactly as the KVM ports on
	the KVM/net: They allow the connection of a CAT 5 cable to a
	Terminator, which is connected to a server.

See “KVM Ports” on page 7 for more background information on KVM ports.

See “Connecting Servers to the KVM Ports” on page 78 for information on connecting servers to the KVM ports.

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