Contents 3
Contents

1 Product Overview

Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SIP Intelligent Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interoperability with Avocent® AVRIQ Intelligent Cabling. . . . . . . . 9
Access Via Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Point and Click Control With the Remote Console Switch Software . . . 10
Interoperability with Avocent A1000R/A2000R Switches . . . . . . . . . 11
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rack Mounting of Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LAN Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 Installation

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Verification of Ethernet/Computer Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting Up Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rack Mounting Your 2161DS Console Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing the 2161DS Console Switch Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Video Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mouse Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a SIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adding a PEM (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adding a Cascade Switch (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing Remote Console Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adding Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3 Analog Port Operation

Controlling Your System at the Analog Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29