Connecting multiple system drawers
Multiple system drawers installed in a cabinet can share a single set of peripherals if a switch box, such as an autoswitcher, is installed.
To connect multiple system drawers:
1Turn off all system drawers and devices in the cabinet before attaching any of the system drawer cables.
The autoswitcher gives control of the monitor and routes the keyboard and mouse inputs to the currently selected system drawer. Installation of the autoswitcher is relatively simple and covered in detail in the autoswitcher user manual.
2If the newly installed system drawer will control other drawers in the cabinet, connect the external data cables of the controller cards to the controlled devices.
3Connect all I/O device cables (keyboard, mouse, video, serial, and parallel) to their respective ports on the back of the system drawer.
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