Popular configurations
Figure 5 shows the 19-inch Flat Panel Console Kit with an UltraNav keyboard and USB optical drive connected to the IBM GCM2 Console Switch. The console switch is connected to each managed server using IBM Virtual Media Conversion Option (VCO) cables, one for each server. These VCO cables enable the sharing of the USB devices (optical drive and any device attached to the USB pass-through port on the Flat Panel Console Kit) to the managed servers.
Note: The VCO cables do not support chaining of cables.
Figure 5. 19-inch Flat Panel Console Kit sample configuration
The parts used are listed in Table 7.
Table 7. Components used when the 19-inch Flat Panel Console Kit is connected to the GCM2 Console Switch
Part number/ | Description | Quantity |
machine type | | |
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172319X | IBM 1U 19-inch Flat Panel Console Kit | 1 |
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40K5372 | IBM UltraNav USB keyboard - US English | 1 |
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17352GX | IBM Global 2 x 16 Console Manager (GCM2) | 1 |
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39M2894 | IBM Virtual Media Conversion Option cable (one per managed server) | 2 (as shown) |
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Varies | Ethernet cabling | 2 (as shown) |
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Varies | Servers with USB and VGA ports | 2 (as shown) |
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IBM 1U 17-inch and 19-inch Flat Panel Console Kits | 10 |
