NEC N8191-09 manual Connecting with N8591-05F

Connecting with N8591-05F

When connecting with nine or more servers, N8591-05F can be used with this server switch unit. In such a case, some features are disabled or restricted depending on:

￿When N8591-09 is used as master unit

￿When N8591-05F is used as master unit

￿Version of N8591-05F (number indicated on FR label on top of the unit) See the table below for disabled or restricted features.

Function	Description
No. of characters displayed on OSD	Number of characters that can be displayed on OSD screen
Stationary display feature	Feature to always display the server name on the upper left
	corner of the screen.
Quick selection feature	Feature to select the desired server by pressing the Server
	Selection switch on the slave unit. This feature is available
	in cascade connection.
OSD port switching	Feature to select the desired server on OSD screen by
	pressing the Server Selection switch on the front panel.

The table below shows the available combination of server switch units.

No.	Connection pattern			Restricted feature
	Master	Slave	No. of OSD	Stationary	Quick	OSD port
			characters	display	selection	switching
1	N8591-05F FR12	N8591-05F FR12	6	⋅	⋅	⋅
	N8591-05F FR12	N8591-05F FR13 or	8	⋅	⋅	⋅
		later
	N8591-05F FR13 or later	N8591-05F FR12	14	⋅	⋅	⋅
	N8591-05F FR13 or later	N8591-05F FR13 or	14	√	⋅	⋅
		later
2	N8591-05F FR12	N8191-09	8	⋅	⋅	⋅
	N8591-05F FR13 or later	N8191-09	14	√	⋅	⋅
3	N8191-09	N8591-05F FR12	14	⋅	⋅	√
	N8191-09	N8591-05F FR13 or	14	√	√	√
		later
4	N8191-09	N8191-09	14	√	√	√

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