Tripp Lite B060-032 Cascaded Protocol Interface Installations, User Management and Security

Installation (continued)

Basic Operations

Cascaded Protocol Interface Installations

The Port ID for computers on Protocol Interface cascaded installations is made up of three parts:

•The Station Number of the B060-032

•The Port Number on the B060-032 that the cascaded KVM switch links back to.

•The Port Number on the cascaded KVM switch that the computer is connected to.

For example, a computer attached to Port 8 of a KVM switch that is cascaded from Port 15 of a B060-032 in the Station 10 position, would have a Port ID of: 10-15-8.

Cascaded Physical Interface Installations

Under Physical Interface Expansion, B022-016s are cascaded down from the B060-032. Since the OSD protocols are different, there are separate OSDs for each. When you invoke the OSD (see p. 19), the B060- 032 OSD screen comes up first. When you select the port that the target B022-016 is connected to, its OSD screen replaces the B060-032’s, and you can select the computer you want to access from the B022-016 OSD screen. Aside from this difference, the port numbering follows the examples shown above.

User Management and Security

The B060-032 permits the creation of 6 operator profiles when the switch is either on a stand alone instal- lation or is the Master switch of a multilevel installation, as follows:

•1 Super Administrator

•1 Administrator

•4 Users

On a single stage installation, four operators have simultaneous and independent control of 32 computers. In a daisy-chained installation, a maximum of 32 operators can exist (4 operators on the master KVM who can access all systems, and 4 operators on each of the 7 Slave KVMs each having access to the 32 ports on that KVM). Each Slave B060-032 also has 6 operator profiles, as above.

Note: 1. The Super Administrator can log in on a slave unit, but his authority only governs the segment he logs in on - just like that of an ordinary Administrator.

2.Operator profiles are different from actual operators. The B060-032 has four console ports and allows four actual operators to access the switch simultaneously. Operator profiles specify the rights assigned to particular operators. Theoretically, one operator can use the same operator profile to occupy all 4 console ports.

The Super Administrator has administrative power over the whole chain, he can assign and change pass- words and access rights for all operators on all segments (see SET USERNAME AND PASSWORD, p. 23, and SET ACCESSIBLE PORTS p. 24).

The Administrator’s power is limited to only that segment of the installation that the B060-032 he is logged in on controls. He can assign and change passwords and access rights for all operators on his segment.

Both Super Administrator and Administrator have full User rights. The four Users have no administrative rights. Depending on the permissions granted by the Super Administrator or Administrator, Users have varying degrees of control over the computers on the installation: Full Access; View Only; No Access. These rights are assigned on a port-by-port basis.

Operators (Super Administrator, Administrators, and Users) on the Master B060-032 can have User access rights to all ports on the Slave KVMs. Access rights are given by the Super Administrator or Administrator with the BUS AUTHORIZATION function (see p. 24).

The operators on Slave KVMs can only access computers on their segment. This includes any computers connected to KVM switches that are cascaded down from the B060-032 they are logged in on.

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