2. Installation
Connect the other end into an appropriate AC wall outlet. Use your second
power cord to connect to the second power socket on the rear of the switch.
Connect the other end into an appropriate wall outlet.
Plug the redundant power supplies into separate branch circuits to provide additional
redundancy in the event one external AC power source should go away.
To connect local virtual media or a smart card reader:
Connect the virtual media or smart card reader to an available USB port on the
switch.
For all virtual media sessions and smart card readers, you must use a KVM s4 Adapter
USB20-VGA adapter cable.
For information on connecting virtual media remotely, see "Virtual Media" on
page 60. For information on connecting a smart card reader remotely, see "Smart
cards" on page 64.
To connect a serial adapter cable to a serial device using a UTP connector:
1.
Attach the serial adapter cable UTP connector to the serial device.
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Attach the serial adapter cable to an RJ-45 to 9-pin female adapter.
Attach the adapter to the serial port of the serial device.
2.
Connect one end of a UTP cable (4-pair, up to 150 ft/45 m) into an available
numbered port on the rear of the switch. Connect the other end into the RJ-
45 connector of the serial adapter cable.
3.
Attach a USB-to-barrel power cord to the power connector on your serial
adapter cable. Connect the USB connector on the USB-to-barrel power cord
into any available USB port on the serial target device.
2.4
Cascading KVM s4 Switches
You can cascade up to two levels of KVM s4 switches, enabling users to connect
to up to 1024 servers. In a cascaded system, each target port on the main switch
will connect to the Analog Console Interface (ACI) port on each cascaded switch.
Each cascaded switch can then be connected to a device with an adapter cable.
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