C2G 52064 Single Port KVM over IP - Manual (Page 18)

Single Port KVM over IP
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3. Hardware installation
3.1 Operation Overview
Figure 3-1 shows the connections of IP-KVM switch to its host, to peripheral devices, to the
power source and to the local area network.
Figure 3-1.a: IP-KVM switch usage scenario
Figure 3-1.b: IP-KVM switch usage scenario
IP-KVM switch redirects local keyboard, mouse, and video data to a remote administration
console. All data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family.
IP-KVM switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well.
Attaching one or several IP-KVM switches to a KVM switch matrix allows accessing
multiple servers on a single remote console.
3.2 Connecting IP-KVM switch to the host system
In order to connect the IP-KVM switch of the host system performs the following steps:
Step 1
Connect the power supply on IP-KVM switch
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