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SERVSWITCH™ WIZARD MULTIMEDIA KVM EXTENDER
3. Installation
3.1 What You Will Need
These things must be in place before you can install your ServSwitch™ Wizard
Multimedia KVM Extender:
• Four-pair (eight-wire) twisted-pair cabling rated to at least Category 5. This
should be long enough to reach from your Extender’s Unit A to its Unit B, up
to a maximum of 200 meters (655 feet). Other specifications for this cabling
are given in
Appendix A
.
You can make use of any Category 5 structured-cabling systems that might
already be in place at your sites, but you should keep the number of cables and
connectors involved to a minimum in order to maximize signal quality.
• If you want to connect an older CPU with a PC/AT keyboard port and/or a
serial mouse port, you’ll need a PS/2 to PC/AT keyboard-port adapter
(product code FA212) and/or a PS/2 to serial mouse-port adapter (product
code FA314).
• Monitor(s) with a standard VGA/SVGA (HD15) connector that will work when
connected directly to each of your PCs. The Extender supports low- and high-
resolution monitors.
• Standard PC/AT or PS/2 style keyboard(s). If you are using a PC/AT
keyboard with a 5-pin DIN connector, you can connect it to the Extender
using a standard PC/AT to PS/2 keyboard adapter such as product code
FA211.
• A PS/2 style two- or three-button Microsoft or Logitech
®
compatible mouse or
a Microsoft IntelliMouse compatible mouse. If you want to use the mouse to
switch CPUs on the Extender, you will need a three-button mouse or an
IntelliMouse. (The Extender supports other “Internet mice” compatible with
the IntelliMouse—fitted with a wheel or other scrolling control, and
sometimes additional buttons—including the Logitech Pilot Mouse™+,
Logitech MouseMan
®
+, Genius
®
NetMouse
®
and Genius NetMouse Pro.)
Keep in mind that the Extender will operate without a mouse connected if
you don’t want to use one.
