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Chapter 3: Installation
3. Installation
Before installation, power off all devices that will be connected to this system.
• Make sure that all devices you will connect are properly grounded.
• Place cables away from fluorescent lights, air conditioners, and machines
that are likely to generate electrical noise.
• Make sure that the DisplayPort video drivers are installed correctly on all
computers.
3.1 PC BIOS Notice
The following BIOS setup changes are necessary for PC users and not necessary
for Mac users:
• In standard CMOS, set “Halt on Error” to “All but keyboard.”
• In PNP and PCI setup, set “PNP OS installed” to “YES” and set “USB IRQ” to
“Enabled.”
NOTE: The ServSwitch DVI-D KVM switches USB keyboard and USB mouse from
one computer to the other. If you plan to share other peripherals such as
a camera, printer, external storage device, or scanner, shut down a
computer’s driver before switching to another computer. Port switching is
equivalent to unplugging the USB cable from one computer and plugging
it to another. Some USB drivers check attached USB peripherals constantly
and do not support plug-n-play functionality.
3.2 Console Connection
1. Plug a DVI-D monitor into the console’s video port; plug a USB keyboard and a
USB mouse into the corresponding USB ports on the console.
2. To use the standard audio feature, plug a set of audio jacks from the speaker
and microphone to the console’s speaker port and microphone port
respectively.
