Black Box RAS-PutIn, Installation And User Manual

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3 Installation
3.1 Operation Overview
Figure 3.1 shows the connections of RAS-PutIn to its host,to peripheral devices, to the power
source and to the local area network.
Figure 3.1: RAS-PutIn usage scenario
RAS-PutIn redirects local keyboard, mouse, and video data to a remote administration console.
All data is transmitted via IP.
RAS-PutIn can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Com-
bining one or several RAS-PutIns with a KVM switched matrix allows access to multiple servers
on a single remote console.
RAS-PutIn is multi user capable, i.e. up to 64 concurrent users may use RAS-PutIn to admin-
istrate a remote site. Figure
3.2 shows a configuration with concurrent users on a number of
servers connected by a KVM switching matrix using one or more RAS-PutIns.
Using more than one RAS-PutIn in a configuration as shown in Figure 3.2 prevents blocking
administrators who use the switching matrix.
Figure 3.2: Multiple users on multiple servers