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CHAPTER 3: Installation
3. Installation
3.1 What You Will Need
You’ll need these things to be in place before you can install your ServSwitch
Wizard MP:
• One-to-many cables to connect the ServSwitch Wizard MP to your computer
CPUs or (in cascaded systems) to your other Wizard MPs. We offer these in
varieties with PS/2 (EHN825 product codes), Sun (EHN826), and USB
(EHN827) keyboard and mouse connectors. You’ll need adapters to connect
the Wizard MP to the keyboard and mouse ports of PC/AT style computers, or
to the 13W3 video ports of legacy Sun computers. For more information about
cables and adapters, see the
Appendix
.
• A monitor with a standard VGA (HD15) connector that will work when
connected directly to each of your computers. The ServSwitch Wizard MP
supports low- and high-resolution monitors. If you want to use a legacy Sun
monitor with a 13W3 video connector, you’ll need an adapter such as product
code FA070.
• A standard Sun keyboard with an 8-pin mini-DIN connector—recommended if
you’ll be attaching any Sun CPUs—or PS/2 style keyboard with a 6-pin mini-
DIN connector. (If you use an FA211 adapter, you could attach a PC/AT
keyboard with a 5-pin DIN connector instead.)
• A standard Sun mouse with an 8-pin mini-DIN connector or a suitable PS/2
style mouse with a 6-pin mini-DIN connector, such as a two- or three-button
Microsoft
®
or Logitech™ compatible mouse or a Microsoft IntelliMouse
®
or
IntelliMouse Explorer compatible mouse. If you want to use the mouse to
switch channels on the ServSwitch Wizard MP, you’ll need a three-button mouse
or an IntelliMouse. (The Wizard MP supports other IntelliMouse compatible
“Internet mice”—fitted with a wheel or other scrolling control, and sometimes
additional buttons—including several models by Logitech and Genius™.)
All of the mouse connections from ServSwitch Wizard MP to the attached
computers support either PS/2 mouse ports or RS-232 serial mouse ports. The
Wizard MP automatically converts PS/2 mouse data and commands to serial-
mouse data and commands, but you’ll still need an FA314 adapter to connect
the Wizard MP to a PC with a serial mouse port. See
Section A.2
in the
Appendix
.
The Wizard MP will operate without a mouse connected if you don’t want
to use one.
