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SERVSWITCH ELITE™
3.4.4 C
ONNECTING THE
C
OMPUTERS
Computer CPUs can be attached to the ServSwitch Elite through the CPU ports on
its rear panel. Because the keyboard and mouse connectors on both the Switch
and standard PCs are 6-pin mini-DIN female, and the video connectors on both
the Switch and standard PCs are HD15 female, you can use our special three-in-
one CPU-Extension Cables (not included, our product code EHN408) or regular
male-to-male keyboard-, mouse-, and video-extension cables (not included) to
connect your standard computer CPUs to the Switch. (The design of the CPU-
Extension Cable is shown in Figure 3-8 on the previous page; it is available in 5-foot
[1.5-m], 10-foot [3-m], 30-foot [10-m], and 50-ft. [15-m] lengths.) Take these steps:
1. Make sure all of the CPUs are turned OFF and unplugged.
2. Run the keyboard- and mouse-extension cables from the CPU’s keyboard and
mouse ports to the keyboard and mouse connectors (marked “K” and “M”
respectively) of one of the Switch’s CPU ports.
3. Run the video-extension cable from the CPU’s video port to the video
connector of the same CPU port on the Switch.
When you’re finished, you might want to bundle and label these cables for easy
identification.
If your computer has different keyboard-, mouse-, or video-port connectors, or if
it uses sync-on-green video, some adapters and special cables are available from us
as stock items and some are available on a special-quote basis (call Black Box
Technical Support); some others you might have to get from the manufacturer of
the computer you want to connect.
For example, if you want to connect a computer with a serial mouse port, you’ll
need to use the mouse adapter included with the KV7150A PC/AT Serial Mouse
Converter Kit (KV7150A) to translate the PS/2 mouse protocol into RS-232 serial-
mouse signals.
Or, if you want to connect an IBM RS/6000 \ with a 13W3 female video port,
you’ll need our EHN6000-ELITE cable set. It consists of a 12-ft. (3.7-m) video-
extension cable with an HD15 male connector on the Switch end and a 13W3 male
connector on the RS/6000 end, plus a pair of standard 6-pin mini-DIN male-to-
male PS/2 style extension cables for the keyboard and mouse connections.