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CHAPTER 3: Installatiom
Thirdly, if you want to connect an RS/6000 workstation with a 3C3 female video
port or an HP9000 workstation, both of which use the “composite sync on green”
video format, you’ll need to use the video adapter included with the RS/6000
Converter Kit (KV7160A) or HP9000 Converter Kit (KV7170A) respectively. This
adapter breaks the composite sync signal out onto separate horizontal and vertical
sync lines, as is standard in regular PC video, and also improves the color balance.
You’ll have to attach one of these adapters to the keyboard and video cables
between the Switch and the workstation’s CPU.
For more information about how the Switch handles RS/6000 computers, see
Appendix C . For more information about keyboard-, mouse-, and video-connector
pinouts, see Appendix D.
NOTES
Later, once you’ve finished installing your ServSwitch Elite system and
it’s operational, you’ll be able to connect additional computers to the
Switch while the system is on. When you power up a newly connected
CPU, the Switch will recognize it, and you should be able to select it
right away.
Whenever you make these kinds of changes to the system, you
should save its hardware-configuration settings. If you do not save the
settings, they will be lost when the Switch loses power or is turned off.
For more information, see Section 4.2.3.
3.4.5 C
ONNECTING THE
P
OWER
To connect your ServSwitch Elite to AC power, first plug the IEC 320 outlet of the
Switch’s power cord into the IEC 320 power inlet on the back of the Switch. Plug
the other end—which should have a plug appropriate for your country or region
on it—into an AC outlet on a UPS (uninterruptible power supply), which we
highly recommend, or directly into a utility (mains) outlet if you don”t have a UPS.
Your Switch system should now be ready for operation. Go on to Section 3.5.