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SERVSWITCH™ SERVVIEW
4.3 Connecting the Cables
First, making sure that the power switch on the back of the ServView is in the OFF
position (“O”), connect the included power cord to the IEC 320 power inlet just
below the switch.
If possible, power down the computer or KVM switch that you want to connect to
the ServView. Then run the included proprietary three-to-one cable from the
ServView’s HD15 female connector to the HD15 female video connector and 6-pin
mini-DIN keyboard and mouse connectors on your CPU or switch. Refer to
Figure 4-4 below and Figure 4-5 on the next page.
CAUTION!
Do not plug a monitor into the ServView’s HD15 connector. Doing so
could damage both the monitor and the ServView.
Although we don’t recommend doing so, you can attach a bonded three-to-three
VGA and PS/2 ® extension cable such as product code EHN408 to the connectors
at the CPU/switch end of the ServView cable in order to connect a CPU or switch
that’s farther away than the ServView cable will reach. You could also use standard,
separate VGA and PS/2 extension cables such as EVNPS05 and EVNPS03 to do
this. But you mustn’t run more than 25 ft. (7.6 m) of total cabling from the CPU or
switch to the ServView—even with very high-quality cables, video will begin to
degrade rapidly at distances greater than that. Also, do
not
use a VGA extension
cable to extend distance from the ServView to the composite HD15 end of the
ServView cable. There are signals expressed on all fifteen pins of the ServView
cable’s HD15 connector, but most VGA extension cables don’t pass through all
fifteen pins.
Once you’ve made this connection, move the ServView’s power switch to the ON
position (“|”) to power up the ServView, then power up the CPU or switch.
Figure 4-4. Attaching the 3-in-1 cable to the ServView.
ServView cable’s
composite connection—
don’t plug a monitor
into this!
Fuse, power switch,
and power inlet with
power cord attached