Creating larger installations
Alone, the SC5-4xIP can support sixteen host computers and allow up to five
users (four global and one local) to concurrently access any of those hosts. In
many cases the number of hosts will exceed these numbers and that is when the
flexibility of the LINDY SC5 range becomes apparent.
There are two main ways to increase the number of supported host computers:
•
Cascade
: Connect LINDY SC5 units to the ports of the master SC5-4xIP, then
connect the host computers to the SC5 units.
•
Enterprise
: Add further SC5-4xIP units and spread the hosts between them.
Cascade installations
Cascade installations can support a maximum of 256 host computers, however,
they impose the limitation that only a single host can be viewed by users at any
time. For more details see
Appendix 7 - Cascading multiple units
.
The units are required only to allow single local users to access their hosts. Global
users merely access the alternative IP addresses for the SC-xIP units - this is one of
the jobs handled by KVM IP Manager in order to simplify operation.
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Enterprise installations
Enterprise installations are effectively limitless, you can keep adding SC5-4xIP
units and new hosts whenever and wherever required. For all but the most basic
enterprise configurations, the supplied KVM IP Manager utility becomes vitally
important: For users, it provides a virtualised and seamless way to access host
systems that are spread across multiple devices. For administrators, it creates
a centralised and secure method for managing all of those hosts, devices and
users. For further information, please see the user manual on the supplied KVM
IP Manager CD-ROM.
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