Installing and connecting the device
3.3 Connecting the device
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Operating Instructions, 11/2018, A5E45589180-AA
Connecting several monitors (multi-monitoring)
You will find up to six ports on the rear of the device for connecting monitors. Of these, three
ports are connected to the motherboard. When installing an optional graphics card, the other
three ports are connected to the graphics card. Parameter assignment is performed by
means of the Control Panel in Windows®.
You can configure the multi-monitoring function and the output of the boot screen in the
firmware settings, see "Multi-monitoring (Page 61) ".
The following table shows the various connection options for the monitors on the device
interfaces.
Motherboard
Graphics card (optional)
DPP1
DPP2
DVI
mDPP1
mDPP2
mDPP3
Monitor 1
DP
X
-
-
-
-
-
DVI
X
1)
-
-
-
-
-
VGA
X
2)
-
-
-
-
-
Monitor 2
DP
-
X
-
-
-
-
DVI
-
X
1)
-
-
-
-
VGA
-
X
2)
-
-
-
-
Monitor 3
DP
-
-
-
-
-
-
DVI
-
-
X
-
-
-
VGA
-
-
-
-
-
-
Monitor 4
DP
-
-
-
X
3)
-
-
DVI
-
-
-
X
4)
-
-
VGA
-
-
-
X
5)
-
-
Monitor 5
DP
-
-
-
-
X
3)
-
DVI
-
-
-
-
X
4)
-
VGA
-
-
-
-
X
5)
-
Monitor 6
DP
-
-
-
-
-
X
3)
DVI
-
-
-
-
-
X
4)
VGA
-
-
-
-
-
X
5)
1) - via DP to DVI-D adapter
2) - via DP-VGA adapter
3) - via mDP-DP adapter
4) - via mDP to DVI-D adapter
5) - via mDP-VGA adapter
You can find information on the optional graphics card under "Technical specifications of