StarTech.com CAB1631D1U, Instruction Manual

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Installation
This section will guide you through the hardware installation of your KVM switch. Please read through this
section carefully and complete each step in the order listed.
1. Make sure all computers and devices are powered off.
2. Connect your KVM module to your 1UCABCONS or 1UCABCONS17 as directed in their user
guides.
3. Attach each of your managed computers to your StarView KVM console’s PC ports using ultra-thin
KVM cables. The CAB831HD and CAB1631HD are capable of using either 2-in-1 USB or 3-in-1
PS/2 cables. The CAB1631D1U uses 3-in-1 PS/2 cables. Use the cables to connect one of the PC ports
on the back of the switch to the computer's keyboard, mouse, and video ports.
Note: These instructions
are for a single KVM switch only. For information on cascading multiple KVMs, see Cascade
Configuration below.
4. Turn on your computers.
Note: After the initial power up, you can hot-plug additional computers or slave KVM switches without
having to power down your KVM.
Cascade Configuration
You can connect a second level of KVMs to one or more of your Master KVM switch’s PC ports. The
KVM switches connected to the Master switch are know as Slaves . Once connected, the KVM switches
will automatically configure themselves as either Masters or Slaves. You can only connect an equal or
“smaller” KVM to the Master KVM. For example, a 16-port Master KVM switch can have both 16-port
and 8-port slaves. An 8-port Master KVM switch can only have 8-port KVM slaves or lower.
The 8-port KVM can support 64 PCs, with 8 8-port Slave KVMs, each connected to 8 PCs. The 16-port
KVMs can support 136 computers, with 8 16-port Slave KVMs, each connected to 16 computers. The
Slave KVMs must be connected to the
1~8 ports, not the A~H ports.
To cascade your KVMs, use a 3-in-1 PS/2 KVM cable to connect one of your Master switch’s PC ports to
the Slave switch’s PC 1~8 ports.
A slave KVM module may be mounted to the rear vertical poles inside a rack cabinet by the rear brackets
with the connectors facing out.
The connectors (keyboard and mouse) at the Local port on the rear of the KVM module are not applicable
when the module is connected to the drawer by the C-36 connector. When its C-36 connector is not
connected to the drawer, the KVM module can act as a rear-mount stand-alone KVM switch. The Local
VGA port can be connected to an external VGA monitor at any time.