3
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.
Plug a PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, and monitor into the labelled keyboard, mouse, and monitor
Console ports on the back of the KVM.
3.
Attach each of your managed computers to your StarView KVM switch’s
PC
ports using ultra-thin
KVM cables. The SV831HD and SV1631HD are capable of using either 2-in-1 USB or 3-in-1 PS/2
cables. The SV1631D1U 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.
Plug the 9V DC power adapter into the power port on the KVM.
5.
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
KVM can support 136 computers, with 8 16-port Slave KVMs, each connected to 16 computers. The Slave
KVM’s 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. When turning on your cascaded switches, turn on the Master switch
before turning on any of the others.
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