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7. Installation
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Power up the KVM units, starting with the first switch, then power on the computers.
Note:
Make sure the computers and devices connected to the KVMs are also properly grounded.
7.3.4 Grouping Ports into Vertical Channels
Once the cables have been connected and multi-display mode has been selected in the OSD, the KVM will auto-
detect the channels and display modes. Users can then assign them a channel number as the port name so all the
Port 1s become Channel 1, all the Port 2s become Channel 2, ... , and all the Port 7s become Channel 7. The ports
will all be switched at the same time, channel by channel.
Depending on the number of stages in your stack, the KVM installation offers dual display (two stages), triple display
(three stages), quad display (four stages) or multi-display (up to 8 stages) scenarios. For reference purposes, the
example below shows a four-stage installation with quad display functionality.
First
Switch
Second
Switch
Third
Switch
Fourth
Switch
Ch7
Ch6
Ch1
