
5
Creating larger installations
Alone, the AdderView CATxIP 5000 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 Adder CATx range becomes apparent.
There are three main ways to increase the number of supported host computers:
•
Cascade
: Connect AdderView CATx 1000 units to the ports of the master
AdderView CATxIP 5000, then connect the host computers to the ‘1000 units.
•
Enterprise
: Add further AdderView CATxIP 5000 units and spread the hosts.
•
Ent
: Improved access for multiple global users and single local user.
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
.
Each AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit can be accessed simultaneously by up
to four global users plus a single local user. Each local user console can
only access the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit to which it is connected.
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Enterprise installations
Enterprise installations are effectively limitless, you can keep adding AdderView
CATxIP 5000 units and new hosts whenever and wherever required. For all
but the most basic enterprise configurations, the supplied ADDER.NET 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 ADDER.NET CD-ROM.
In the configuration shown below, a local user connection can only access the
hosts that are linked to a single AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit, requiring multiple
local user consoles. Where a single local user needs access to all hosts, please see
Ent installations
on the next page.
The shaded
areas show
the items
managed by
ADDER.NET