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CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration
If you’ll be placing the card in a 16-User chassis,
follow the directions printed on the
board:
• To assign the users on the chassis’ Slots 1 through 4 to “KVM 1” through “KVM 4”
respectively, set jumper blocks JP1 and JP2 on the “lower card” (the one
installed in the bottom slot) to the DOWN position and remove the jumpers
from JP1 and JP2 on the “upper card” (the one installed in the top slot).
• To assign the users on Slots 1 through 4 to “KVM 5” through “KVM 8,” set JP1
and JP2 on the lower card to UP and remove the jumpers from JP1 and JP2 on
the upper card.
• To assign the users on Slots 1 through 4 to “KVM 9” through “KVM 12,”
remove the jumpers from JP1 and JP2 on the lower card and set JP1 and JP2
on the upper card to DOWN.
• To assign the users on Slots 1 through 4 to “KVM 13” through “KVM 16,”
remove the jumpers from JP1 and JP2 on the lower card and set JP1 and JP2
on the upper card to UP.
We recommend that, unless the placement of your user equipment demands
otherwise, you set the user ports to KVM 1 through 4 on the first chassis,
KVM 5 through 8 on the second chassis, KVM 9 through 12 on the third chassis,
KVM 13 through 16 on the fourth chassis, and then begin repeating starting with
KVM 1 through 4. The lower Expansion Card will carry the buses and video paths
for users KVM 1 through KVM 8, while the upper Expansion Card will carry the
buses and video paths for users KVM 9 through KVM 16.
NOTE
As long as there are fewer than the maximum number of users in your
system (four, eight, or sixteen depending on your chassis type), they
can (potentially) all operate independently of each other. You still need
to remember not to attach users to two same-numbered ports, however.
If you have two chassis whose user ports are set as KVM 5 through 8,
for example, don’t attach users to the second user port from the bottom
on both chassis unless you have to; the Affinity considers both of those
ports to be “KVM 6.” (If you have more than the maximum number of
users in your system, two or more users must use the same-numbered
port/video path, and the guidelines described for such situations in
Section 5.3
will apply.)
