Cascading multiple units
The SC5-IP supports up to sixteen
directly
connected computer
systems, however, this is by
no means the limit. Instead of
connecting computers to every
output port, you can instead link
SC5 units (not IP variants). Thus,
each output of the original SC5-IP
unit can link through to many
more computers connected to the
secondary SC5 units.
The combination of SC5 units
can be arranged two levels
deep forming a tree, or
cascade
arrangement, with computer
systems situated at either level
within that cascade tree.
Note: It is not possible to cascade
two SC5-IP units together because
they do not have a Remote User
Port on their front panels. The
lower units must always be the
non-IP SC5 variants.
The cascade tree
The diagram shows how an SC5-IP unit and multiple SC5 units can be
cascaded to two levels. Computer systems can be connected at any
level. The local or global users can access computer systems situated
anywhere within the cascade tree.
See also
•
Connecting units in cascade
•
Addressing computers in a cascade
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