Raritan dominion kx III Administrator's Manual page 161

Configuring and Enabling Tiering
The tiering feature allows you to access KX III targets and PDUs through
one base KX III device.
Devices can be added and removed from a tiering configuration as
needed up to a maximum of two tiered levels.
When setting up the devices, you will use specific CIMS for specific
configurations.
Port configuration, including changing the CIM name, must be done
directly from each device. It cannot be done from the base device for
tiered target ports.
Tiering also supports the use of KVM switches to switch between servers.
See Configuring KVM Switches
Once configured, base and tiered devices are displayed on the Port
Access Page. See Tiered Devices - Port Access Page
Before Creating a Tiering Configuration
Before creating a tiering configuration, review
Configurations (on page 149) and Unsupported and Limited Features
on Tiered Targets.
Before adding tiered devices to a KX III tiering configuration:

Base and tiered devices must all be operating with the same
firmware revision.

Enable base devices on the Device Settings page. See
Standard Target Servers

Enable tiered devices on the Local Port Settings page. See
Configuring KX III Local Port Settings
Local Port Device Tiering

Enable tiering for the base device, and the tiered devices. See
Enabling Tiering (on page 151)
Permitted KX III Tiering Configurations
Before tiering devices, review
(on page 149).
Following are the permitted tiering configurations for KX III:

KX III base device > KX III tiered devices

KX III base device > KX II tiered devices

Dual Video port targets attached to a tier device should be
connected via tier devices
Chapter 4: KX III Administration
(on page 104).
Permitted KX III Tiering
(on page 103)
(on page 143), then
(on page 143)
Before Creating a Tiering Configuration
Configuring
Enable
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