Creating Larger Installations; Cascade Installations; Enterprise Installations - Lindy SC5-4xIP User Manual

Creating larger installations

Alone, the SC5-4xIP 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 LINDY SC5 range becomes apparent.
There are two main ways to increase the number of supported host computers:
• Cascade: Connect LINDY SC5 units to the ports of the master SC5-4xIP, then
connect the host computers to the SC5 units.
• Enterprise: Add further SC5-4xIP units and spread the hosts between them.

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
Global
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Local
User
KVM Switch
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Enterprise installations

Enterprise installations are effectively limitless, you can keep adding SC5-4xIP
units and new hosts whenever and wherever required. For all but the most basic
enterprise configurations, the supplied KVM IP Manager 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 KVM
IP Manager CD-ROM.
Global Global
User User
Local Local
User User
KVM Switch
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The units are required only to allow single local users to access their hosts. Global
users merely access the alternative IP addresses for the SC-xIP units - this is one of
the jobs handled by KVM IP Manager in order to simplify operation.
Global Global Global Global
User User User User
IP network/
Internet
CONNECTION PERFECTION
4x IP 4x IP
KVM Switch
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User User
KVM IP
Manager
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the items
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by KVM IP
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