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SC5-4xIP features - front and rear
The SC5-4xIP units pack a great deal of functionality into a compact space. It
occupies half of a single 1U rack space and presents most of its connectors at
the rear face. The smart front face features the network port and the operation
indicators.
Options port
This RS-232 serial port can separately support the following functions:
Console Server connection
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- allows remote access to the serial port of a
connected device via the Telnet or SSH protocols.
• Power switching - can be configured to control multiple power switching devices.
• Remote control switching - commands can be received that will change the
channel, as necessary.
• Synchronisation - allows the actions of two or more SC5-4xIP switches to be
synchronised so that multiple computers/video screens can be switched and
accessed.
Power input
The power supply
connects here.
KVM Switch
LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR
Indicators
These six indicators clearly show the key aspects of operation:
• LOC Keyboard or mouse data are being received from the local console.
• REM Keyboard or mouse data are being received from the remote console.
• VNC Indicates that a global user is connected and active.
• 00 Indicates the Ethernet network speed (10/100Mbs).
• LNK Indicates that a network link is present.
• PWR Indicates that power is present.
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COMPUTER CONNECTIONS
Local user port
Connect a USB keyboard and mouse, plus a video
monitor to these connectors. These allow you to
perform the initial configuration of the SC5-4xIP.
Additionally, you can use these to locally control the
connected computer(s).
CONNECTION PERFECTION
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LAN/TCP/IP
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COMPUTER CONNECTIONS
Computer ports
Each computer connects to one of these ports
via standard category 5, 5e or 6 cabling. At the
other end of the cabling a CAM (Computer Access
Module) is used to provide the necessary keyboard,
video and mouse (or RS-232 serial) connections.
IP network port
The port by which global users are linked to the
SC5-4xIP unit. This intelligent Ethernet port can
automatically sense whether it is attached to a
10Mb or 100Mb network.
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