Configuring And Enabling Tiering - Raritan Dominion KX II User Manual

Chapter 8: Device Management
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Configuring and Enabling Tiering

The tiering feature allows you to access KX II targets and PDUs through
one base KX II device. This feature is available for standard KX II
devices as well as KX2-808, KX2-832 and KX2-864 devices.
Note: Base and tiered devices must all be operating with the same
firmware revision.
Devices can be added and removed from a configuration as needed up
to a maximum of two tiered levels.
When setting up the devices, you will use specific CIMS for specific
configurations. See Tiering - Target Types, Supported CIMS and
Tiering Configurations
that can be included in a tiered configuration, CIM compatibility and
device configuration information.
Before adding tiered devices, you must enable tiering for the base device
and the tiered devices. Enable base devices on the Device Settings
page. Enable tiered devices on the Local Port Settings page. Once
devices are enabled and configured, they appear on the Port Access
page (Port Access Page
When the KX II is configured to function as a base device or tiered
device, they will be displayed as:

Configured As Base Device in the Device Information section of the
left panel of the KX II interface for base devices.

Configured As Tier Device in the Device Information section of the
left panel of the KX II interface for tiered devices.

The base device will be identified as Base in the left panel of the
tiered device's interface under Connect User.

Target connections to a tier port from the base will be displayed as 2
ports connected.
The base device provides remote and local access over a consolidated
port list from the Port Access page. Tiered devices provide remote
access from their own port lists. Local access is not available on the
tiered devices when Tiering is enabled.
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
(on page 154) for a description of the targets
(on page 47)).
(on page 171).