Step 7: Configure Tiering (Optional) - Raritan Dominion KX II User Manual

Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration
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Step 7: Configure Tiering (Optional)

The optional tiering feature allows you to connect tiered KX II devices to
a base KX II. You can then access the servers and PX PDUs through the
base both locally and remotely. See the Device Management (on page
145) section of the KX II Help for more information on this feature.
Connect from a target server port on the base device to the tier KX II
Local Access port video/keyboard/mouse ports using a D2CIM-DVUSB.
If the tier device is a KX2-808, KX2-832 or KX2-864, connect from a
target server port on the base device directly to the tier KX2-808/KX2-
832/KX2-864 Extended Local port.
To enable tiering:
1. From the tier base, choose Device Settings > Device Services. The
Device Service Settings page appears.
2. Select Enable Tiering as Base.
3. In the Base Secret field, enter the secret shared between the base
and the tiered devices. This secret is required for the tiered devices
to authenticate the base device. You will enter the same secret word
for the tiered device.
4. Click OK.
5. Enable the tiered devices. From the tiered device, choose Device
Settings > Local Port Settings.
6. In the Enable Local Ports section of the page, select Enable Local
Port Device Tiering.
7. In the Tier Secret field, enter the same secret word you entered for
the base device on the Device Settings page.
8. Click OK.