Hardware Installation; Operation Overview; Connecting Dkvm-Ip1 To The Host System - D-Link DKVM-IP1 Manual

3. Hardware installation

3.1 Operation Overview

Figure 3-1 shows the connections of DKVM-IP1 switch to its host, to peripheral devices, to the power
source and to the local area network.
Administrator
Administrator
DKVM-IP1 switch redirects local keyboard, mouse, and video data to a remote administration console.
All data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family.
DKVM-IP1 switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Attaching
one or several DKVM-IP1 switches to a KVM switch matrix allows accessing multiple servers on a
single remote console.
3.2 Connecting DKVM-IP1 switch to the host system
In order to connect the DKVM-IP1 switch of the host system performs the following steps:
Step 1
Connect the power supply on DKVM-IP1 switch
IP Network
Figure 3-1.a: DKVM-IP1 switch usage scenario
DKVM-IP1
8/16 PS/2
IP Network KVM Switch
Figure 3-1.b: DKVM-IP1 switch usage scenario
DKVM-IP1
KVM Cable
KVM Cable
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PC/Servers
PC/Servers