Chapter 1: Product Overview; Features And Benefits - Avocent AMX Series Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product Overview

Chapter 1: Product Overview

Features and Benefits

The Avocent AMX™ Series of products allows multiple users within the
switching system to access and operate PC, USB or Sun servers and serial
devices at the same time. A basic AMX system configuration connects users
and servers to one or more AMX switches. Any user in the system can access
any attached server or serial device by simply switching to it through an
AMX switch.
NOTE: References to the AMX unit and AMX switch are used interchangeably in this
user guide.
An AMX system consists of one or more rack mountable AMX switches, the
Avocent matrix user station and the Avocent matrix intelligent module(s)
AMIQ. The AMX switch is equipped with Avocent's patented On-Screen
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Configuration Activity Reporting (OSCAR ) interface, allowing you to use your
keyboard or mouse to select any attached server or serial device. Also supplied
with each AMX is AMWorks™, the standalone administration utility used to
administer naming and access information for attached users and servers.
Multiplatform
The AMX Series features multiplatform capabilities, enabling your switching
system to simultaneously support any combination of PC, USB or Sun servers
and serial devices. The AMX switch permits easy access across platforms with a
PS/2 or Sun keyboard and mouse. Operated through the AMX system, a PC
keyboard and mouse can operate a Sun server as easily as a Sun keyboard and
mouse can operate an attached PC.
Advanced video compensation
The AMX user station provides advanced video compensation that maximizes
video quality to support long distance communications. The video
compensation feature automatically compensates for any losses in video signal
to the user station.
Multiuser
The AMX Series allows "matrix switching," enabling multiple users to have
simultaneous access to different servers and serial devices in the system. For
example, an AMX system with four users accessing four different servers is a
4 x 4 matrix. Eight users accessing 10 different servers would be an 8 x 10 matrix.