Adder Technology 5000 User Manual

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Creating larger installations
Alone, the AdderView CATxIP 5000 can support sixteen host computers and 
allow up to five users (four global and one local) to concurrently access any of 
those hosts. In many cases the number of hosts will exceed these numbers and 
that is when the flexibility of the Adder CATx range becomes apparent.
There are two main ways to increase the number of supported host computers:
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Cascade: Connect AdderView CATx 1000 units to the ports of the master 
AdderView CATxIP 5000, then connect the host computers to the ‘1000 units.
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Enterprise: Add further AdderView CATxIP 5000 units and spread the hosts 
between them. 
Cascade installations
Cascade installations can support a maximum of 256 host computers, however, 
they impose the limitation that only a single host can be viewed by users at any 
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The KVM switch is required only to allow a single local user to access all hosts. Global 
users merely access the alternative IP addresses for the AdderView CATxIP 000 units 
- this is one of the jobs handled by ADDER.NET in order to simplify operation.
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Enterprise installations
Enterprise installations are effectively limitless, you can keep adding AdderView 
CATxIP 5000 units and new hosts whenever and wherever required. For all 
but the most basic enterprise configurations, the supplied ADDER.NET utility 
becomes vitally important: For users, it provides a virtualised and seamless 
way to access host systems that are spread across multiple devices. For 
administrators, it creates a centralised and secure method for managing all 
of those hosts, devices and users. For further information, please see the user 
manual on the supplied ADDER.NET CD-ROM.
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