Cyclades AlterPath family of KVM products Manual De Usuario

Connectors on the KVM/net

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connections give access to information that is otherwise inaccessible through 
in-band network interfaces. 

For example, BIOS access, POST, and boot messages are inaccessible through 
in-band connections. In some cases, the in-band network interfaces are not 
available after the system boot is completed (for example, after a Windows 
Safe Mode boot) without the kind of access these KVM connections provide.

Each connected computing system is identified in the management software 
by the port number to which it is connected. The administrator can assign a 
descriptive alias to each port to identify the connected computer. For example, 
if a Sun E10K server is connected to port 3, the administrator might define the 
port’s alias to be “Sun E10K.” 

Customers order one of three Terminator types for connecting each KVM port 
to a computer. See “KVM Terminator Usage and Types” on page 58 for more 
details. 

See “To Connect Computers to KVM Ports” on page 80 for instructions on 
connecting servers to KVM ports.

The following figure shows the management ports on the right back of the 
KVM/net.

Figure 1-5: Management Ports 

 

User 1 Port

VGA Port 
[User 1]

PS/2 Ports 
[User 1]

Console 
Port

Ethernet 
Port

User 2 Port

Serial Port