Avocent LongView IP User Manual
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Product Overview
Features and Benefits
The Avocent LongView
®
IP KVM extender enables the desktop user to have full access to
keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) and audio devices. The LongView IP KVM extender provides
users with a full workstation experience from anywhere on the corporate TCP/IP network, while
maintaining the workstations securely housed in a corporate data center.
users with a full workstation experience from anywhere on the corporate TCP/IP network, while
maintaining the workstations securely housed in a corporate data center.
The LongView IP KVM extender consists of:
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A transmitter to connect externally to the remote workstation
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A receiver located at the user’s desk
Figure 1.1: LongView IP KVM Extender - Basic System
Rack Mounted
Servers and Blades
Servers and Blades
User 1
Gigabit Ethernet
Switch
Switch
LongView IP
Receiver
Receiver
User 1
C H A P T E R
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