Tripp Lite B060-032 - Manuals

6 Console Interface Modules Rear View 1. Power Jack The power adapter cable plugs in here. 2. I/O Jack The cable that links the module to the B060-032 plugs in here. 3. Firmware Upgrade Recovery Switch During normal operation and while performing a firmware upgrade, this switch should be in the NORM...

7 Installation Overview For convenience and flexibility that allows mixing the PS/2 and USB interfaces, the B060-032’s design utilizes Console Interface Modules that act as signal translation intermediaries between the consoles and the switch, and Server Interface Modules , that serve as intermediar...

8 Installation (continued) Single Stage Installation In a Single Stage installation, there are no additional KVM switches daisy chained or cascaded down fromthe first unit. To set up a single stage installation, refer to the diagram on p.9 (the numbers in the diagramcorrespond with the numbers of th...

9 Installation (continued) 6 2 1 4 3 5 Multiple Modules Multiple Modules B062-001-PS2 B062-001-USB USB Cable Connection PS/2 Cable Connection 3 Single Stage Installation 200701032 93-2287 B060-032 OM Update.qxd 1/15/2007 11:53 AM Page 9

10 Installation (continued) Multilevel Installations The number of computers that can be added to your installation can be greatly expanded by performing amultilevel installation. The B060-032 supports three types of multilevel installation: • Daisy chained • Cascaded • Daisy chained plus cascaded O...

11 Installation (continued) Multilevel Installations 1 Multiple Modules Multiple Modules Multiple Modules Multiple Modules B062-001-PS2 B062-001-USB Cascading Another way of adding capacity to your installation is to cascade additional KVM switches from the B060-032’s CPU ports. Up to 32 additional ...

12 Installation (continued) Multilevel Installations Protocol Interface Cascading Protocol Interface Cascading refers to cascading to a second stage KVM switch (such as the eight portTripp Lite B007-008) that uses the same data transfer protocol as the first stage B060-032. With this type of cascade...

13 Installation (continued) Multilevel Installations Physical Interface Cascading Physical Interface Cascading refers to cascading to a second stage KVM switch (such as the Tripp LiteB022-016) that doesn’t utilize the same protocol as the first stage B060-032, but uses the same physicalinterface (PS...

15 Installation (continued) Daisy Chaining Plus Cascading Expansion B060-032 units can be daisy chained to other B060-032 units to produce extremely large KVM matrixes.Under Protocol Interface Expansion, up to 8 daisy chained 32-port B060-032s can have an 8-port B007-008scascaded from each port, all...

16 Installation (continued) Daisy Chaining Plus Cascading Expansion Physical Interface Expansion To set up a daisy chained/cascaded installation under Physical Interface Expansion, refer to the diagrambelow, and do the following: 1. Follow the cabling up procedures given in the Daisy Chaining sectio...

17 Installation (continued) Topology Considerations The use of RJ-45 CPU connectors, combined with our Auto Signal Compensation (ASC), allow signals totravel up to 500 feet (150 meters) and still maintain reliability and high video resolution. This allows theB060-032 installation to take advantage o...

18 Installation (continued) Basic Operations Cascaded Protocol Interface Installations The Port ID for computers on Protocol Interface cascaded installations is made up of three parts: • The Station Number of the B060-032 • The Port Number on the B060-032 that the cascaded KVM switch links back to. ...

19 OSD Operation OSD Overview The B060-032 On Screen Display (OSD) provides a visual, menu-driven, mouse enabled, interface thatoffers quick and convenient computer access and control, as well as efficient system administration includ-ing user management (access rights, passwords, etc.). Each OSD me...

20 OSD Operation (continued) OSD Main Screen Headings Heading ExplanationSN This field shows the Station Number that the currently selected port is connected to.The first number is the Station’s position in the chain; the second number shows thetotal number of stations in the chain. PN This column l...

21 OSD Operation (continued) F1 GOTO GOTO allows you to switch directly to a port either by keying in the port’s Name , or its Port ID . • To use the Name method, key in 1; key in the port’s Name; then press [Enter] . • To use the Port ID method, key in 2; key in the Port ID ; then press [Enter] . •...

22 OSD Operation (continued) The settings are explained in the following table: Setting Function OSD HOTKEY Selects which Hotkey activates the OSD function: [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] or [Ctrl] [Ctrl] . Since the Ctrl key combination may conflict with programs running on the computers, the default ...

25 F5 SKP This function enables you to easily skip backward or forward - switching the console focus from the cur-rently active computer port to the previous or next available one. • The selection of computers to be available for Skip Mode switching is made with the Scan/Skip Mode setting under the ...

26 OSD Operation (continued) F8 LOUT LOUT (Log Out) logs you out of OSD control of the computers, and blanks the Console screen. This isdifferent from simply pressing [Esc] to deactivate the OSD when you are at the Main Screen. With this function you must log in all over again to regain access to th...

27 Hotkey Operation Hotkey Port Control Hotkey Port Control allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular computer directly from the keyboard. Note: Hotkeys work best in single stage and basic cascaded or daisy chained installations. For complicat- ed daisy chain+cascaded installations, it is simp...

28 Hotkey Operation (continued) Auto Scanning Auto Scan switches among all the CPU Ports that are accessible to the current Operator at regular intervals(see Scan/Skip Mode , p. 22, for information regarding accessible ports). This function is convenient for automatically monitoring the activity of ...

29 Hotkey Operation (continued) Skip Mode This feature allows you to switch between computers in order to monitor them manually. In contrast toAuto Scanning, which automatically switches after a fixed interval, Skip Mode lets you dwell on a particularport for as long or as little as you like. To inv...

30 Multiplatform Support The B060-032 provides the utmost in flexibility for your installation by offering multi-platform support.Through the use of Console Modules and KVM Adapter Cables, PS/2 and USB interfaces can be mixedand matched at the console side, and PS/2, USB and Sun interfaces can be mi...

31 The Firmware Upgrade Utility Introduction Purpose The purpose of the Windows-based Firmware Upgrade Utility (FWUpgrade.exe) is to provide an automatedprocess for make upgrading the KVM switch’s firmware as smooth and painless as possible. The program comes as part of a Firmware Upgrade Package th...

32 The Firmware Upgrade Utility (continued) Performing the Upgrade Starting the Upgrade To upgrade your firmware: 1. To run the downloaded Firmware Upgrade Package file, either double click the file icon, or open a command line and enter the full path to it. The Firmware Upgrade Utility Welcome scre...

33 Appendix Connection Tables The following tables indicate the relationship between the number of KVM units and the number of computers that they control: B060-032 Daisy Chain B060-032s Computers 1 1 - 32 2 33 - 64 3 65 - 96 4 97 -128 5 129 - 160 6 161 - 192 7 193- 224 8 225 - 256 B060-032 Cascade ...

34 Appendix (continued) OSD Factory Default Settings Clear Login Information If you are unable to perform an Administrator login (because the Username and Password information hasbecome corrupted, or you have forgotten it, for example), you can clear the login information with the following procedur...

35 Specifications B060-032 Function Specification Computer Connections Direct 32 Max 256 (via 8 level daisy chain)256 (via 2 level cascade)2,048 (via 8 level daisy chain + 2 level cascade) Console Connections 4 Direct; 32 Max. (via 8 level daisy chain) Port Selection OSD (On Screen Display); Hotkeys...

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