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3 Hardware installation
3.1 Operation Overview
Figure 3-1 shows the connections of KVM-9000 to its host, to peripheral devices, to the power source
and to the local area network.
Figure 3-1.a: KVM-9000 usage scenario
Figure 3-1.b: KVM-9000 usage scenario
KVM-9000 redirects local keyboard, mouse, and video data to a remote administration console. All
data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family.
KVM-9000 can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Attaching one or
several KVM-9000es to a KVM switch matrix allows accessing multiple servers on a single remote
console.
3.2 Connecting KVM-9000 to the host system
In order to connect the KVM-9000 of the host system perform the following steps:
Step 1
Connect the power supply on KVM-9000
Administrator
IP Network
Single port
IP-KVM
KVM
PC
Administrator
IP Network
Single port
IP-KVM
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KVM Switch
KVM
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