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Introduction....................................................................................................116

ParagonIIan

dP2ZCIMs ..............................................................................118

ParagonIIan

dZ‐CIMs .................................................................................123

Introduction

ManyCIMs,includingParagonIIZ‐CIMs(P2ZCIMs)andZ‐CIMs

(UKVMSPDandUKVMSC),enableaccessandcontrolofmultipleservers

fromaParagonuserstation,occupyingonlyonechannelportonyour

Paragonswitch.P2ZCIMsorZ‐CIMsaresetupinachain‐like

server‐to‐serverarrangement,withea

chP2ZCIMorZ‐CIMconnectedto

thekeyboard,video,andmouseportsofeachserverandlinkedwith

standardCat5UTPcables.Throughthischainedcabling,theytransmit

keyboard,video,andmousesignalstothesystem.Youcanaccessand

controlanyserverconnectedinthechainviatheOSUIandnewservers

canbeadd

edatanytimewithoutinterruptingserveroperation.

ParagonIIoperatesusingP2ZCIMsandZ‐CIMs(UKVMSPDand

UKVMSC).AlthoughalltheseCIMsareinstalledthesameway,certain

CIMswillnotfunctionifusedinthesamechainasotherCIMs.

Chapter 5

Paragon II and P2ZCIMs/Z-CIMs