
Chapter 5: Paragon II and P2ZCIMs/Z-CIMs
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P2ZCIMs
• ForusewiththeParagonIIswitch
• CanbeusedonParagonIunitwhosehardwareversionisHW3
(runningParagonIIcode)
• SupportPS2(P2ZCIM‐PS2),USB(P2ZCIM‐USB)andSun
(P2ZCIM‐SUN)interfaces
• Supportupto42unitsinanymixedarrangementonaCat5ch
ain
• Spanupto1,000feet(304m.)fromtheuserstationtothelastP2ZCIM
onaCat5chain
• CannotbemixedonaCat5chainwithZ‐CIM(UKVMSPDor
UKVMSC)
• P2ZCIM‐USBcanbeusedforeitherSunUSBandPCUSB(controlled
byatoggleswi
tchonthebackoftheunit)
• “L”models(e.g.,P2ZCIM‐PS2L)areavailable,whichfeaturelonger
cables36ʺ(91cm)forusewithcablemanagementarms
Note:Theeasiestwaytodetermineifthehardwareversionofyour
ParagonIunitisHW3istocheckthenumberofitsstackingportsonthe
rearside.Ifthereisonlyonestackingport,thehardwareversionisHW3.
Z-CIMs (UKVMSPD and UKVMSC)
• ForusewithParagonIandParagonIIswitches
• SupportPS2interfaceonly
• Supportupto42unitsonasingleCat5chain
• Spanupto1,000feet(304m.)fromtheuserstationtothelastZ‐CIM
onaCat5chain
• CannotbemixedonaCa
t5chainwithP2ZCIMs
• UKVMSCZ‐CIMfeatureslocalKVMports
Note:UKVMSPDissupportedwithParagonII,butisnolongeravailable
forpurchase.