Features, The phantom configuration, Sd p1610 – Minicom Advanced Systems Minicom Supervisor Phantom User Manual
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The Phantom configuration
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Features
The Phantom system gives you:
• Control and monitor mixed, multi-platform server environments of up to 63 remote computers from 1 or 2 Manager
position
• Advanced On Screen Display management (including multi-layer security), and BIOS level access
• The option to connect a keyboard, video and mouse to any Remote PCI card computer – referred to as a Local
Workstation
• A total distance of up to 110m/360ft between the Manager computer and the last connected Remote computer
• Pure hardware solution. No drivers. No IRQs. No interrupts
The Phantom configuration
Figure 1-1 illustrates the Phantom configuration for the Manager and Remote PCI cards.
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Figure 1-1 The card version configuration
Figure 1-2 illustrates the Phantom configuration for the UPM (without the optional computer) and Specter
models.
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Figure 1-2 The Phantom Specter configuration with the UPM