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LINDY CPU Switch Dual Multi-Platform Installation and Use Page 29
Creating entries for computers connected to cascaded LINDY CPU Switches
You can cascade LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP units using one or two KVM links.
Section 2.5 explains the rules that you must follow when installing a LINDY CPU
Switch cascade. The number of cascade links that you install determines the number
of simultaneous users that can access computers on the cascaded LINDY CPU
Switches. Ideally if you are cascading LINDY CPU Switch Dual units then you
should use two cascade links as this will cause no blocking and will allow both users
simultaneous access to all computers.
Each computer name that you add to the on-screen menu has an associated port
number that tells the LINDY CPU Switch where to find the computer. Port numbers
for computers attached to a single LINDY CPU Switch are simply the port number
that the computer is attached to. Port numbers for computers connected to cascaded
LINDY CPU Switches are constructed by defining the port routing that is required to
get from the user's KVM to the computer.
Figure 6 illustrates how port numbers are constructed and how the physical
configuration of a cascaded system relates to entries in the on-screen menu. The
illustrated configuration is an unlikely configuration in practice but has been chosen
for explanation purposes. If you make multiple cascade links then they must be
connected to the groups of ports defined in figure 7. These ports have associated
group port numbers. The LINDY CPU Switch uses this group port number to connect
to the first available port in that group. For example, group port number 21 comprises
of ports 1 and 2. If these ports are linked to a cascaded LINDY CPU Switch and
users try to connect to computers that are attached to the cascaded LINDY CPU
Switch, the system will allocate the cascade links to the first two users on a first
come first served basis.