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Hot Plugging
The KN2108 / KN2116 supports hot plugging - components can be removed
and added back into the installation by unplugging and replugging their
cables from the ports without the need to shut the unit down.
If you change computer positions, however, in order for the OSD menus to
correspond to the KVM port changes, you must manually reedit the Port
Names to have the OSD to reflect the new Port information. See Edit Port
Names (p. 33) for details.
Note: If the computer’s Operating System does not support hot plugging,
this function may not work properly.
Port ID Numbering
Each computer on the installation is assigned a unique Port ID. The Port ID
is a one or two segment number that is determined by the Stage Level and
KVM Port number of the KVM switch that the computer is connected to.
The first segment represents the KVM Port number of the First Stage unit;
the second segment represents the KVM Port number of the Second Stage
unit.
A computer attached to a First Stage unit has a one segment Port ID (from 1 -
16), that corresponds to the KVM Port number that the computer is connected to.
A computer attached to a Second Stage unit has a two segment Port ID:
M The second segment (from 1 - 8), represents the KVM Port number on the
Second Stage unit that the computer is connected to. The first segment
(from 1 - 16) represents the KVM Port number on the First Stage unit that
the Second Stage unit links back to.
M For example, a Port ID of 12 - 3 refers to a computer that is connected to
KVM Port 3 of a Second Stage unit that links back to KVM Port 12 of the
First Stage unit.
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