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YoucancascadevariousMCCATunitstoorganizeatwo‐tierKVM
switchsystemandexpandthenumberofavailablechannelsaccordingly.
AmixofdifferentMCCATmodelsispermitted.Ifthetwo‐tiersystem
completelycomprisestheMCCAT116models,thenumberofconnected
computerscanevenbeexpandedupto25
6computers.
In This Chapter
Overview...........................................................................................................32
SettingUpaTwo‐TierSy
stem .......................................................................33
AccessingtheSecond‐TierChannel
s ............................................................38
Overview
WhenoneormultipleMCCATunitsareconnectedtothechannelportsof
asingleMCCATunit,thisKVMswitchsystemistheso‐calledʺtwo‐tier
system.ʺTheformerMCCATunitsbelongtothesecondtier,andthe
latteristhefirsttier.Youcanconnectcomputerstoallchannelports
av
ailableinsuchasystem,includingthoseofthefirsttierandthoseofthe
secondtier.
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ComputerswithCIMsattached
o
Cat5UTPcables
p
Second‐tierMCCATunits
Chapter 5
Two-Tier System