Chapter 1: Introduction
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• Amaximumof256computerscanbecontrolledinatwo‐tier
cascadedMCCATsystem
• TheunitinterconnectswitheachcomputerviathestandardCat5
UTPcables
• Theunitscanbecascadedtoformatwo‐tierKVMswitchsystem
• TheOSDinterfacefeaturessimplesystemcontrolan
dmanagement
• Supportthevideoresolutionupto1600x1200
• Theusercanbelocatedatadistanceupto100feet(30.4meters)from
theattachedcomputers
• Withthe“keep‐alive”technology,userscanadd,removeand
hot‐swapcomponentswithoutinterruptiontothecomputers.
• LEDsinthefrontpa
nelindicatethestatusofcomputers
• Buttonsinthefrontpanelprovidesfastaccesstocomputers
• Multi‐platformsupport,includingMS‐DOS,Windows
2000/2003/NT/Me/XP/Vista,Linux(RedHat,NovellSuse)andSCO
Unix
• SupportIBM,DellandHPservers
• TheScanfunctionallowsthesystemtoaut
omaticallycyclethrough
allofthechannelsatthedefaultoruser‐customizedrates
• TheSkipfunctionallowsthesystemtobypassinactivechannels
duringthechannelscanning
• ThePasswordSecurityfunction,providingoneadministratorand5
userpasswords,preventsunauthorizedaccesstotheattached
computers
• Supporttheus
eofastandardkeyboardandastandard2‐wheel
mouse
Package Contents
• MasterConsoleCATUnitx1
• Powercordx1
• RackmountKitx1(includingbracketsandassociatedscrews)
• “UserManuals&QuickSetupGuides”CDx1
• WarrantyCardx1