Black Box KV130A, KV132A-R2, KV130DA, KV134A-R2, KV138A Specifications

Affordable many-to-many

multiplatform KVM switching.

Affordable many-to-many

multiplatform KVM switching.

ServSwitch Affinity

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FEATURES

• As many as 16 users have
keyboard/mouse/video control
over as many as 1024 PC, Sun,
RS/6000, SGI, HP, and/or Alpha
computers.

• Easily expandable with plug-in port
cards and flexible cabling.

• Free lifetime firmware upgrades.

• Supports video resolutions up to
1280 x 1024.

• High levels of security, including
passwords and access profiles.

• Controlled through on-screen display,
with additional keyboard commands
and a terminal-based serial-port
options menu.

• Some models have redundant
power supplies.

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Is your server room growing by leaps and bounds?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a keyboard/video/mouse-switching
system that could keep up with all the hardware, all the users,
the constant changes, and the realities of your budget?

Our ServSwitch Affinity

™

could be the one. It supports

most major hardware platforms, including IBM

®

PS/2®,

PC/AT

®

, and RS/6000®; Sun®; SGI™; HP®700 and 9000 series;

and Compaq

®

Alpha. IBM type computers can use any
keyboard mode and any of a variety of mouse types. Video
can be any of several types at up to 1280 x 1024 resolution.

You can attach as many as 16 computers to a single unit or
1024 computers to a daisychained ServSwitch Affinity system.
Either way, you can also attach up to 4, 8, or 16 independent
users; more users can be connected, but they’ll have to
contend for access.

Here’s how it works: Each ServSwitch Affinity has four
slots for port cards. Our 0 x 4 port card (KV1300C) has four
CPU (computer) ports and a serial port only; the 1 x 4 card
(KV1301C-R2) also has a KVM (user) port.

The ServSwitch Affinity chassis also has a fifth, top slot used
for expansion purposes; the 16-user models have a matching
sixth, bottom slot. Our 4-user models ship with a terminator
card (KV1304C) installed in the expansion slot; you can swap
in a 4-User Expansion Card (KV1305C) if you’ll be daisychaining
the ServSwitch Affinity. The 8- and 16-user models, which are
designed to be part of a daisychain, come without anything
installed in the expansion slot(s). You need to purchase and
install an 8- and 16-User Expansion Card (KV1306C) for each
slot for the unit to work.

One difference between the 4-user ServSwitch Affinity
models with single power supplies is which cards they’re
preinstalled with; see the start of the Ordering Information
on page 5 for a list of which cards come with each model.
The 4-User Standalone Chassis models (as well as the 1 x 4
port card) also offer serial emulation. This enables access
to any RS-232 serial device.

Add capacity to your ServSwitch Affinity system at any time
by installing port cards in vacant slots or add more chassis to a
daisychain.

The port card’s serial ports are used for terminal-based
initial system configuration; they are also used to upgrade
the ServSwitch Affinity’s firmware. (Upgrades are free for
the lifetime of the ServSwitch Affinity!)

The ServSwitch Affinity’s main controls are its on-screen
menus (with a full range of configuration and operating
functions). These menus are augmented by a number of
keyboard commands.

For added security, the ServSwitch Affinity supports
password-protected access groups. Computers can belong to
multiple groups, but users can only belong to one. Users will
only be able to access the computers in their group.

When users do access computers, they’ll have one of four
assigned access levels: view only (no keyboard/mouse control),
share (view access until current user becomes inactive, then
add keyboard and mouse), control (sole control but others can
view), or private (sole control, no one else can interrupt or view).

Models with dual, redundant power supplies are available.
If one power supply fails, the other powers the load until you
install a replacement supply.

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