Introduction > Cascading Devices

Cascading Devices
The KVM supports cascading, which allows administrators to connect secondary KVM units to a primary KVM. Cascading allows administrators to increase the number of managed devices to up to 1024 servers with a centralized configuration and access interface.
A maximum of 32 secondary KVM devices can be cascaded from the primary KVM extending the number of KVM ports to a maximum of 512 for two-user configuration (i.e. two connections to each cascaded device), or 1024 for a one-user configuration.
As depicted in the following figure, the KVM supports one level of cascading: The primary KVM controls the secondary level of KVM units connected to it. A secondary KVM unit can be a KVM, a KVM Expander, a KVM/net, or a KVM/netPlus.
Administrators can connect up to 32 KVM units to the master KVM. Each cascaded KVM device has two management ports that can be connected to the primary KVM.
Cascaded KVM Devices from a KVM
 

Introduction > Cascading Devices