Administration > Cascading Devices

Cascading Devices
The KVM/net supports cascading, which allows administrators to connect secondary KVM units to a primary KVM/net. 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/net 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.
Administrators can connect up to 32 KVM units to the master KVM/net. Each cascaded KVM device has two management ports that can be connected to the primary KVM/net.
KVM/net users can use the master KVM/net to access all devices connected to KVM ports on the master and slave KVM units.
Note: You must connect the master KVM/net’ KVM port to User 2 on the slave. Optionally, you can add a second connection to User 1 on the slave by using a terminator. If a KVM Expander is used then User A or User B management ports on the KVM Expander can be used.
Note: In a cascaded configuration, the internal IP modules of the cascaded units are not available.
The following table indicates which ports on each cascaded device can be used for cascading and which cables need to be used in order to connect them.
KVM Terminator (User1) and CAT5 cable with RJ45 connectors
AlterPath KVM/net
KVM Terminator (User1) and CAT5 cable with RJ45 connectors
AlterPath KVM/netPlus
KVM Terminator (User1) and CAT5 cable with RJ45 connectors
Note: In addition to a CAT5 cable, you need a KVM Terminator to connect to the User 1 port of a cascaded KVM, KVM/net, or KVM/netPlus.

Administration > Cascading Devices