Owners manual

Installation and Configuration.....9
3. YoucannowconnecttransmittersandreceiverstoanumberedRJ-45portonthecascaded
masterandslaveswitches.
4. Whenyouhaveconnectedthetransmittersandreceiverstotheswitchingsystem,youwill
needtoconfigurethecascadedswitchasaslave.Formoreinformationonconfiguringthe
switchmodes,seeSwitchdetailsonpage23.
5. Youcanrepeatsteps2through4tocascadeathirdorfourthswitch.
High availability cascading
Youcanaddanadditionallayerofsecurityandprotectiontoyourcascadedsystem(autofailover)
toguardfromasystemfailure.Thisconfiguration,knownascascaderedundancy,allowsyouto
designateaslaveswitchasabackuptothemasterswitch.Whentheslavebecomesthebackup,it
isthencalledapeerswitchandwillautomaticallytakeoveriffailureoccursinyourinitialsystem.
Formoreinformationoncascaderedundancy,seeCascadeTabonpage28.
Extended Mode
InanExtendedModeconfiguration,theMatrixtransmitterisconnectedtothetargetdeviceandthe
Matrixreceiverisconnecteddirectlytothemonitor,mouse,keyboardandspeakers.This
configurationenablesaquicksysteminstallation.
NOTE: Thereisa100meterlimitbetweentransmittersandreceivers.
Switch Configuration
AftertheAvocentMatrixSwitchingSystemhasbeeninstalled,youcanbeginconfiguration.By
default,DHCPisenabledontheswitch.OncetheswitchreceivesanIPaddress,itisdisplayedon
theLCDdisplayonthebackoftheunit.Youcanbeginconfigurationbyusingthesetupportor
usingtheOn-boardWebInterface(OBWI).FormoreinformationontheOBWIsetup,seeOn-
BoardWebInterfaceonpage13.
Setup Port
ThesetupportonthebackoftheMatrixswitchallowstheadministratoraccesstoamenuforsetup
andconfigurationoftheswitch.Fromtheserialmenuyoucanconfigurenetworksettings,setupor
changepasswords,upgradethefirmwareorresettofactorydefaults.
NOTE: ThedefaultusernameandpasswordisAdminwithnopassword.Whenyouloginforthefirsttime,
youwillbepromptedtochangethepassword.