Owners manual

28.....Avocent® Matrix High Performance KVM Switching System
Private mode
InPrivateonlymode,nootherreceiverintheswitchingsystemcanswitchtothattargetdevice.If
PrivateModeisnotavailable,theuserwillbenotifiedviaanonscreenmessage.Ifthetransmitteris
configuredforprivatemodeonly,thesharemodeoptionwillbegrayedoutandonlyprivatemode
willbeavailable.
Share mode
InShareMode,multipleuserscanconnecttotheaudioandvideoofatargetcomputeroverthe
networkandarbitrateforcontrolofthatcomputer.ShareModeisthedefaultmode,however,ifthe
userhasbeengivenaccessbytheadministratortheywillbeabletochooseprivatemodeviaa
radiobutton.Thesharedonlymodeisthedefaultmodeforusers.
Cascade Tab
FromtheCascadetab,youcanconfigurecascaderedundancytoaddanadditionallayerof
securityandprotectiontoyourcascadedsystemtoguardfromasystemfailure.Inacascade
redundancyconfiguration,themasterswitchisbydefaultthe"cascadecontroller".Thecascade
controllerperformssystemcontrolfunctionsincludingusersessionauthentication,administration,
targetconnections,firmwareupgradesandcommunicationsforexternallymanagedsystems.
Beforeyoubegin,ensureyouhavealreadyinstalledacascadedMatrixswitchingsystem.
To configure cascade redundancy:
1. Determinewhichslaveswitchwillbethepeerswitch.
NOTE: Ifyourpeerwillneedtoaccessthesameconnectionsasthemasterswitch,ensurethatthepeeris
setupwiththesameconnectionpaths.Intheeventoffailover,anyreceiversortransmittersconnectedto
thefailedswitcharenotdiscoveredorpartofthenewcascade.
2. Logintothemasterswitch(cascadecontroller)andselecttheCascade tab.
3. Fromthesidebar,selectLink Peer.
4. ChooseaswitchandclickSelect.Theslaveswitchisnowthepeerswitchandthebackup
cascadecontroller.Thesystemconfigurationsettingsarenowsharedfromthecascade
controllertothebackup,andthebackupcannowassumetheroleofthecontrollerifneeded.
5. Ifyouneedtochangeyourcurrentconfiguration,selectUnlink Peer toremovethelink
betweenthecascadecontrollerandbackup.Afterthepeerswitchisunlinked,itreturnsto
standardslavestatusandnofailoverprotectionisinplace.