Owners manual

Product Overview
TheAvocent
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MatrixHighPerformanceKVMswitchingsystemisthenextgenerationofAvocent
keyboard,videoandmouse(KVM)products.ThisnewclassofdigitalMatrixsystemsand
extensionproductsprovidesthehigh-performance,reliabledesktopextensionexperience
expectedfromanAvocentproduct.Combiningthebestofthepreviousgeneration,suchasthe
instantaneousswitchingtimeoftheAvocentAMX™switchingsystemandthedigitalqualityand
advancedmanagementfeaturesoftheAvocentHMXextendersystem,thedigitalMatrixswitching
solutionoffersawaytomigratetoadigitalsolutionwhileleveragingexistinginfrastructure.
Inatypicalscenario,numeroustransmitterandreceiverdevicescanconnectinaMatrixfashionto
communicatethroughtheproprietarycentralswitchoranetworkofswitches.Theswitchhandles
thedistributionofthedatastreamsbetweentransmittersandreceivers.Asingleshieldedtwisted
pair(STP)CAT5e/6cable,connectseachtransmitterandreceivertotheswitch.Usersarelinked
tocomputersinreal-timeacrossaMatrixthatconnectsvideo,USBperipheralsandaudiofroma
targetcomputertoareceiverwheretheusercanoperateasifthecomputerisdirectlyconnectedto
amonitor,USBperipheralsandspeakers.
TheMatrixSwitchingSystemisthebasisforanadditionalsetofproductsintendedtoaddressthe
digitalsignageandProA/V,asITandA/Vequipmentconverge.Thisunifiedapproachprovidesan
enhanceddigitalMatrixswitchingsolutionforbroadcast,postproductionanddatacenters
(government,militaryandindustrial).
Features and Benefits
• TransmittersarepoweredfromtheswitchoverSTPCAT5e/6
• Dualpowersupplyswitches(availableonthe32-portswitch)
• HighspeedUSBistransparentlypresentedtothetargetcomputer
• Transmitters,receivers,andswitchesareallequippedwithfullcolorLCDdisplaysshowing
colorcodedunitstatus
• Transmitterssupportdiscretecablesforconnectiontothetargetvideo,USBandaudio
Security
TheswitchingsystemsupportsSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)overaTCP/IPconnectionandAES.
Passwordprotectionisalsoprovidedtocontrolaccesstoalladministrationfunctions.Individual
KVMusershaveusernames,passwordsandalistoftargetstheyareallowedtoaccess.Thetype
ofallowedUSBdevicescanbecontrolledonaper-user,per-receiverandper-transmitterbasis.