Owners manual

2.....Avocent® Matrix High Performance KVM Switching System
Auto failover
MultipleAvocentMatrixHighPerformanceKVMswitchescanbeinterconnectedtocreatea
cascadedswitchingsystemthatiscapableofsupportingmorereceiversandtransmitters.Within
eachcascadedsystem,oneswitchisconfiguredasamasterandtheremainingswitchesare
configuredasslaves.ThemorecomplexyourMatrixswitchingsystemis,themorecriticalitisto
ensurethatitisfunctionalandprotectedfromasystemfailure.TheMatrixswitchingsystem
providesaccesstoahighavailabilitybackupswitch,knownasapeer,tokeepthesystemprotected
andrunning.Thesystemprovidestheabilitytodesignateandconfigureaslaveswitchasthe
backupcontrollerforthecascade.
Flash upgrade
Thefirmwaremaybeupgradedatanytimeusingvariousindustryprotocolstoensurethatthe
systemisalwaysrunningthemostcurrentversionavailable.Theswitch,transmitterandthe
receiverareallflashupgradable.
Video support
TheadvancedDambrackasVideoCompression™algorithmusedbythesystemenablesapixel-
accuratevideoexperiencewithlag-free,real-timeinteractionwithcomputingequipment.The
resultingperformanceandspeedprovidenewlevelsofcontentcreation,productionanddelivery.
VideoisdistributedinmultipleformatssupportingvariousconnectorsincludingDVI-DandVGA.
Audio support
TheMatrixreceiverprovidesCDquality(Redbook)44.1kHz,16-bitperchannelstereoaudio
support.
USB support
TheMatrixSwitchingSystemprovidessixUSBversion2.0connectorswithanindustry-leading
combinedthroughput.
On-Board Web Interface (OBWI)
AdministratorscanmanagethesystemthroughtheOBWI(accessedwithHTTPS).TheOBWI
runsonanysupportedbrowserthathasnetworkaccesstotheswitch.Anadministratorcanusethe
OBWItocreateuseraccountsandconfiguretransmittersandreceivers.