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THE SERVSWITCH™ FAMILY Welcome to the ServSwitchTM Family! Thank you for purchasing a BLACK BOX® ServSwitch™ Brand KVM switch! We appreciate your business, and we think you’ll appreciate the many ways that your new ServSwitch keyboard/video/mouse switch will save you money, time, and effort. That’s because our ServSwitch family is all about breaking away from the traditional, expensive model of computer management.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL BLACK BOX and the logo are registered trademarks, and ServSwitch and ServSwitch Affinity are trademarks, of Black Box Corporation. Apple, Mac, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. IBM, PC/AT, PS/2, RS/6000, and ThinkPad are registered trademarks, and PC/XT is a trademark, of International Business Machines Corporation.
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SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY EUROPEAN UNION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This equipment complies with the requirements of the European EMC Directive 89/336/EEC with respect to EN55022 (Class B), EN50082-1/EN60555-2, and the Low Voltage Directive.
NOM STATEMENT NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. Todas las advertencias en el aparato eléctrico y en sus instrucciones de operación deben ser respetadas. 4. Todas las instrucciones de operación y uso deben ser seguidas. 5.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos, poniendo particular atención a los contactos y receptáculos donde salen del aparato. 14. El equipo eléctrico debe ser limpiado únicamente de acuerdo a las recomendaciones del fabricante. 15.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications ........................................................................................... 11 2. Introduction ............................................................................................. 2.1 The Complete Package ..................................................................... 2.2 Features ............................................................................................. 2.3 The Rear Panel Illustrated ...........
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Contents (continued) Chapter 3. Page Installation and Preconfiguration (continued) 3.5 The Power-Up Procedure ................................................................. 3.5.1 The Power-Up Diagnostic Screen: Standard Messages ....... 3.5.2 Kernel-Halt Error Messages .................................................. 3.5.3 Kernel Serial-Port Messages .................................................. 3.6 Initial Configuration ......................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 6. Keyboard Commands .............................................................................. 6.1 Command Summary ....................................................................... 6.2 Display Configuration Menu: [Ctrl] [F12] .................................... 6.3 Display CPU List: [Ctrl] [Esc] ........................................................ 6.4 Select Computer: [Ctrl] xxxx [Enter] ............................................ 6.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Contents (continued) Appendix Page Appendix A: NVRAM Factory Defaults ....................................................... 113 Appendix B: Cable Product Codes .............................................................. 115 Appendix C: Pinout of the Dedicated Serial Ports ..................................... 118 Appendix D: The LK461 Keyboard ............................................................. 119 Appendix E: Installing Cards in the ServSwitch Affinity ................
CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications Hardware Required: Monitor that supports your computers’ highest video standard; in multiplatform applications, should be a multisync model capable of forming video from either composite sync or separate horizontal and vertical sync signals (see Section 3.2.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Data Rate: RS-232: User-selectable: On serial ports: 9600 or 57,600 bps; On CPU ports: 50, 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps Flow Control: RS-232 on CPU ports: Transparent to software flow control; doesn’t support hardware flow control Maximum Distance: 20 ft. (6.1 m) of CPU or User Cable—possibly as much as 100 ft. (30.5 m) of coaxial CPU or User Cable, depending on CPUs, monitor, and video resolution (see Section 3.2.
CHAPTER 1: Specifications Connectors: All rear-mounted; On Affinity chassis: Rear-mounted IEC 320 male power inlet(s): KV130DA, KV138DA, KV139DA: (2); All other models: (1); On all Affinity Port Cards (KV1300C and KV1301C-R2): (4) DB25 female for CPU connections, (1) RJ-12 (“6-wire RJ-11”) female for serial management; On 1 x 4 Port Cards (KV1301C-R2): (1) DB25 female for user connections; On 4-User Expansion Cards (KV1305C): (2) DB15 female: (1) for input to Port Cards in slots 1 and 2, (1) for input to P
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Humidity Tolerance: 5 to 80% noncondensing Enclosure: Steel Fuses: KV130DA, KV138DA, KV139DA: Autoresetting switch fuses that cut in when power surges exceed the maximum ratings of the chassis Power: Input: 90 to 264 VAC, 47 to 63 Hz, 700 mA from AC outlet(s) through included power cord(s) and inlet(s) into internal transformer(s): KV130DA, KV138DA, KV139DA: Dual transformers with separate AC inlets, electrically isolated from one another; All other models: Single transformer; Co
CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2. Introduction Thank you for choosing a ServSwitch™ Affinity. Designed with your needs in mind, your new Affinity will simplify your job by helping you organize your multiple-computer application. With your Affinity you can use one or more keyboards, monitors, and mice to access a number of IBM® PC compatible, Sun Microsystems® compatible, and other UNIX® based computers, so you can significantly reduce your equipment overhead and end keyboard and monitor clutter.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY • The 16-User ServSwitch Affinity (product code KV139A) and Dual-Powered 16-User ServSwitch Affinity (KV139DA) shouldn’t have any cards preinstalled either. (You must install two Expansion Cards in these models in order for them to work.) (The first five of these chassis are considered “4-User” models, because a cascaded Affinity system made up of these chassis can support as many as four independent users.
CHAPTER 2: Introduction Security: • Four connect modes provide flexibility in tailoring ServSwitch Affinity to your environment’s security policies: Connect Mode Your Access Other Users’ Access View View only Full Share Full Full Control Full View only Private Full None • User names and passwords protect access to computers with sensitive systems and information. • Group definitions allow users to access only those computers that their group can access.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY On-screen display technology: • The ServSwitch Affinity can mix its own video output with that of the attached computers so that its menus “pop up” on top of application screens. • Easy-to-use menus guide you through configuration. • Connection-status information can be displayed in any of a large number of color combinations. You can set it to disappear either after an adjustable time interval elapses or on demand.
CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2.3 The Rear Panel Illustrated All cable connections are made at the Affinity’s rear panel, as illustrated in Figures 2-1 through 2-3 and described on the following pages. Figure 2-1. The rear panel of a fully populated regular ServSwitch Affinity Expansion Chassis (four 1 x 4 Port Cards installed).
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Designation Connector Description CPU N DB25 F On Port Cards: Connect the sharing computers to these ports with CPU Cables (“CPU Adapter Cables”). At the ServSwitch Affinity end, these cables have a DB25 male connector; at the other ends, they have appropriate connectors to plug into your CPUs’ video, keyboard, and mouse ports.
CHAPTER 2: Introduction Designation Connector Description IN N 4-Port cards: On Expansion Cards: Ports carrying keyboard/ mouse/video data input from other ServSwitch Affinity units to the Port Cards installed in the local Affinity, as well as system-control information. Ports IN 1 and IN 2 (on the bottom card only in a 16-User chassis) carry all of the keyboard and mouse data for all of the Port Cards, plus all of the system-control data.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 2.4 Cable Requirements Many switches of this type have what seems like hundreds of connectors on their rear panels: one for each CPU’s video cable, one for each keyboard cable, and a third for each mouse cable. The potential for tangling or mismatching cables is high. By contrast, you can connect the ServSwitch Affinity to your CPUs with one CPU Cable (also called a “CPU Adapter Cable”) for each CPU. This single cable reaches the CPU’s video-output, keyboard, and mouse ports.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3. Installation and Preconfiguration 3.1 Quick Setup Guide Figure 3-1 shows a basic example of connecting a ServSwitch Affinity to a CPU, a user station (monitor, keyboard, and mouse), another Affinity, and AC power. IBM PC equipment is shown, but the principles will be similar for all equipment types. Connectors will vary depending on the types of equipment you are installing.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.2 Guidelines for Using the ServSwitch Affinity with Your Equipment 3.2.1 CPUS If you will be attaching IBM PC type computers, use only IBM PC/AT or PS/2 or 100% compatible machines, or recent SGI™ machines. The ServSwitch Affinity does not support IBM PC/XT™ or compatible machines. It does not support machines that output CGA or EGA video.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration Other concerns: • The ServSwitch Affinity emulates several types of mice for the attached computers, but the actual mice used at your user stations must be the same type as the stations’ keyboards: Sun or USB mice with Sun keyboards or PS/2 or USB mice (not RS-232 mice) with PC type keyboards. For more details, see Section 4.3.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY to support the DEC LK461 keyboard (see Appendix D for the key mappings), Japanese 106- and 109-key keyboards, and certain other keyboards that use special or proprietary keys. However, we cannot guarantee that the Affinity will be able to fully support—or even work at all with—any PC-type keyboard that uses nonstandard keys, connectors, or keyboard-scan modes.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.2.3 MONITOR If all of your CPUs are of the same type, we recommend that you use the corresponding type of monitor. If your CPUs are of different types, the monitor must be a multisync model, able to sync to every CPU’s video-output frequencies, and compatible with all of the CPUs’ video cards.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY The ServSwitch Affinity will support SVGA (Super VGA) video, but with original Serv cables the video quality will decrease markedly at higher resolutions and distances. Table 3-2 illustrates this. The distances in the table are total lengths of CPU Cable and User Cable (but not Expansion Cable) measured from the CPU to the monitor.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration By contrast, coaxial cables (standard for Sun applications, required for XGA applications, and recommended for most other applications) do much better at maintaining video quality, as shown in Table 3-3. (For the meaning of quality numbers 3, 2, and 1, see the bottom of the previous page.) As before, the distances in the table are total adapter-cable lengths (not including Expansion Cable) measured from the CPU to the monitor.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.3 Installation Procedure This section provides complete instructions for the hardware setup of a single ServSwitch Affinity. (For instructions on installing a daisychained Affinity system, see Sections 3.3.6 and 3.4.) For an illustrated example of the elements of a basic setup, see Figure 3-1. For the procedure you should use to power up the system, see Section 3.5. For the initial configuration procedure, see Section 3.6.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.3.2 SETTING AND INSTALLING CARDS You can install Port Cards in any vacant Port-Card slot in the ServSwitch Affinity at any time. You can also install an Expansion Card (or, on 4-User models, swap in an Expansion Card for a Terminator Card)in order to prepare the Affinity to be daisychained. (You must install Expansion Cards in 8- and 16-User models—they won’t work otherwise.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.3.5 CONNECTING CPUS CPU Cables run from the ServSwitch Affinity to the keyboard port, mouse port (if this is separate), and video-output port of each CPU you want to directly attach to it. Different types of this cable fit the connectors on different computers (see Appendix B). This cable also comes in the different lengths supported by different applications (see Section 3.2.3). 1. Make sure that the Affinity is turned off and unplugged. 2.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 6. Plug each (remaining) CPU Cable’s video-, keyboard-, and (on IBM type cables) mouse-port connectors into the corresponding ports on each CPU (or into the video adapter on a non-VGA Mac). For various reasons, the CPU should be OFF when you do this. (The Affinity also needs to be configured before you turn ON the CPUs; see Section 3.6.) Avoid plugging CPUs into the Affinity if they are already ON; if you accidentally do so with an IBM type CPU, see Section 4.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.3.7 CONNECTING OTHER AFFINITY UNITS (OPTIONAL) To connect one or more other ServSwitch Affinity units together, all of the chassis must have Expansion Cards installed. You’ll need to run ServSwitch Affinity Expansion Cables (see Appendix B for product codes) between the Expansion Cards, always from the IN ports of one card to the OUT ports of other cards (never IN to IN or OUT to OUT).
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.3.9 CHANGING THE KEYBOARD SETTING OF WINDOWS NT 4.0 CPUS If any CPUs attached to your ServSwitch Affinity are running Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0, you must change the keyboard setting in their Control Panel from the default, “Microsoft Enhanced Keyboard,” to “Standard 101/102 or Microsoft Natural Keyboard.” Your Affinity system will not work with these CPUs unless their keyboard settings are changed. To do this, take these steps: 1.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.4 Daisychaining ServSwitch Affinity Units Chaining multiple ServSwitch Affinity units together adds capacity for more computers and, optionally, more user stations. When you plan a daisychained system, keep in mind that Affinity units attach to each other: • From output to input. • In a bus, split bus, or ring topology (see Section 3.4.3). • With between one and four (4-User models), eight (8-User model), or sixteen (16-User model) cables.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.4.2 BUS AND USER-PORT (KVM) NUMBERING 3.4.2.A In 4-User Models In 4-User ServSwitch Affinity models, the numbering of the user ports, users, buses, and keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) user stations is fixed, and in a normal daisychain with only 4-User units, each of these numbers will always be equal to the others.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY On the top Expansion Card in a 16-User Affinity: • Input port IN 1 and output port OUT 1 carry video signals for KVM 9 and KVM 10 (Users 9 and 10, attached to the Port Cards in slots 1 and 2 respectively if the Expansion Card is set for KVM 9 through 12). • Input port IN 2 and output port OUT 2 carry video signals for KVM 11 and KVM 12 (Users 11 and 12, the Port Cards in slots 3 and 4 respectively if the Expansion Card is set for KVM 9 through 12.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration If you’ll be placing the card in a 16-User chassis, follow the directions printed on the board: • To assign the users on the chassis’ Slots 1 through 4 to “KVM 1” through “KVM 4” respectively, set jumper blocks JP1 and JP2 on the “lower card” (the one installed in the bottom slot) to the DOWN position and remove the jumpers from JP1 and JP2 on the “upper card” (the one installed in the top slot).
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.4.3 TOPOLOGIES NOTE A standard Affinity system can support up to four, eight, or sixteen independent users, but each of their user ports/KVM user stations has to be numbered differently: either attached to a Port Card in a differentnumbered slot, or in chassis whose Expansion Cards are set for different numbering. See Section 3.4.2. If you have users on samenumbered ports/stations (both on KVM 1, for instance), the users will share a video bus. Refer to Section 5.3.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration Unit 3: CPUs 33 to 48 Unit 2: CPUs 17 to 32 User “KVM 4” (Slot 4) User “KVM 3” (Slot 3) User “KVM 2” (Slot 2) Unit 1: CPUs 1 to 16 User “KVM 1” (Slot 1) Figure 3-5. 4-User models in a regular bus topology.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Unit 5: CPUs 65 to 80; Expansion Card set to KVM 1–4 Unit 4: CPUs 49 to 64; Expansion Card set to KVM 13–16 Users “KVM 13” through “KVM 16” (on Slots 1 through 4) can access CPUs on Units 4 and 5 Unit 3: CPUs 33 to 48; Expansion Card set to KVM 9–12 Users “KVM 9” through “KVM 12” (on Slots 1 through 4) can access CPUs on Units 3 through 5 Unit 2: CPUs 17 to 32; Expansion Card set to KVM 5–8 Users “KVM 5” through “KVM 8” (on Slots 1 through 4) can access CPUs on Units 2 through 5
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.4.3.B Split Bus With daisychained 4-User models, you can use a split bus arrangement if you have two users on one ServSwitch Affinity and one or two users on another. Because each Expansion Cable carries signals for two user stations, one set of cables can carry a video bus in one direction (toward one pair of users) while the other set of cables carries a video bus in another direction (toward the other pair).
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY With daisychained 8-User models, if all of your users are connected to just two chassis, a split bus is one way for all of the users to access all of your CPUs. In this case, two cables carry video buses toward one set of as many as four users, and two cables carry video buses toward the other set. (Be careful how you set user-port numbering in this topology.) Figures 3-10 and 3-11 show the 8-User versions of the standard and custom split bus.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.4.3.C Ring With daisychained 4-User models, use a ring arrangement if you have user stations attached to three or four ServSwitch Affinity units and you want all of your users to have access (or at least potential access) to all CPUs.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Unit 3: CPUs 33 to 48; Expansion Card set to KVM 5–8 Users “KVM 7” and “KVM 8” (on Slots 3 and 4) All users can access all CPUs Unit 2: CPUs 17 to 32; Expansion Card set to KVM 5–8 Unit 1: CPUs 1 to 16; Expansion Card set to KVM 1–4 Users “KVM 5” and “KVM 6” (on Slots 1 and 2) Users “KVM 1” through “KVM 4” (on Slots 1 through 4) Figure 3-13. 8-User models in a ring topology.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.4.4 MIXED CHAINS You can, if you’re very careful, connect 4-User, 8-User, and 16-User ServSwitch Affinity units together in the same daisychain. In fact, you can even connect twouser Matrix ServSwitches (product codes SW74xA-R3 and SW76xA-R3) to an Affinity daisychain. In this situation, any buses running through Matrix ServSwitches or 4-User or 8-User Affinity units should still be numbered 1 and 2, 1 through 4, or 1 through 8 respectively.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.5 The Power-Up Procedure About three seconds after you plug in and turn on a ServSwitch Affinity as described in Section 3.3.8, a diagnostics screen running a self-test will appear on user-station monitors and serial devices attached to the unit.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.5.1 THE POWER-UP DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN: STANDARD MESSAGES The diagnostic screen that appears when you turn ON the ServSwitch Affinity is shown in Figure 3-15; standard messages you might see on it are shown in Table 3-4 on the next page.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Table 3-4. The standard diagnostic-screen messages. Diagnostic Messages Description Kernel Version Indicates version ID of the kernel program being run by the Port Card in the Affinity’s lowest-numbered occupied slot (all of the Port Cards should be running the same version). A new kernel may be downloaded into the Affinity through one of its serial ports; see Section 7.2.3. Overlay Version Indicates version ID of the firmware of the on-screen display board.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration Table 3-4 (continued). The standard diagnostic-screen messages. Diagnostic Messages Description Keyboard Detected If the diagnostics are being reported through a KVM port, displays the keyboard type/mode detected at that port’s user station. Mouse Detected If the diagnostics are being reported through a KVM port, displays the mouse type detected at that port’s user station. 3.5.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Here is what the parts of these messages mean: Kernel is bad, load new kernel through serial port The ServSwitch Affinity sends this message at bootup instead of the power-up diagnostic screen when it detects that its own kernel is corrupt. The unit will wait to receive a replacement kernel file through the bottom Port Card’s serial port using the serial parameters 9600, N, 8, 1. Connect the serial cable supplied with the Affinity as described in Section 7.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration Error reason When a communication error occurs, one of these “reason” messages will be displayed: Receive/network problem The Expansion Cables in your system might be loose, misconnected, broken, or defective. First make sure that all of your Expansion Cables are firmly seated in the Expansion Card connectors, and that the cables are connected from card to card in one of the ways shown in Section 3.4.2.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3.5.3 KERNEL SERIAL-PORT MESSAGES The ServSwitch Affinity’s kernel writes this message to the serial port at power-up: Hit space bar within 5 seconds to get serial options menu If the unit receives a [Space] character at the serial port during the next 5 seconds, the standard ServSwitch Affinity initialization terminates after writing the Local ports diagnostic message (see Section 3.5.1), and a serial options menu appears as described in Section 7.2.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration 3.6 Initial Configuration Once you plug in and turn on a ServSwitch Affinity and it passes the power-up diagnostic tests, you’ll need to set an important initial configuration parameter for it. You’ll be able to fully configure all of the units in your system later from a single user station, but it’s very important for your system operation that each Affinity at least have “starting computer” set properly before you do anything else with it.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 3. Save the configuration: Press the [Esc] key to return to the main menu, then press the [Esc] key again. Highlight “YES” in the pop-up selection box and press [Enter] to save the configuration. 3.6.2 INITIALLY CONFIGURING MULTIPLE DAISYCHAINED UNITS For each Affinity, take these steps: 1. Bring up the on-screen display: a. Make sure that a keyboard, monitor, and mouse are attached to one of the Affinity’s KVM ports through a User Cable, as described in Section 3.3.4.
CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration Table 3-5. “Starting computer” numbers and “maximum computer” in a sample four-unit daisychain.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 4. Full Configuration Once your ServSwitch Affinity system is up and running, you can configure the system from any attached user station (monitor, keyboard, and mouse). To do so, press and release the left [Ctrl] key, then press the [F12] key to access the configuration-menu screen shown in Figure 4-1. (After your initial access, if you’ve set a configuration password, a text box prompts for it.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration 4.1 Using the Menu 4.1.1 NAVIGATING THE CONFIGURATION PAGES A help line at the bottom of each screen explains what each selection does. From the configuration main page, use arrow keys to highlight the desired configuration menu, and press the [Enter] key. New text or numeric values may be entered in an input box, or a list of possible choices will appear. Enter the appropriate information and press [Enter] key.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY ServSwitch Affinity version MX22 Copyright 1990-2002 Main menu Configure System System Computer KVM User Profile Group Status Save Exit boards to update=3 Saving to flash Use arrow keys to highlight selection and press enter or press escape to exit Configure password box numbers, keyboard settings, appearance Figure 4-2. Saving configuration changes.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration 4.2 Configuring the System The “Configure System” page provides settings that affect the ServSwitch Affinity attached to the KVM station from where changes are initiated. Changes take effect when you exit the main menu or choose the Save option. Unsaved changes are lost if the unit is powered down.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Starting computer number Use this field to define the “system-reference number” of the first CPU port on this Affinity; that is, the unique number that the Affinity system will use to differentiate that port (and, by numbering upward from there, the other CPU ports on the unit) from the otherwise identical CPU ports on all other units in the system.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration Sun keyboard language Determines response to a Sun computer’s query for language type used. Factory default is “US” (standard North American keyboard language).
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Screen saver time Determines the period in seconds of keyboard and mouse inactivity before the Affinity activates the screen saver. Value may be from 0 to 9999 seconds. Entering 0 disables the screen saver. Factory default is 1200 seconds (20 minutes). Background color, text color Use these fields to set the background colors and text colors, respectively, of the connection-status and computer-select screens, as well as the serial terminal screen (see Chapter 8).
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration 4.3 Configuring Computers The “Configure Computer” page assigns names to computers or serial devices and defines keyboard and mouse types or serial data rates.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Keyboard Use this field to assign one of the following keyboard modes or serial data rates: • PC1: PC mode 1. Appropriate for most IBM compatible PCs that do not use mode 2 or USB; in particular, several PS/2 models. • PC2: PC mode 2. Appropriate for the vast majority of older IBM compatible PCs. NOTE Most PCs are PC2, so you probably don’t need to change the setting.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration Configure Computer Computer Name 1 Computer 1 2 2♦Computer 3 Computer 3 4 Computer 4 5 Computer 5 6 Computer 6 7 Computer 7 8 Computer 8 9 Computer 9 10 Computer 10 11 Computer 11 12 Computer 12 13 Computer 13 14 Computer 14 15 Computer 15 16 Computer 16 Keyboard Mouse Serial 9600,N,8,1 PC2 PS2 PC2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC2 PS2 PC1 PC2 PC3 USB-PC USB-Sun Sun Serial 9600,N,8,1 Serial 4800,N,8,1 S
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Mouse Use this field to assign one of the following PC mouse types (the Sun mouse is forced when you select the Sun keyboard and is not available when you choose a PC keyboard mode): • PS/2 • PS/2 wheel • Serial, two-button • Serial, three-button A PS/2 mouse has a 6-pin mini-DIN connector with either 2 or 3 buttons. A PS/2 wheel mouse incorporates a small wheel to perform special functions. Choosing a PS/2 mouse resets the computer’s PS/2 mouse port and enables data to be sent from it.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration 4.4 Configuring User Stations Using the “Configure KVM” page, you can assign names to your keyboard/video/ mouse user stations, choose stations’ default resolutions and refresh rates, choose startup computers, and enable or disable login procedures. If a login is not required, you can also assign “user profiles” to given stations (see Section 4.6).
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY In Affinity systems that include 8- or 16-User units, a station’s bus will also depend on the settings of the port-numbering jumpers JP1 and JP2 on the 8-Port Expansion Card(s) installed in the station’s chassis (see Section 3.4.2). The buses in a chassis will be numbered either KVM “1” through “4,” “5” through “8,” “9” through “12,” or “13” through “16.” The system automatically updates the bus numbers when the settings of JP1 and JP2 are changed.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration 4.5 Configuring User Definitions You can use the “Configure User” page to assign a username, password, and profile for each user.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Profile Use this field to assign users to “user profiles,” which are definitions of how users can access the Affinity system. Profiles are configured on the “Configure Profile” page (see Section 4.6).
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration Here are the profile-configuration parameters: Name Use this field to assign a name up to 8 characters long to each user profile. This can be, for example, a descriptive term such as “Staff” or the name of a person or an area of business. Factory-default names are “Profil 1” through “Profil16.” Access Use this field to assign each user profile to a group. Users whose profile is in a certain group can access only those computers that also belong to that group.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Share Use this field to set the “Share-mode timeout,” in seconds, for each user profile. If the connection mode for a given profile is “Share” (see the Connect heading on the previous page), this timeout determines how long users with that profile have to leave their keyboard and mice idle before another user can take keyboard and mouse control of the computer they were using.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration 4.7 Configuring Groups You can use the “Configure Group” page to assign computers to specific groups. Users that belong to a certain group can access computers that belong to the same group.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Group Name Group names are displayed above the group-membership indicators (plus signs). To change a group’s name, use arrow keys to move the highlight to the group’s column and press [Enter]. A box will appear beside the page; type a new name in this box and press [Enter] again. The new name will be displayed on this page and (after you save the configuration) on any other page where the group name appears. Factory-default names are “Group 1” through “Group16.
CHAPTER 4: Full Configuration 4.8 The Status Page This page displays status information for each ServSwitch Affinity Port Card in the system. This information is an invaluable tool when expansion or reconfiguration is necessary.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY The last four fields apply only if this card has a user (KVM) station attached to it: KVM This field indicates the type of mouse and keyboard detected for that station. CPU This field displays the number of the CPU (if any) currently selected by that station. User This field displays the name of the user that’s accessing the system from that station.
CHAPTER 5: On-Screen Functions, Same-Slot Users, and Connection Modes 5. On-Screen Functions, Same-Slot Users, and Connection Modes This chapter discusses various operating functions of the ServSwitch Affinity that involve the on-screen display.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 5.2 Connection-Status Messages A connection-status message provides information about a connection between a KVM station and a selected computer. There are three types of these messages: • “Connection successful” message • “Connection failed” message • Disconnect-status message The user-station (KVM) name, computer name, and username are displayed in each type of message. 5.2.
CHAPTER 5: On-Screen Functions, Same-Slot Users, and Connection Modes Table 5-1. Reasons for connection failure. Reason Description Possible Remedies Can’t find computer Unable to communicate with the Affinity that the computer you’re trying to select is attached to. Change invalid starting-computer number, fix incorrect expansioncable placement, or power up other Affinity. Computer is private Another user is connected to that computer in private mode.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 5.2.3 DISCONNECT STATUS You may be disconnected from a selected computer in the middle of an activity, depending on how your system is configured. For instance, when a private-mode user connects to a computer, users connected to the same computer receive disconnect-status messages labeled “Private mode cancel.” Table 5-2 (on the next page) lists the reasons for disconnection that can appear in these messages.
CHAPTER 5: On-Screen Functions, Same-Slot Users, and Connection Modes Table 5-2. Reasons for disconnection. Reason Description Possible Remedies User request Response to a logout ([Ctrl][L]) or disconnect ([Ctrl][Q]) command. (This is normal.) No response Communications error during disconnection. Cycle power to the Affinity that the computer to which you were connected is attached to.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 5.3 User Stations Attached to Same-Numbered Slots/Buses When there are no more than four users in a 4-User ServSwitch Affinity system, eight users in an 8-User system, or sixteen users in a 16-User system, all of these users have completely independent global access. That is, each of them can reach any computer in the system, and their actions have no effect on each other, unless one tries to select the same CPU that the other is using (see Section 5.4).
CHAPTER 5: On-Screen Functions, Same-Slot Users, and Connection Modes If your application requires that more than the normal maximum number of users be able to independently access any computer in the system at all times, you might want to consider adding ServShare switches to your Affinity system (although the additional investment in hardware would not be trivial).
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 5.4 Connection Modes The ServSwitch Affinity has four “connection modes” that can be assigned to user profiles in order to give users with varying security clearances the corresponding level of access to the computers in the system.
CHAPTER 5: On-Screen Functions, Same-Slot Users, and Connection Modes 5.4.4 PRIVATE MODE A private-mode user connects to a computer knowing that, while they are connected to that computer, no other user may access that computer in any way, even to view the computer’s screen. Non-private users already connected to a computer are immediately disconnected when a private user connects.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 6. Keyboard Commands This chapter covers the keyboard commands that can be sent to the ServSwitch Affinity: Section 6.1 explains how to enter commands and lists all of the available commands. Sections 6.2 through 6.17 describe the commands more fully. 6.1 Command Summary To enter any command at the shared keyboard, first press and release the left Control key, represented by “[Ctrl].” (This cues the Affinity to look for commands from that keyboard.
CHAPTER 6: Keyboard Commands Table 6-1 (continued). The ServSwitch Affinity’s keyboard commands. Command Keystroke Sequence Description Switch to the Prior Port [Ctrl] [←] or [Ctrl] [Backspace] Switches back to the CPU port you were connected to before you selected the current one. Toggle Station- [Ctrl] D Status Display Causes the most recent status message about your user station to be redisplayed, or removes the message if it’s currently on screen.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 6.2 Display Configuration Menu: [Ctrl] [F12] This command (press and release left [Ctrl], then press and release function key [F12]) causes the ServSwitch Affinity to display its main configuration menu on screen. For more information about this menu and all of the configuration functions accessible through it, see Chapter 4. 6.
CHAPTER 6: Keyboard Commands 6.4 Select Computer: [Ctrl] xxxx [Enter] You can use this command (press and release left [Ctrl], then press and release each of the numeric digits of the port number, then press and release [Enter]) as a shortcut for directly selecting computers instead of doing so through the CPU list. In this command, xxxx stands for the number of the CPU port that the computer is attached to, up to a maximum of 1024.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 6.8 Display User-Station Status: [Ctrl] D This command (press and release left [Ctrl], then press and release the letter [D] key) causes the ServSwitch Affinity to display the most recent connection-status or disconnection-status message (see Section 5.2) sent to your user station. (If such a status message is currently on the screen, entering this command causes the message to disappear.) 6.9 Log Out: [Ctrl] L If your user station has logins enabled (see Section 4.
CHAPTER 6: Keyboard Commands use the mouse but don’t disable the mouse either, take these precautions: • If you never actually use the mouse with the CPU (as would probably be the case if, for example, the CPU were a Novell® NetWare® file server), either don’t plug the mouse strand of the CPU Cable into the CPU’s mouse port, or don’t load a mouse driver at all. If you do use the mouse, are running Windows 3.x, and sometimes exit to DOS, make sure you load a DOS mouse driver before running Windows.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY The CPU will be thrown out of sync if it uses a PS/2 mouse and it’s in sync when you issue this command. Issue this command up to three more times to get it back in sync again. This command has no effect on serial mice, or on CPUs that are not attached to your ServSwitch Affinity system through a PS/2 mouse port. If you have version 9.01 or higher of the Microsoft mouse driver, the CPU should never get out of sync.
CHAPTER 6: Keyboard Commands 6.16 End Scan: [Ctrl] X You can use this command (press and release left [Ctrl], then press and release the letter [X] key) to stop a scan in progress. You will be connected to the computer whose video you were viewing when the scan ended; you will have the level of access to that computer that your user profile’s connection mode allows (see Sections 4.6 and 5.4). Alternatively, you can end a scan by entering a Select Computer command (see Section 6.4).
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 7. Using the Dedicated Serial Ports Each Port Card installed in the ServSwitch Affinity is equipped with an RS-232 serial port that you can use to: • Configure the Affinity; • Flash-upgrade firmware, and send kernel and system upgrades to the entire system; or • Restore factory defaults. 7.
CHAPTER 7: Using the Dedicated Serial Ports CAUTION! Serial cabling in excess of 50 feet (15.2 m) should be routed with caution. The maximum cable length depends upon the construction of the cable and its routing. For extended runs, shielded cable should be used. Avoid routing near fluorescent lights, air-conditioning compressors, or machines that may create electrical noise. If you experience a lot of data errors, use shorter cables.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 7.2.1 OPTION 1. CHANGE STARTING COMPUTER This option can only be changed if your computer or terminal is attached to the serial port of the bottommost Port Card in the Affinity chassis (the card installed in the lowest occupied slot; see Section 2.3 for slot numbering). For instance, if you are using a computer attached to the serial port of the Port Card in slot 3, this operation will work if there are no other Port Cards in slots 1 and 2.
CHAPTER 7: Using the Dedicated Serial Ports Once you’ve changed the data rate on your end, press [Enter]. The serial options menu will be displayed again, at the new Port Card data rate. Use option 7 to permanently save this change to the Port Card’s flash memory (see Section 7.2.6) 7.2.3 OPTION 3. RECEIVE NEW KERNEL OR MAIN PROGRAM (UPGRADE FIRMWARE) NOTE You must be using a computer rather than a terminal to perform this function.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY What you do now depends on whether the download succeeds or fails: If something goes wrong during file transmission, you might receive an error message advising you that a “checksum error,” “record error,” or “data error” has been detected.
CHAPTER 7: Using the Dedicated Serial Ports 7.2.4 OPTIONS 4 AND 5. SEND MAIN PROGRAM/SEND KERNEL (DISTRIBUTE UPGRADED FIRMWARE) You only need to use the procedure in Section 7.2.3 to upgrade the main program or kernel of one Port Card in one ServSwitch Affinity. Afterward, unless the Affinity is a standalone unit with only a single card installed, you’ll need to use the procedure described in this section to send the upgrade simultaneously to all other Port Cards in your Affinity system.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 7.2.5 OPTION 6. RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULTS Use this option to restore the Affinity Port Card you’re communicating with to its original factory configuration (see Appendix A for a full list of factory-default configuration settings). There are several reasons you might want to do this. For example: • to recover from losing a configuration password; • to more quickly reconfigure a daisychained Affinity for standalone operation; or • to erase sensitive or invalid configuration information.
CHAPTER 7: Using the Dedicated Serial Ports 7.2.7 OPTION 8. EXIT AND RESTART UNIT To exit the serial options menu, press 8. The ServSwitch Affinity will reinitialize itself and launch its self-diagnostics program. If it passes its diagnostic tests, the unit should be operational and ready for use; alternatively, if you have more configuration to do, you can hit the space bar and bring the menu back up.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 8. Using the CPU Ports as Serial Ports When you connect its CPU ports to their serial ports as described in Section 3.3.6 and configure the CPU ports as described in Section 4.3, an -R2 ServSwitch™ Affinity (KV132A-R2, KV134A-R2, or KV138A) can be used to manage devices such as routers, hubs, and network switches. The Affinity performs industry-standard VT100 terminal emulation. You can also use it in standard TTY mode and it will automatically scroll incoming data.
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SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 9. Troubleshooting The first section of this chapter, Section 9.1, discusses things to try when problems arise in a ServSwitch Affinity system. Section 9.2 discusses what to do if one of the power supplies in a Dual-Powered Affinity fails. Sections 9.3 and 9.4 discuss what’s involved in calling Black Box and shipping your Affinity. 9.
CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting H. If the CPU still doesn’t boot, the CPU’s keyboard or mouse port (or other components) might be defective. (If the CPU’s Power LED doesn’t light, the fuse on the CPU’s motherboard might be blown.) If you still have them, plug that CPU’s original monitor, keyboard, and mouse into it and try again. If the CPU does not boot with its original equipment, something in the CPU is defective; call the CPU’s manufacturer.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY You can’t seem to scan or switch to certain ports at all. A. Are other users accessing the CPU ports you’re trying to reach in “private mode”? If so, you won’t be able to use those ports until the private-mode users release them—even if you are a private-mode user yourself. See Sections 4.6 and 5.4. B. You can only reach CPU ports that belong to your group. If you need to access a computer that is not in your group, you’ll have to add the computer to your group (see Section 4.
CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting You can’t access all the functions of your mouse. A. What type of mouse is it? If it’s any other IBM PC type than those listed as being supported in item A under the section on the previous page headed “An IBM compatible computer’s mouse driver doesn’t load,” chances are that the Matrix ServSwitch doesn’t support it. B. If your mouse is a Microsoft BallPoint, you need the latest version of the Microsoft mouse driver. C.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Your monitor display is fuzzy. A. Check the settings of your monitor, especially the sharpness control. B. If you can’t solve the problem by changing the monitor settings, you might have run cable too far. Maximum distance of original Serv type CPU or User Cable (not including Expansion Cable) from any CPU to the shared monitor, keyboard, and mouse is 25 ft. (7.6 m)—maybe less, if you are using high-resolution video.
CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting Your video is OK in low-resolution mode, but you can’t get into high-resolution mode. A. If you’re using XGA, you must use coaxial cables (see Section 3.2.3 and Appendix B). B. Check your video driver or control panel. It might not be set up correctly for your desired resolution. Your on-screen display is not synchronized.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 9.2 Replacing a Power Supply in a Dual-Powered Affinity Statistically speaking, the power supplies in a Dual-Powered Affinity chassis are actually less likely to fail than some of the other components inside the chassis. But if one of them does fail (see “Your Dual-Powered Affinity is plugged in but its frontpanel LEDs are not all lit” at the end of Section 9.1), here’s what to do: First get a replacement chassis, set it next to the one with the failed power supply, and power it up.
APPENDIX A: NVRAM Factory Defaults Appendix A: NVRAM Factory Defaults The table below and on the next page shows the ServSwitch Affinity’s factorydefault configuration options. To reload these values, you’ll need to access the Affinity’s serial options menu (see Chapter 7). Option Default setting System Configure password......................None Starting computer number..........1 Maximum computer ....................64 PC keyboard rate ..........................
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Option Default setting Profile Name .............................................Profil n (n = profile number) Access ............................................From “Name” in Group page Connect.........................................Share (share mode) Share (share-mode timeout) .......2 seconds Scan (scan rate) ............................5 seconds Logout (logout timeout) .............240 minutes (4 hours) Group Membership..................................
APPENDIX B: Cable Product Codes Appendix B: Cable Product Codes The tables below and on the next page list the product codes for all the types of cables we currently offer for use with the ServSwitch Affinity. The four digits that follow the dash in each product code indicate how long each cable is in feet (one foot = 30.5 cm). For most of these cables, xxx’s are shown in place of the last three digits of the product code because the cables come in several stock lengths.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Coaxial User Cables: Monitor Type (Connector on Cable) Keyboard Type (Connector on Cable) Mouse Type (Connector on Cable) Product Code VGA (HD15 female) IBM PC/AT (5-pin DIN female) Serial RS-232 (DB9 male) EHN270-0xxx VGA (HD15 female) IBM PS/2 (6-pin mini-DIN female) PS/2 (6-pin mini-DIN female) EHN283-0xxx Sun (13W3 female) Sun (8-pin mini-DIN female) N/A EHN200-0xxx Multisync (HD15 female) Sun (8-pin mini-DIN female) N/A EHN225-0xxx RS/6000 (13W3 female) IBM PS/2
APPENDIX B: Cable Product Codes 4-User ServSwitch Affinity Expansion Cable: KV140www, where “www” = 010, 020, 035, 050, or 100 8-/16-User ServSwitch Affinity Expansion Cable: KV180www, where “www” = 010, 020, 035, 050, or 100 6-wire straight-through-pinned flat-satin cable with RJ-12 connectors for communicating with ServSwitch Affinity through its RS-232 ports: EL06MS-MM (specify length) Serial cable (specify length) for connecting Affinity CPU ports to other devices’ serial ports (Affinity units must be
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Appendix C: Pinout of the Dedicated Serial Ports The table below shows the pinout of the RJ-12 (“6-wire RJ-11”) female RS-232 serial ports on the ServSwitch Affinity’s Port Cards. 2 Pin 5 1 1 6 Signal Name Abbrev.
APPENDIX D: The LK461 Keyboard Appendix D: The LK461 Keyboard Some of the computers manufactured by Compaq® subsidiary Digital Equipment Corporation come with a special keyboard called the DEC LK461. The ServSwitch Affinity supports this keyboard by passing through unaltered the scan codes of certain proprietary keys (such as [Help] and [Do]) and remapping others (such as [PF1] through [PF4]). The Affinity maps the special keys of the LK461 as shown in the table below.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Appendix E: Installing Cards in the ServSwitch Affinity E.1 Adding a Port Card Unscrew and remove the blank plate covering the vacant ServSwitch Affinity card slot that you want to put the card in. (Port Cards can only be installed in the four Port-Card slots, not the top expansion slot or—on 16-User Affinity chassis—the bottom expansion slot.) Slide the card into the exposed slot, as shown in Figure E-1, and screw it on securely.
APPENDIX E: Installing Cards in the ServSwitch Affinity E.2 Installing or Swapping In a Terminator Card (4-User Chassis Only) If, prior to this, someone has taken the formerly installed card out of the top slot of a 4-User model of the ServSwitch Affinity and left nothing in its place—which should never be done, because it leaves the Affinity totally disabled—do this as your first step: If there’s a blank plate over the slot, unscrew and remove—but don’t discard—the plate.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY E.3 Setting the RING/BUS Jumper on an Expansion Card If you will be installing two or more ServSwitch Affinity units in a ring topology (see Section 3.4.3.C), you will need to set the RING/BUS jumpers to the RING (off) setting on the Expansion Cards of any two adjacent Affinity units in the ring (units one and two, or two and three, or three and four, etc.) As shown in Figures E-3 and E-4, the RING/BUS jumper is just behind the OUT-1 port on the card.
APPENDIX E: Installing Cards in the ServSwitch Affinity E.4 Setting the JP1 and JP2 (User-Number) Jumpers on 8-Port Expansion Cards The 8-Port Expansion Card (KV1306C) for the 8-User and 16-User (KV138 and KV139) ServSwitch Affinity models has two jumpers labeled JP1 and JP2, as shown in Figure E-4, that control the numbering of an Affinity chassis’ user ports. E.4.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY • To assign the users on Slots 1 through 4 to “KVM 13” through “KVM 16,” remove JP1 and JP2 on the lower card and set JP1 and JP2 on the upper card to UP.
APPENDIX E: Installing Cards in the ServSwitch Affinity E.5 Installing or Swapping In an Expansion Card Unscrew and remove any blank plate over the opening of the top slot or (on a 16-User Affinity chassis) the bottom slot. 4-User Affinity only: Gently remove any Terminator Card installed in the slot. (Several things to note: You should always have a plate covering this slot when a Terminator Card is in it.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY Appendix F: Upgrading a Non-R2 Affinity with -R2 Serial Features To enable an existing original (non-R2) ServSwitch™ Affinity to support the -R2-style CPU-port-to-serial-device connections described in Section 3.3.6 and the -R2-style serial features described in Section 4.3, you’ll need to install a Serial Upgrade Kit for ServSwitch™ Affinity (product code KV130-UPG) on all of its KV1301C Port Cards.
APPENDIX F: Upgrading a Non-R2 Affinity with -R2 Serial Features 5. Find the OSD daughterboard that rises above the top of the right-hand end of the Port Card, shown in Figure F-1. Figure F-1. Top view of the Port Card’s daughterboard, with the two chips you’ll be replacing shown in black. 6. Look at the two existing chips shown in black in the illustration of the daughterboard in Figure F-1. The smaller one on the left will be labeled “Aa.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY 8. Slide the Port Card back into its Affinity slot, as shown in Figure F-2, and screw it in securely. Figure F-2. Returning the Port Card to its Affinity slot. 9. Connect a user station (KVM console) to the Port Card’s user port (but don’t connect any computers to its CPU ports yet). 10. Power up the Affinity chassis and reconnect any CPU cables you disconnected in step 3. 11.
APPENDIX G: Rackmounting the Affinity Appendix G: Rackmounting the Affinity You can use a ServSwitch Affinity Rackmount Kit (see Section 3.3.3 for product codes) to mount a ServSwitch Affinity in a 19", 23", or 24" rack. Each of these kits consists of two rackmounting “ears” and four screws. Keep these safety and performance guidelines in mind when you mount the Affinity: • The Affinity is designed to work in ambient temperatures from 0 to 45˚C (32 to 113˚F). • Leave at least one rack unit (1U, 1.75", 4.
SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY To use a kit to mount a ServSwitch Affinity, take these steps, referring to Figure G-1: 1. Unscrew and remove the two screws on each side of the Affinity. 2. Match up the two holes in the “chassis end” of each kit ear with the two holes that you just removed the screws from, then fasten the ear to the Affinity with two of the new screws included with the kit. 3.
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