Specifications
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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. With the right adapters, you can also attach Apple
®
Macintosh
®
computers.
This chapter describes everything that comes with the Affinity, the external and
operating features of the Affinity, and the cabling you’ll need for the Affinity.
2.1 The Complete Package
The main component of your ServSwitch Affinity package is the Affinity chassis. At
the time of this writing, nine models are available (empty slots and top slots with
Terminator Cards will be covered with blanking plates):
• The ServSwitch Affinity Expansion Chassis (product code KV130A) shouldn’t
have any cards preinstalled. (You must install either an Expansion Card or a
Terminator Card in this model in order for it to work.) The Dual-Powered
ServSwitch Affinity Expansion Chassis (KV130DA) is virtually identical, but like
the other Dual-Powered models it has two internal power supplies instead of
just one. These power supplies are hot-swappable and each one can take over
the load of the entire Affinity chassis if the other power supply fails. This
makes the Dual-Powered models ideal for mission-critical situations in which it
is vital to be able to access all computers at all times.
• The 1 User x 16 CPUs ServSwitch Affinity (KV131A-R2) should have one 1 x 4
Port Card, three 0 x 4 Port Cards, and an Expansion Card preinstalled.
• The 2 Users x 8 CPUs ServSwitch Affinity (KV132A-R2) should have two 1 x 4
Port Cards and a Terminator Card preinstalled.
• The 4 Users x 16 CPUs ServSwitch Affinity (KV134A-R2) should have four 1 x 4
Port Cards and a Terminator Card preinstalled.
• The 8-User ServSwitch Affinity (KV138A) and Dual-Powered 8-User ServSwitch
Affinity (KV138DA) shouldn’t have any cards preinstalled. (You must install an
Expansion Card in these models in order for them to work.)