Specifications

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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. The 8-User and 16-User ServSwitch Affinity have their names because a
cascaded Affinity system made up of 8-User chassis can support as many as eight
independent users, and a cascaded Affinity system made up of 16-User chassis can
support as many as sixteen independent users.)
The Affinity also comes with one (regular models) or two (Dual models) power
cords, a modular cable and adapter for connecting Port Cards’ RS-232 ports to a
remote PC, and this manual. (Other cables are ordered separately—see
Appendix B for a list of cables and their product codes.) If you didn’t receive
everything, or if anything arrived damaged, contact Black Box.
2.2 Features
With the ServSwitch Affinity, you have easy, virtually trouble-free, secure, and
complete access to up to 1024 computers from as many as 4, 8, or 16 keyboard/
video/mouse stations. Here are some of the major features of the Affinity:
Upgradability:
• Plug-in expansion boards make ServSwitch Affinity systems easy to expand and
maintain.
• Free lifetime firmware upgrades using flash-memory technology provide a path
to improvements and new features.
Compatibility:
• PC, Sun
®
, IBM RS/6000
®
, HP
®
, DEC™ (Compaq
®
), SGI
®
, and other hardware
all coexist on ServSwitch Affinity. With adapters, Mac
®
computers do too.
• Full emulation of keyboard and mouse functions and video resolutions of up
to 1280 x 1024 ensure trouble-free access to most software applications and
hardware platforms.
Reliability:
• The Dual-Powered models can continue operating even if one of their power-
supply transformers fails. They also have automatic internal protection
switches that cut out when a surge hits and then back in again within minutes.