Specifications

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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. For a
standalone Affinity, the starting computer number should always be 1 (which is the
factory-default value); for daisychained units, the starting computer number
should be one greater than the highest-numbered CPU port on the “previous
unit”—but see step 2 in Section 3.6.2 for more detailed instructions for calculating
this number, and Table 3-5 in Section 3.6.2 for the starting computer numbers in a
sample daisychained system.
Keep in mind that changing a chassis’ starting computer number will not only
cause all of the CPUs on that chassis to be renumbered, it will also cause the KVM
stations to be renumbered as well. See Sections 4.3 and 4.4.
Maximum computer
Use this field to define the total number of computers that could potentially be
attached to the system. This number does not reflect the actual number of
computers connected to the system at any given time. Rather, it represents the
total number of CPU ports in the system, which will be equal to four times the
number of Port Cards (not including Terminator Cards or Expansion Cards)
installed in the system. See Table 3-5 in Section 3.6.2 for the maximum computer
value of a sample system. Factory default is 64.
4.2.2 K EYBOARD S ETTINGS
The following parameters apply to all keyboards attached to a ServSwitch Affinity.
PC keyboard rate
Adjusts the action of the PC keyboard when you hold down a key to repeat a
character. The rate is the speed, in characters per second, at which repeated
characters are sent to the selected computer. Use the numeric keys to enter a new
value from zero to 31 keys per second. Entering a rate of zero is the same as
entering a rate of one. Factory default is 20 characters per second.
PC keyboard delay
Adjusts the delay of a PC keyboard after a key is pressed before it begins to send
characters repeatedly to a computer. In other words, this delay is the time it takes
for a key to repeat when being held down. The options are “Slow,” “Medium,”
“Fast,” and “Fastest.” Factory default is Fast.