User guide

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.
On-ScreenDisplay(OSD)
TheMatrixreceiverincludesanon-screendisplaythatallowsuserstoestablishconnectionstothetargetsfrom
thelocalkeyboardandmouse.
Matrixswitch
TheMatrixswitchisarackmountablechassiswithRJ-45portstowhichthetransmitters,receiversandswitches
connect.Itisavailablein20-portand32-portmodels.Theinterconnectionattheswitchisaproprietary,non-
routableprotocol.
• Redundantpowersupplies(600W)on32-portswitch
• 350Wsinglepowersupplyon20portswitch
• TransmittersarepoweredfromtheswitchoverSTPCAT5e/6
• Supportscascading(interconnectingswitches)
• Transmitterandreceivercanconnecttoanyport
• DualNetworkInterfaceCard(NIC)forfailover
• Setupportaccessforconfiguration
• Frontorrearmountingpossible
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2Avocent® Matrix High Performance KVM Switching System Installer/User Guide