User guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Operation – User Functions
- Chapter 4: Operation – Administrator Functions
- The Administration Menu
- Guidelines for System Configuration
- System Configuration
- Video Redirection (Forced Video)
- Channel Association for Multiple Video
- User Configuration
- Channel Configuration
- User Station Profile
- Group Settings (Access Rights)
- Recommendations
- System Reboot and System Reset
- Network Settings
- Autoscan and Autoskip
- Power Management
- Paragon II Network Port
- Chapter 5: Paragon II and P2ZCIMs/Z-CIMs
- Chapter 6: Managing IBM BladeCenter Servers
- Chapter 7: Configurations
- Chapter 8: Firmware Upgrade
- Appendix A: Specifications
- Appendix B: User Station Direct Mode
- Appendix C: Tiering and Compatibility
- Appendix D: Paragon II Rack Mount
- Appendix E: Connecting Serial Devices to Paragon II System
- Appendix F: Extra Keyboard/Mouse Information and Settings
- Appendix G: Recommendation for Better Video Quality
- Appendix H: Other Components Working with Paragon II
- Appendix I: Troubleshooting
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Guidelines for Multiple Base Configuration
A multiple base configuration could be two-tier or three-tier configuration. It is composed of
more than one Paragon UMT “M” Base Units and second-tier or even third-tier devices.
Initialization
− After all devices have been connected, power on the devices from UPPER tier to lower
tier. For example, power on the second-tier device(s) first and then the first-tier device(s)
in a two-tier configuration.
− After initialization, each tiered device has an updated database.
Guidelines for changing connections of tiered devices:
Example A: Relocating a third-tier device with multiple second-tier connections (refer to dotted
line in the diagram):
1. Disconnect some or all of the user ports on an third-tier unit (UMT-3A) that connect to the
channel ports of second-tier units (UMT-2A and UMT-2C) and re-connect the user ports to
the channel ports of another second-tier unit (UMT-2B).
2. Recycle the power of all impacted devices. This is recommended to build a clean database for
the UMTs. Sequence of recycling power is from the HIGHEST tier (third tier) to the Base
Unit. In our example: UMT-3A → UMT-2A → UMT-2B → UMT-2C → UMT-Base 1 → UMT-Base 2.
Example B: Relocating a second-tier device with multiple base connections (refer to dashed line
in the diagram):
1. Disconnect some or all of the user ports on a tiered unit (UMT-2C) that connect to the
channel ports of a Base Unit (UMT-Base 1) and re-connect those user ports to another Base
Unit (UMT-Base 2).
2. Recycle the power of impacted devices. This is recommended to build a clean database for
the UMTs. Sequence of recycling power is from the HIGHEST tier (second tier) to the Base
Unit. In our example: UMT-2C → UMT-Base 1 → UMT-Base 2.
3. The operation is the same for devices that are not UMT matrix switches.
Figure 80 Multiple Base Configuration
Stacked Configurations
Definition of stacking configuration:
• The P2-UMT Stacking Unit (S Unit) expands the number of available channel ports in a
single switching unit. It does not add user ports.
Example A: Red Colored Dotted Line
Example B: Blue Colored Dashed Line
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