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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Tiered Configurations
Standard Tiering Configurations
Common Guidelines for Tiering Configuration
• Only Paragon I with hardware version HW3 (running Paragon II code) or Paragon II Main
Switching Unit (M unit) can serve as Base Units (the first tier).
• The version of Base Unit(s), both hardware and firmware, must always be later than or at
least equal to the version of other tier devices.
• A maximum of three (3) tiers, including the Base Unit, is permitted.
• Devices that are not Paragon II matrix switches but come with two or more channel ports,
such as Raritan MasterConsole, CompuSwitch, Z-CIM, or P2ZCIM, are treated as tier
devices. These devices cannot act as base devices in a Paragon II system and can be
connected only to a Base Unit or to a second-tier Paragon II unit.
Note: The easiest way to determine if the hardware version of your Paragon I unit is HW3 is to
check the number of its stacking ports on the rear side. If there is only one stacking port, the
hardware version is HW3.
Guidelines for Single Base Configuration
A single base configuration could be two-tier or three-tier configuration. It is composed of one
Paragon UMT “M” Base Unit and second-tier or even third-tier device(s).
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 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 higher-tier device (refer to dotted line)
1. Disconnect some or all of the user ports on the third-tier unit (UMT-3A) that connect to the
channel ports of the second-tier unit (UMT-2A) 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-Base.
3. The operation is the same for devices that are not UMT matrix switches.