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Chapter 3. Basic Operation
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Port ID Numbering
Each KVM port on a Master View installation is assigned a unique Port ID.
You can directly access any computer on any level of the installation by
specifying the Port ID of the KVM port that the computer is connected to -
either with the OSD (see page 29), or with the Hotkey port selection method
(see page 41).
The Port ID is a one, two, or three digit number. It is determined by the Stage
Level and KVM Port number of the switch that a computer is connected to.
The first digit represents the KVM Port number of the First Stage unit; the
second digit represents the KVM Port number of the Second Stage unit; the
third digit represents the KVM Port number of the Third Stage unit.
A computer attached to a First Stage unit has a one digit Port ID (from 1-
8), that corresponds to the KVM Port number that it is connected to.
A computer attached to a Second Stage unit has a two digit Port ID.
The first digit represents the KVM Port number on the First Stage unit that
the Second Stage unit links back to; the second digit represents the KVM
Port number on the Second Stage unit that the computer is connected to.
For example, a Port ID of 2 3 would refer to a computer that is connected
to KVM Port 3 of a Second Stage unit that links back to KVM Port 2 of the
First Stage unit.
Likewise, a computer attached to a Third Stage unit has a three digit Port
ID.
As in the previous example, a Port ID of 2 4 1 would refer to a computer
that is connected to KVM Port 1 of a Third Stage unit, that links back to
KVM Port 4 of a Second Stage unit, which, in turn, links back to KVM
Port 2 of the First Stage unit.