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4-2 Alternate Configurations
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KRISTI A. WISHON
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Tiered Switch Configurations
In tiered systems, you can connect additional switches to ports on a master
unit. That is, switches can be tiered in master/slave configurations to allow
one master switch to switch between computers or other switch units. Tiering
simply involves linking the slave units’ physical keyboard, mouse, and
monitor connections to one of the computer ports on the master unit. For
example, one eight-port master unit can accommodate eight slave switch
units. This system with eight servers connected to each of the eight slave
switches would provide a 1x64 concentration. An example of a tiered switch
configuration is shown below.
System 1 - 8
System 9 - 16
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Figure 4-2.
Tiered configuration
When connecting a slave unit to one of the ports of the master unit, you need
to indicate this connection to the master unit by performing the previously
described “Assigning Specific Device Types” procedure, but entering slave
unit designation for the associated port number instead of a monitor type. Use
the designation 4port for a four-port slave and 8port for an eight-port slave.
CCR allows slave ports to be treated much like ports on the master switch. It
may be helpful to name each slave unit as previously described under
“Assigning Names to Switch Ports.”