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Connectors on the KVM/net
8 AlterPath KVM/net Installation, Administration, and User’s Guide
connections give access to information that is otherwise inaccessible through
in-band network interfaces.
For example, BIOS access, POST, and boot messages are inaccessible through
in-band connections. In some cases, the in-band network interfaces are not
available after the system boot is completed (for example, after a Windows
Safe Mode boot) without the kind of access these KVM connections provide.
Each connected computing system is identified in the management software
by the port number to which it is connected. The administrator can assign a
descriptive alias to each port to identify the connected computer. For example,
if a Sun E10K server is connected to port 3, the administrator might define the
port’s alias to be “Sun E10K.”
Customers order one of three Terminator types for connecting each KVM port
to a computer. See “KVM Terminator Usage and Types” on page 58 for more
details.
See “To Connect Computers to KVM Ports” on page 80 for instructions on
connecting servers to KVM ports.
Management Ports (Console, Ethernet, User 1, User 2)
The following figure shows the management ports on the right back of the
KVM/net.
Figure 1-5: Management Ports
User 1 Port
VGA Port
[User 1]
PS/2 Ports
[User 1]
Console
Port
Ethernet
Port
User 2 Port
Serial Port