Specifications

CHAPTER 3: Installation

3.3.3 C

ABLES AND

DAPTERS

Attaching a CPU’s 6-pin mini-DIN keyboard and mouse ports and its two or more

HD15 video ports to the Multi-Head ServSwitch will require extension cables. You

can use HD15 male-to-male VGA-extension cables (product code EVNPS05-MM) to

make the video-port connections; one of these cables will be required for each video-

port connection after the first. And you can use 6-pin mini-DIN male-to-male PS/2

extension cables (EVNPS03-MM) to make the keyboard- and mouse-port

connections.

But we suggest that you use a Premium KVM CPU Cable to connect the Switch to

each CPU’s keyboard and mouse ports and the first of its video ports. Premium

KVM CPU Cables (EHN408) come in 5-ft.(1.5-m), 10-ft. (3-m), 20-ft. (6.1-m), 30-ft.

(9.1-m), 50-ft. (15.2-m), and 100-ft. (30.5-m) lengths. You’ll still use EVNPS05-MM

VGA-extension cables to connect the Switch to each CPU video port after the first

one.

Similarly, while it’s possible to use separate HD15 male-to-female VGA-extension

cables (EVNPS05-MF) and 6-pin mini-DIN male-to-female PS/2 extension cables

(EVNPS03-MF) to extend the distance from the Switch to your user equipment, we

recommend using Premium KVM User Cables (EHN409) to run from the Switch

to your keyboard, mouse, and first monitor. Premium KVM User Cables come in

10-ft. (3-m), 20-ft. (6.1-m), and 30-ft. (9.1-m) lengths. You’ll still use EVNPS05-MF

VGA-extension cables to connect the Switch to each monitor after the first one.

Both types of Premium KVM Cable are built to the special three-in-one design

shown in Figure 3-3 on the next page. The central coaxial video strand of each

cable is molded to the keyboard and mouse strands on either side, and the ends of

its video strand are one inch (2.5 cm) longer than the ends of the other strands, so

that the weight of the composite cable can be borne by the video connector’s

screwlocks. To help you tell the otherwise identical keyboard and mouse strands

apart, they’re labeled “K” and “M” respectively. Also, at the time of this writing, the

keyboard strand is colored orange while the mouse strand is colored green, but the

colors of the strands or connectors might be changed at some point to conform to

PC-interface color specifications such as PC99.