- Raritan Paragon II User Guide

CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURATIONS 71

Multiple Base Configuration Guidelines

• Two or more UMT Matrix Switches serve as base units.

• The base unit must always be the latest released version, both in hardware and firmware.

• A maximum of three (3) tiers, including the base unit, is permitted.

• Upper-tier devices connect to two or more lower tier units.

• Devices that are not UMT Matrix Switches but have two or more channel ports, such as

Raritan MasterConsole or CompuSwitch, are treated as tier devices. These devices cannot act

as base devices in a Paragon system and can be connected only to a base unit or a second tier

UMT(s)

Initialization of a multiple base configuration with tiered devices

− After all devices have been connected, power ON the devices from upper tier to lower

tier.

− After initialization, each tiered device has an updated database.

Guidelines for changing connections of tiered devices:

Example A: Relocating a 3

tier device with multiple 2

tier connections (refer to dotted line in

diagram):

1. Disconnect some or all of the user ports on an upper-tier unit (UMT-3A) that connect to the

channel ports of lower-tier units (UMT-2A and UMT-2C) and re-connect the user ports to the

channel ports of lower-tier unit (UMT-2B).

2. Recycle the power of tiered devices. This is recommended to build a clean database for the

UMT Matrix Switches. Sequence of recycling power is from the highest tier (tier 3) to the

base unit. In our example: UMT-3A → UMT-2A → UMT-2B → UMT-Base 1 → UMT-Base 2.

Example B: Relocating a 2

tier device with multiple base tier connections (refer to dashed line

in diagram):

1. Disconnect some or all of the user ports on a tiered unit (UMT-2C) that connect to the

channel ports of a base unit (UMT-Base 1) and re-connect those user ports to another base

unit (UMT-Base 2).

2. Recycle the power of tiered devices. This is recommended to build a clean database for the

UMT Matrix Switches. Sequence of recycling power is from the highest tier (tier 3) to the

base unit. In our example: UMT-2C → UMT-Base 1 → UMT-Base 2.

3. The operation is the same for devices that are not UMT Matrix Switches.

Figure 60 Multiple Base Configuration

UST

UMT

Base

UMT

Base 2

Example A: Red Colored Dotted Line

Example B: Blue Colored Dashed Line