User guide

 Virtual Media and Absolute Mouse Synchronization

A Dominion KX II virtual media CIM is required for the virtual media and Absolute Mouse

Synchronization features.

There are two types of virtual media CIMs:

• Single-USB CIMs (D2CIM-VUSB) – a single USB plug

• Dual-USB CIMs (D2CIM-DVUSB and D2CIM-DVUSB-xxx) – two USB plugs

And as of Release 2.5, there are two types of video supported:

• Traditional, analog VGA video

• New digital video formats: DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort

 Dual Virtual Media USB CIMs (D2CIM-DVUSB & D2CIM-DVUSB-XXX)

Dual USB CIMs have two USB connectors and support both VGA and the new digital video

formats.

They should be purchased by customers who want these digital formats and/or customers wanting

enhanced features: virtual media at the BIOS level, for audio, tiering and/or Smart Cards,

including the US Government’s Common Access Cards (CAC).

The available dual USB CIMs include:

• D2CIM-DVUSB– enhanced, dual USB, virtual media CIM for analog, VGA video

• D2CIM-DVUSB-DVI – enhanced, dual USB, virtual media CIM for DVI-D, digital video

• D2CIM-DVUSB-HDMI – enhanced, dual USB, virtual media CIM for HDMI, digital video

• D2CIM-DVUSB-DP – enhanced, dual USB, virtual media CIM for DisplayPort, digital video

The dual virtual media CIMs have dual USB connectors and should be purchased by customers who

wish to utilize digital video, virtual media at the BIOS level, plan to use Smart Cards, audio, or want

to set up tiered configurations.

Advanced KVM features such as virtual media rely on the power of the USB protocol. But some BIOS

do not support the USB specification well enough for these advanced features. We have seen a large

diversity of BIOS with various limitations and deviations from the USB specification.

The D2CIM-DVUSB has two USB plugs, one for keyboard/mouse and one for virtual media. This

enables many additional server BIOS to access virtual media drives. The black connector on the

DVUSB CIM is used for keyboard and mouse. The gray connector is used for virtual media. Keep

both plugs of the CIM connected to the device at all times. The device may not operate properly if

both plugs are not connected to the target server.

 Digital CIMs (D2CIM-DVUSB-DVI, D2CIM-DVUSB-HDMI, D2CIM-DVUSB-DP)

Customers with servers, PC’s or MAC’s using the DVI-D, HDMI, or DisplayPort digital video formats

should use one of the new digital CIMs. These CIMs will support the KX II standard video resolutions

of up to 1920x1080, including widescreen formats.

DDC/E-EDID is supported by the digital CIMs with the “preferred timing mode” set by the Dominion

KX II administrator. This is the preferred/native/default video resolution, called the “Display Native

Resolution” on the KX GUI. The default is 1280x1024@60hz, but this can be changed by the user on

the Port Configuration Page for each port. This communicated to the server to tell it what video

resolution to use, however not every server/OS/video card will use it. See the release notes and

documentation for more information.

In order to use these CIMs, the Dominion KX II must run Release 2.5 (or higher) and for CC-SG,

Release 5.3 (or higher).