...first appeared, fiber was crucial to running Gigabit Ethernet effectively. Since then, the IEEE802.3ab standard for Gigabit over Category 5 cable has been approved, enabling short stretches of Gigabit speed over existing copper cable. Today,...

...1U of rack space. • KVM trays • Further reduce clutter in your server room by using KVM trays that are 1- or 2U high mounted in your cabinet. Special features of Black Box® KVM trays include rock-solid construction, LEDs on the front panel for e...

...cable and can offer extensions to distances of up to 300m. • VGA based Multimedia distribution products are similar in many ways to KVM extenders. They extend the output from a computer to a VGA monitor or projector located at a distance. The ma...

...the total system • ServSwitch™ Brand CATx KVM Extenders feature controls that can be adjusted to restore image quality over long cables. • You can then manually adjust the video equalisation (fine-tuning the total system response from graphics ...

...end systems, and fiber optic versions for site backbones. It is standardized as IEEE 802.3. • The older versions of Ethernet are known as Thick (standard) and ThinNet Ethernet, standards that support speeds up to 10-Mbps. • Thin Ethernet (Thi...

On-screen menus. • ServSwitch™ and on-screen menu's • The first version • When the ServSwitch™ brand of KVM switches was first introduced, there were only two ways to switch: from front-panel push buttons or by sending command sequences from th...

...the excess voltage and one of your ports will be damaged. • You can’t test for ground loops. You don’t know you have one until a vital component fails. Only prevention works—use optical isolation or fibre optic cable on all your long data lines.

...video cards. • KVM-switched tiling • Some KVM switches enable you to tile images from as many as four video cameras and/or computer screens on a single display while providing control over individual windows. This application is often used ...

...TEMPEST-Secure KVM Switches • For 2 or 4 ports, with USB, and DVI-I or VGA the ServSwitch Secure KVM Switch with USB provides control and separation of up to four PCs connected to secure and unsecure networks through just one keyboard, moni...