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1 Overview of the Product
1.1 About the KVM s3 Client
With the KVM s3 Client, a cross-platform management application, you can view and
control the new KVM series3 appliances and the legacy KVM series2-1611 (KVM s2-
1611) appliance and attached target devices. The cross-platform design offers
compatibility with most commonly-used operating systems and hardware platforms.
Each appliance handles authentication and access control individually, placing system
control at the point of need.
The software uses browser-like navigation with a split-screen interface, providing you
with a single point of access for all target devices. Use the software to manage existing
target devices, install a new target device, or open a session to a target device. Built-in
groupings such as Devices, Sites, and Folders provide a way to select the units to view.
Use the search and sort capabilities to find any unit.
1.2 Glossary
The following words are used throughout this documentation:
• ACI Port - ACI stands for “analog console interface”. This is a port on some Fujitsu
Siemens KVM switches that acts as an integrated KVM-IA adapter for tiering
purposes.
• ACI port connection - a Cat 5 cable connection between the ARI port of the KVM
appliance to an ACI-enabled KVM appliance, allowing for integration of that KVM
appliance with the KVM s3 Client
• ARI Port - ARI stands for “analog rack interface”. The ARI Port is used to connect
computers and KVM switches to KVM series2 and series3 KVM switches via a
KVM-IA adapter.
• switch - equipment that provides KVM-over-IP connectivity to attached
target devices. The term appliance is used in this manual to refer to a KVM switch
managed by the KVM s3 Client.
• cascade or tier (these terms are used interchangeably) - connection between
multiple KVM appliances that allows full keyboard and mouse input control and
target device management from a single KVM appliance
For example, the tiering of an analog KVM appliance under a digital KVM appliance
will allow keyboard and mouse input control to all target devices attached to that
analog KVM appliance via the KVM s3 Client interface. This can either be
connected through a cascade switch or an ACI port connection.
• KVM-IA (Keyboard/Video/Mouse-Interface Adapter) - adapter that, when attached
to the appliance and a target device, provides additional functionality, such as KVM
or virtual media sessions
• switching system - a set of appliances and attached target devices and KVM-IAs
• target device - equipment such as a server or router that is attached to
an appliance