TEMPEST standard and Common Criteria (EAL4+) • TEMPEST standard and Common Criteria (EAL4+) • Common Criteria (EAL4+) • Common Criteria (EAL4+) defines a common set of tests regarding the process of the design, testing, verification, and shipp...

Remote Management • Remote Management • Inconvenience. • "It's late on Sunday evening and you're about to settle down to watch the big film when you receive a message that the system has gone down". It's a common style of catch line for vendor...

Multicasting video over a LAN • Multicasting video over a LAN: Use the right switch.. • In KVM extension applications where you want to distribute HD video across a network, you need to understand how it works and what kind of networking equip...

...the new ServSwitch CATx KVM Extender with Built-in De-Skew and Multi Video Support (ACU2xxx series) It provides an individual built-in colour DeSkew of up to 42 ns (42 x 10-9 sec) in steps of 2.8 ns (approximately half a pixel size at 1600 x 1200 re...

Virtual Media • Virtual media (VM) • ServSwitch with built-in VM to USB • A virtual media (VM) device is any type of data storage device — such as CDs, flash drives, or external hard drives — that you can connect to remotely to enable data sha...

TCP and Latency • Latency is the time—measured in milliseconds—a round-trip signal takes to travel a network. Latency often has little to do with the physical distance a signal travels; it’s more affected by the number and type of nodes that a...

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 t...

Layer 2, 3, and 4 switching • Layer 2, 3, and 4 switching • The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model provides a layered network design framework that establishes a standard so that devices from different vendors work together. • ...

Serial in the Industry • Serial in the industry • Serial protocols like RS232, RS422 and RS485 are still used in the industry. A lot of equipment purchased a long time ago is using these interfaces. Purchasing new equipment is not desirable or...

Stream mode vs. burst mode/prompt mode. • Stream mode vs. burst mode/prompt mode. • Stream mode • Computers and mice must communicate with each other in order to operate properly. Most computers and mice communicate via a method called “stream...