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ThankyouforpurchasingRaritanʹsParagonII.TheParagonfamilyis
aboutbreakingawayfromthetraditional,expensivemodelofserver
management—oneserver,onededicatedmonitor,onededicated
keyboard.Paragonenablesoneormoreworkstationstoaccessmultiple
servers—evenserversofdifferentplatforms.
Nomatterhowlargeorsmallyoursetup
,nomatterhowsimpleorhow
complex,RaritanisconfidentthatthereisaParagonsystemjustrightfor
you.
In This Chapter
ParagonIIOverview.........................................................................................1
ProductPhotos
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ProductFeat
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PackageContents
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Paragon II Overview
TheParagonIIisdesignedtoperformheavy‐duty
multiple‐user‐to‐many‐serverkeyboard/video/mouse(KVM)matrix
switchingwithoutburdeningyouwithbig,confusinghydra‐headed
cables.Instead,theParagonIIusesstandardCategory5(Cat5)
unshieldedtwisted‐pair(UTP)cabling,likethetypethatisalready
installedatmanysites
.Itcanconnectuserswithserversacrossasmuch
as1000feet(304m)ofsuchcabling.
AParagonIIsystemconsistsofseveralcomponents:
• MainSwitchingUnitsserveasBaseUnitsandmatrixswitches,
securelyconnectinguserstoservers.
Note:Fordocumentationpurpose,MainSwitchingUnitsare
hereaftercalledMainUnitsinthismanual.
Chapter 1
Introduction