...using Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) • The MediaCento IPX can be configured with multiple sources and screens. We recommend different switches for different configurations, depending on the number of sources and screens. Check the table b...

Power problems. • Power-problems • Sags • The Threat — A sag is a decline in the voltage level. Also known as “brownouts,“ sags are the most common power problem • The Cause — Sags can be caused locally by the start-up demands of electrical de...

...as raised-floor cooling systems to meet their high cooling requirements, but it’s also important to ensure that cabinets used to house blade servers provide adequate ventilation—even in a cool room, hot spots can develop inside cabinets if air distr...

...pair to connect 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 ...

...to large mainframe systems such as VAX™. Today, the name terminal server refers to a device that connects any serial device to a network, usually Ethernet. In this day of network-ready devices, terminal servers are not as common as they used to...

Serial ATA technology • Serial ATA technology. • Introduced in the mid 1980s, the Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interconnect soon became the industry-standard parallel input/output bus interface for connecting internal storage devices. ...

Low-profile PCI adapters • Low-profile PCI adapters. • Miniaturization is the rage • Ever notice that newer computers are getting smaller and slimmer? That means regular PCI boards won’t fit into these computers’ low-profile PCI slots. But bec...

...networks are complex systems of PCs, servers, printers, and the devices that connect them. Getting everything to work in harmony requires bundles of cables, and managing all those cables from inside a telecommunications closet can be a daunting t...