Chapter 2: Installation 17
Figure 2.6: Rack console switch configuration with a tiered switch (2 x 16 model shown)
Tiering multiple rack console switches
1. Connect the tiered rack console switch to each server, as described in Configuring the Rack
Console Switch on page 12.
2. Connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to local user A ports on the main switch, as described
in Connecting to local user ports on page 14.
Local user A
Local user B (2 x 16 only)
Rack console switch
ARI ports
15 primary servers
ACI port
Tiered (secondary) rack console switch
16 secondary servers