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HP IP Console Switch with Virtual Media The HP IP Console Switch with Virtual Media (Figure 3) is a rack-mountable, digital KVM switch that offers local or remote IP KVM console functionality and supports virtual media. This highly scalable switch allows an administrator to directly access up to 16 servers, and more servers in a tiered system. Depending on the model, the console switch supports up to four simultaneous users per switch (one local user using the local rack mounted console plus three remote users, or four remote users using IP Console Viewer). This switch is recommended as a first tier component and comes with HP IP Console Viewer software that supports both Linux® and Microsoft® Windows® clients, including integration with Microsoft Active Directory using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and support for IPv6. The switch can integrate with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and provide SNMP traps (alerts) to HP SIM for event tracking. Figure 3. HP IP Console Switch with Virtual Media HP Server Console Switch with Virtual Media The HP Server Console Switch with Virtual Media (Figure 4) is a rack-mountable KVM switch that allows two consoles to access up to 16 servers directly or more servers when tiering is implemented. The 0x2x16 HP Server Console Switch with Virtual Media supports two concurrent console sessions to two different servers. Figure 4. HP Server Console Switch with Virtual Media connections, controls, and indicators (0x2x16 model shown) 4