T ABLE OF CONTENTS IT ABLE OF CONTENTSC HAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1P ARAGON FEATURES AND A DVANTAGES _____________________________________________ 1P ARAGON SYSTEM C OMPONENTS __________________________________________________ 2P ARAGON C ABLE INFORMATION ____________________________________________________ 4C HAPTER 2: INSTALLATION 7Q UICK START _________________________________________________________________ 7A DMINISTRATOR U SER N AME AND P ASSWORD D EFAULTS _________________________________ 9C ONFIGURATION O PTIONS ________________________________________________________ 9B ASIC INSTALLATION ___________________________________________________________ 12MULTI -TIER INSTALLATION _______________________________________________________ 18INSTALLING A PARAGON SWITCH _______________________________________________ 19C ONNECTING TIERED R ARITAN KVM SWITCHES TO A BASE PARAGON SWITCH ______________ 20Connecting a Paragon Switch as a Second Tier or Third Tier Unit ________________ 20G UIDELINES FOR PARAGON SYSTEM C ONFIGURATION ________________________________ 21C ONNECTING Z-SERIES Z4200U Z-CIM S AS A TIER _________________________________ 22Connecting a MasterConsole MX4 as a Tier__________________________________ 28Connecting a MasterConsole MXU2 as a Tier ________________________________ 30Connecting a MasterConsole II (Model MCC only) as a Tier _____________________ 33Connecting a MasterConsole P as a Tier____________________________________ 35EXPANDED I NSTALLATION O PTIONS ________________________________________________ 37H UB PAC _________________________________________________________________ 37CIMPAC _________________________________________________________________ 40R ACK M OUNT B RACKETS – RUMT AND RUST _______________________________________ 43C HAPTER 3: O PERATING PARAGON 47LOGIN ______________________________________________________________________ 47SELECTING A C OMPUTER ________________________________________________________ 48PUBLIC VIEW MODE ___________________________________________________________ 51U SER C USTOMIZATION _________________________________________________________ 52O N-SCREEN U SER INTERFACE (OSUI) F UNCTIONS _____________________________________ 55P ARAGON SWITCH FRONT P ANEL D ISPLAY AND C ONTROLS ______________________________ 56C HAPTER 4: U SER STATION (UST1) DIRECT M ODE 61C HAPTER 5: ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS 63A DMINISTRATION ______________________________________________________________ 63SYSTEM C ONFIGURATION _______________________________________________________ 64U SER C ONFIGURATION _________________________________________________________ 66C HANNEL C ONFIGURATION ______________________________________________________ 68U SER STATION PROFILE ________________________________________________________ 70