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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Can anyone relate experience with implementing the IBM LCM16 KVM switch in a tiered configuration? We are spec’ing approximately 500 node x86 cluster.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Since you can daisy chain up to 16 servers per port, I would expect the supported maximum servers to be greater than 256 with two or three tiered LCM16 units. Or does each port connect only one target system
in a tiered configuration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The specs state only up to 256 target systems are supported in a tiered configuration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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