Patent ID: 7076565
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A Method for connecting a keyboard, video monitor and mouse (KVM) combination and a server in an array of servers, each server attached to a switch node or attached to another switch node, all of the switch nodes constituting a network of interconnected switch nodes, the method comprising the steps of: a) enabling communication between a first switch node operating system and a plurality of other switch node operating systems; b) providing a user of a KVM an indication of each server in the array of servers; c) determining a path for connecting between the KVM and a server selected by a user; d) configuring a cross connection for said path between the KVM and the selected server; e) requesting other switch nodes in the network to configure respective cross connections; and f) configuring of the cross connection of the other switch nodes to enable the path between the KVM and a selected server.