M1 - Display Interface System • M1 - Display Interface System • In 2001, the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) approved the M1 Display Interface System for digital displays. The M1 system is a versatile and convenient system desig...

Connecting peripherals with USB • Connecting peripherals with USB • Hot-Swappable • Because USB connections are hot-swappable, you can attach or remove peripherals without shutting down your computer. • Different connectors • A standard USB ca...

Fast and Giga Ethernet: 100 and 1000-Mbps • Fast and Giga Ethernet: 100 and 1000-Mbps • In computer networking, Fast Ethernet is a collective term for a number of Ethernet standards that carry traffic at the nominal rate of 100-Mbps, against t...

10 Gigabit Ethernet • 10-Gigabit Ethernet • From LAN to WAN to MAN • 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GBE), ratified in June 2002, is a logical extension of previous Ethernet versions. 10-GBE was designed to make the transition from LANs to Wide Area N...

PoE Power over Ethernet • What is PoE? • The seemingly universal network connection, twisted-pair Ethernet cable, has another role to play, providing electrical power to low-wattage electrical devices. Power over Ethernet (PoE) was ratified by...

...you use Cat5, 6 or 7 cables. Here you need a separate cable for every RJ45 port if you want to go for Gigabit or have at least the chance to do so. Furthermore you have only limited control on the outlet itself. Disabling a port may be possible t...

...without using cables. • Modbus or Profibus • Certain equipment is able to deal with protocols like Modbus or Profibus which are based on standard interfaces like RS485. In special RS485 splits up into Half- and Fullduplex, Point to Point a...

ServSwitch over IP solutions. • ServSwitch Wizard IP • Remote acces • For remotely accessing and controlling servers, many administrators use remote access software. But is it enough? After all, it's operating system dependent and doesn't work...