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Is the 945D fully DisplayPort? The picture shows DP for the computer side, but HDMI for the monitor/keyboard side...
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I have confirmed that Avocent 945D is fully DisplayPort (DP in, DP out). The image with the HDMI output may be the wrong image, or a series image that Avocent used on multiple KVMs of the same series - I will fix the image online asap. Thank you for the heads up!
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I see that the title description of the sc945D includes EAL4+. However this apparent NIAP certification is not listed under Device Support/Certifications. At what level is this device certified through NIAP or perhaps it's not?
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The Cybex SC945D secure desktop KVM is designed to meet the stringent specifications of the U.S. government and comply with the requirements of the latest NIAP protection profile for peripheral sharing devices version 3.0.

This is the response I received from Avocent regarding their EAL rating for that switch (paraphrased): The US base Common Criteria chose to no longer issue EAL ratings, so the SC945D was certified to EAL4+ by the Canadian Common Criteria certification body. The SC945D adheres to the protection profile for Peripheral Sharing Devices (rating for KVM switches) 3.0.
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Is the peripheral port on this switch USB 3.0 or 2.0? The USB Type A (Peripheral) port appears to be blue (aka. 3.0) but the USB Type B Port (Console) appears to be USB 3.0 without the extra connectors.
Thank you for your inquiry. The USB Peripheral port on the Avocent SC945D is indeed version 3.0. If you would like a recommendation based on your application, please feel free to contact your KVM Switches Online sales representative.
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Will this KVM support DisplayPort daisy-chaining with supported monitors? We understand that the DisplayPort 1.2 standard supports up to 4 monitors out from a single connection so we are trying to use this KVM to drive 8 monitors. Is that possible?
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Per Avocent engineering, their Secure Switches (SC models) don\'t support DisplayPort daisy-chaining (MST / Multi-Stream-Transport), and most likely will not due to the nature of NIAP-certified secure switches. Engineering did however confirm that their SwitchView KVM switches (SV models: SV340D, SV220D, and SV240D) do support MST - The SV340D would be the comparable non-NIAP certified model to this SC945D.

The SV340D supports right around 7.46 Gbps of Total Signal Bandwidth (~2.49 Gbps per channel) - not quite full DP 1.2 spec; 8 displays from 1 input port (4 from each monitor port) may run into bandwidth limitations depending on some factors like cable length and preferred resolution. However, even if the SV340D does not end up working for your application, we do have other solutions that would support 8 displays: Keyboard-Mouse Switches (i.e. Adder CCS-PRO4-US), KVM-Over-IP Switches (32 ports - 1 for each monitor), Video Walls, and IP Gateways, depending on your application. For a recommendation on the ideal solution for your application, please feel free to contact your KVM Switches Online sales representative directly.
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