The CS1788 8-Port USB DVI Dual Link KVM Switch from ATEN consolidates access and control of up to eight computers from a single USB keyboard, USB mouse, and dual-monitor (DVI-I and VGA) console. The switch can be cascaded to three levels allowing up to 73 KVM switches to control up to 512 computers from the original single console. The CS1788 features multi-view functionality enabling the use of standard USB cables to stack up to four switches for quad-viewing in multiple monitor installations when each computer is fitted with multiple video cards. The connected computers can be accessed using the push-button port selection, hotkeys, or on-screen display which also offers OSD configuration with options to restore and back-up your preferred settings. The switches feature a password protection option authorized by the administrator as well as an auto scan mode for monitoring the activities on each of the computers. The CS1788 provides multimedia keyboard and mouse support, and emulation and is audio enabled.