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Single port KVM over IP switch Single Port KVM over IP SWITCH Preliminary USER’S MANUAL Rev 1.0[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE QUICK INST ALLA TION GUIDE 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 When the sever is up and running 2.2 When the server is dead 2.3 Features 2.4 Package contents 2.5 T echnical specifications 2.6 System requirement 2.7 Cable diagrams 3. HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 3.1 Operation overview 3.2 Connecting IP- KVM to th[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6. MENU OPTIONS 6.1 Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console 6.1.2 Remote Power 6.1.3 T elnet Console 6.2 V irtual Media 6.2.1 Floppy Disk 6.2.2 CD ROM 6.3 User Management 6.3.1 Change Password 6.3.2 Users And Groups 6.4 KVM Settings 6.4.1 User Console 6.4.2 Power Control 6.4.3 Keyboard/Mouse 6.4.4 V ideo 6.5 Device Settings [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 1. The quick installation guide Installation IP-KVM switch redirects local key board, mouse and video data to a remo te administration console. All data is transmitted via IP . IP-KVM switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Besides this, IP-KVM switch is a KVM switch, which ca[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Parameter V alue IP auto configuration DHCP IP-Address 192.168.1.22 Net-mask 255.255.255.0 Default-Gateway none Table 1-1: Initial configuration If this initial configuration doesn’ t meet your local requirement s, you need to do the initial IP configuration. Use one of the following ways: 1. Connect the enclosed NU[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way . Open the console by choosing the appropriate link in the navigation frame of the HTML fronted. Figure 1-2 shows t he top of the Remote Console. Figure 1-2: Top part of the Remote Console There are some options to choose from, the important ones are the following: Auto [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 2. Introduction Thank you for purchasing IP-KVM switch. IP-KVM switch can save your MONEY, TIME, SPACE, EQUIPMENT and POWER. IP-KVM s witch defines a new class of remote KVM access devices. IP-KVM switch defines a new class of remote KVM access devices. IP-KVM switch combines digital remote KVM access via IP networks [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Type of failure Detected by Hard disk failure Console screen, CMOS set-up information Power cable detached, power supply failure Server remains in power on state after power on command has been given. CPU Controller, main board failure. Power supply is on, but there is no video output. CPU fan failure By server specif[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 2.5. T echnical specifications Model No. Single port IP-KVM Switch PC Port 1 Console Port 1 PC Port Connector (All Female T ypes) PS/2 Keyboard Mini Din 6 pin PS/2 Mouse Mini Din 6 pin VGA HDDB 15 pin USB T ype B receptacle Console Port Connector (All Female T ypes) Local Console: PS/2 Keyboard Mini Din 6 pin PS/2 Mou[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 2.7. Cable diagrams PS/2 Cable: Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable: HDB15 pin Male to Male USB 2.0 Cable: USB A-B cable A T to PS/2 keyboard adapter: (Optional) Din 5 pins Male to Mini Din 6 pin Female CA T5/5E/6 Straight Through UTP/STP Cable: 8P8C[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 3. Hardware installation 3.1 Operation Overview Figure 3-1 shows the connecti ons of IP-KVM swit ch to its host, to peripher al devices, to the power source and to the local area network. Single port IP-KVM KVM PC IP Network Administrator Figure 3-1.a: IP-KVM sw itch usage scenario IP Network Single port IP-KVM 8/16 P[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Step 2 Connect the monitor to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 4 Connect the mouse to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 5 Connect a VGA cable (15-pin HDDB Male / Male) with the Male side to both of the PC and the host of the IP-KVM switch. Step 6 Co[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Step 8 (Option) Connect the USB jack to the USB socket of the host system while using remote mass storage control. Step 8 Connect Ethernet and/or modem, depending how y ou want to access IP-KVM switch INTERNET Modem 3.2.1 Connecting Ethernet The rear side of IP-KVM switch provides a RJ-45 connector for Ethernet. The c[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 3.3 Connecting IP-KVM switch to the Mult i-port KVM Switch system usage scenario 3.4 Connecting the External Reset/Power Option Please refer to the manual of the IP-KVM 8/16/32 port ex ternal power switch option or a third party external power option to connect those external devices to one of the se rial interface on[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 4. Configuration 4.1 Initial Configuration The IP-KVM switch's communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP . It comes pre-configured with the IP configurati on listed in T able 4-1 Parameter V alue IP auto configuration DHCP IP-Address - Net-mask 255.255.255.0 Default-Gateway none Table 4-1. Initial netw ork[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure4-1. IP-KVM sw itch setup tool On the upper left corner, the MAC address of the IP -KVM switch is displa yed. To detect the MAC address, manually, press the button “ Refresh Devices ” . The displayed MAC address is the same MAC address printed on t he white sticker placed on the back of the IP-KVM switch . I[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch When configuring with a serial terminal, reset t he IP-KVM switc h and immediately press the “ ESC ” key . Y ou will see some device information, and a “ => ” prompt. Enter “ config ” , press “ Enter ” and wait for a few seconds for the configuration questions to appear . Parameter V alue Bits/secon[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 4.1.3.2 Remote Mouse Settings A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors. The IP-KVM switch addresses this situation with an intelligent synchronization algorithm. There are two mouse modes available on the IP-KVM switch . Auto mouse speed The automatic mouse sp[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch There are mouse drivers which influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers. If this happens, make sure you do not use a special vendor-specific mouse driver on your host system Windows XP Mouse Settings Windows XP knows a setting named “ improve mouse acceleration ” , which has t[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 5. Usage 5.1 Prerequisites The IP-KVM switch features an embedded operating system and app lications offering a variety of standardized interfaces. This chapter will describe both these interfaces, and the way to use them in a more detailed manner . The interfaces are accessed using the TCP/IP protocol family , thus t[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-1. The Internet Explorer displaying the encry ption key length Newer web browsers do support strong encryption on default. 5.2 Login into the IP-KVM switch and logout 5.2.1 Login into the IP-KVM switch Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of your IP-KVM switch, which you configured during the ins[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch The IP-KVM switch has a built-in super user t hat has all permissions to administrate your IP-KVM switch: Login name super (factory default) Password pass (factory default) Table 5-1. Standard user settings Warning The user “ super ” is not allowed to login vi a the serial interface of the IP-KVM switch. Warning P[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Return to the main page of the IP-KVM switch . Open the IP-KVM switch remote console. Exit from the IP-KVM switch front end. Table 5-2. Buttons from the front end Warning If there is no activity for half an hour, the IP-KVM switch will log you out, automatically. A click on one of the links will bring you back to the [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-4. Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet t hat tries to establish its own TCP connection to the IP-KVM switch. The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP or HTTPS, but RFB (Remote Frame Buffer Prot ocol). Currently, RFB tries to establish a connection to port number 443.[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch such problems by adjusting the keyboard of y our remote system to the same mapping as your local one. The Remote Console window always tries to s how the remote screen with its optimal size. That means it will adapt its size to the size of the remote screen initially and after the screen resolution of the remote scree[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Options To open the Options menu, click on the button “ Options ”. Figure 5-6. Remote Console Options Menu A short description of the options follows. • Monitor Only Toggles the Monitor Only filter on or off. If the filter is switched on no remote console interaction is possible, and monitoring is possible. • [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch • Scaling Allows you to scale down the Remote C onsole. You can still use both mouse and keyboard, however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details. Figure 5-8. Remote Console Options Menu:Scaling • Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two opt ions for synchronizing the local and[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-9. Remote Console Options Menu:Cursor • Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the IP-KVM switch video settings. IP-KVM switch features two different dialogs, which influence the video settings. Video Settings through the HTML-Frontend To enable local video port, select this optio n. This option decides [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Video Settings through the remote console Figure 5-11. Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture Contrast Controls the contrast of the picture Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a video line and depends on the video mode. Different video card types may requi re different values her[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory-made defaults. Save changes Save changes permanently Undo Changes Restore last settings • Soft Keyboard Figure 5-12. Soft Keyboard Opens up the Menu for the Soft-Keyboard. • Show Pops up the Soft-Keyboard. The Soft-Key board is necessary in case your host system ru[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-13. Soft Keyboard Mapping • Local Keyboard Used to change the language mappi ng of your browser mach ine running the Remote Console Applet. Normally, the applet determines the correct value automatically. However, depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings this is not always possible. A typi[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 5.4.2 Remote Console Status Line Status line Shows both console and the connection state. T he size of the remote screen is displayed. Figure 4-15 was taken from a Remote Cons ole with a resolution of 800x600 pixels. The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console. “ Norm ” means a standard co[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5 Remote mass storage control 5.5.1 Driver Installation Please follow the KVM Vi sion Viewer Setup Wizard step by st ep to install the driver from the attached CD ROM. Figure 5-17. KVM Vision V iew er Setup step[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5.2 Create a New Device 5.5.2.1 Start KVM Vision Viewer 5.5.2.2 Click on “ Device” and select “New Device” to create a new device Figure 5-17. Create a new Device Figure 5-17. Device Configuration dialog  Device Name: Enter a name to your device.  Network Address: Enter an IP address the IP-KVM switch [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5.2.3 Click Ok , the new device will be added as below, Figure 5-18. New Device 5.5.3 Drive Redirection Settings 5.5.3.1 Move the cursor to t he new device that has been created. 5.5.3.2 Click on “ Device” then select “Drive Redirection” and “Redirect local drive”. Figure 5-19. Drive Redirection Setting [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-20. Drive Redirection dialog  Drive to redirect Select the local drive you want to share wit h the remote computer , which could be Floppy disc, CD-ROMs, USB-Sticks and hard drives.  Port: This is a fixed number “443”. W arning Please be cautious that if “Allow Write Support” is selected, all da[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6. Menu Options 6.1 Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console Figure 6-1. KVM Console To open the KVM console, either clicks on the menu entry on the left, or on the console picture on the right. To refresh the pict ure, click on the button “ Refresh ” . For the power settings see the Section called Remote Power . 6.1.2 Re[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Please note that after you have pressed this button the power state display ed in the administration panel will not im mediately reflect the requeste d change. A controlled shut down of the system may take some minutes. Y ou can observe the action caused by your button press using the Remote Console window or by reloa[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Connecting to the IP-KVM switch is done as usual and as required by t he Telnet client, for instance in a UNIX shell: telnet 192.168.1.22 Replace the IP address by the one that is act ually assigned to the IP-KVM switch. This will prompt for username and pa ssword in order to log into the device. The credent ials that[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.2 V irtual Media 6.2.1 Floppy Disk Figure 6-3. Virtual Floppy Area Upload a Floppy Image Within two small steps working on the basis of a certain (floppy) image can be achieved. • First, the path of the image has to be specified. You can do that either by hand, or by using the file selection dialog of your web bro[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Options Figure 6-5. USB mass storage option Set this option to disable the mass storage emulat ion (and hide the virtual drive) if no image file is currently loaded. If unset, and no file image will be found it may happen that the host system will hang on boot due to changes in the boot order, or the boot manager (LIL[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 6-7. Select Window s Share The following information has to be given to mount the image properly: Share host The server name, or its IP address. Share name The name of the share to be used. Path to image The path of the image file on the share. User (optional) If necessary, specify the user name for th e share [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 6-8. Explorer context menu Select “ Sharing ” to open the configuration dialog. Figure 6-9. Share configuration dialog Adjust the settings for the selected directory. • Activate the selected directory as a s hare. Select “ Sharing this folder ”. • Choose an appropriate name fo r the share. You may a[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch UNIX and UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Solaris, Linux) If you like to access the share via SAM BA, SAMBA has to be set up properly. You may either edit the SAMBA configur ation file /etc/samba/smb.c onf , or use the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) or WebM in to set the correct parameters. For additional options see the Sec[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch CD ROM/ISO Images UNIX and UNIX-like OS To create an image file, make use of “dd”. This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Sun Solaris, Linux). To create a CDROM image file, c opy the contents of the CDROM to a file. You can use the following command: dd [ if=/dev/cd[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.3 User Management 6.3.1 Change Password Figure 6-12. Set passw ord To change your password, ent er the new password in the upper entry field. Retype the password in the filed below. Click “ Apply ” to submit your changes.[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.3.2 Users And Groups Figure 6-13. Set User The IP-KVM switch comes with 2 pre-configur ed user accounts that have fixed permissions. The account super has all possible rights to c onfigure the device and to use all functions IP-KVM switch offers. The account “ user ” has only the permission to open and use the R[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Confirm password Confirmation of the password above. 6.4 KVM Settings 6.4.1 User Console The following settings are user specific. That means, the super user can customize these settings for every users separately. Changing t he settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users. Figure 6-14. User [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Pre-configured The pre-configured settings deliv er the best result because of optimized adjustment of compression and colour depth for the indicated network speed. Manually Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually. Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs the web browser of your admin ist ration system to use the JVM of Sun Microsystems. The JVM in the browser is used to run the code for the Remote Console window, which is actually a Java A pplet. If you check this box for the first time on your administration system and t[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch “ confirm ” requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host. “ keycode ” is the key to be sent. Multiple ke y codes can be concatenated with a plus, or a minus sign. The plus sign builds key combi nations, all keys will be pressed until a minus sign or the end of th[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.4.3 Keyboard/Mouse Figure 6-17. Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is co nnected to. You can choose between “ Auto ” for automatic detection, “ USB ” for an USB mouse, and “ PS/2 ” for a PS/2 mouse. Warning To use the USB and/or PS/2 interface you need a corr[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Linux, or OS X. In “ MS Windows 2000 or newer ” mode the remote mouse is always synchronized with the local mouse. Mouse Speed • Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on host use an additional acceleration setting. The IP-KVM switch tries to detect the acce leration and speed of the mouse during[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch • Force Composite Sync (Required for Sun Computers) To support signal transmission from a Sun ma chine, enable this option. If not enabled the picture of the remote console will not be visible. To set the options, click on the button “ Apply ” . 6.5 Device Settings 6.5.1 Network The Network Settings panel as sho[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network. Gateway IP address In case the IP-KVM switch should be accessi ble from networks other than the local one, this IP address must be set to the local network router's IP address. Primary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the primary Doma in Name Server in dot notatio[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.2 Dynamic DNS Figure 6-20. Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service ( dyndns .org ) can be used in the following scenario (see Figure 6-21 ): Figure 6-21. Dynamic DNS Scenario The IP-KVM switch is reachable via the IP addr ess of the DSL router, which is dynamically assigned by the provider. Sinc e the a[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch The administrator has to regist er an IP-KVM switch that is supposed to take part in the service with the Dynamic DNS Server and assi gn a certain hostname to it. He will g et a nickname and a password in return to the regi stration process. This account information together with the hostname is needed in order to det[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.3 Security Figure 6-22. Device Security Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the w eb front-end is only possible using an HTTPS connection. The IP-KVM switch will not listen on the HTT P port for incoming connections. In case you want to create your own SSL cert ificate that is used to identify the IP-K[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Default policy This option controls what to do with arrivi ng IP packets that do not match any of the configured rules. They can be accepted or dropped. Warning If you set this to “ DROP ” and you have no “ ACCEPT ” rules configured, the access to the web front-end over LAN is actually impossible! To enable ac[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Anti Brute Force Setting The Anti Brute Force user blocki ng mechanism allows disabling th e login of a certain user if his password was entered incorrectly for a specif ic number of times. The duration of the blocking is also configurable. Maximum number of failed logins Enter the maximum number of failed login attem[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch delivery, this certificate and the underlying secret key is the same for all IP-KVM switch ever produced and certainly will not matc h the network configuration that will be applied to the IP-KVM switch cards by its us er. The certificate's underlying secret key is also used for securing the SSL handshake. Hence,[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Warning If you destroy the CSR on the IP-KVM switch there is no way to get it back! In case you deleted it by mistake, you have to r epeat the three steps as described above. Common name This is the network name of t he IP-KVM switch once it is in stalled in the user's network (usually the fully qualified domai n[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.5 Serial Port Figure 6-25. Serial Port The IP-KVM switch Serial Settings (Figure 6- 25 ) allow you t o specify what device is connected to the serial port and how to use it. Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special func tion, use it only for t he initial configuratio n (see Table 4[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Serial line speed The speed the IP-KVM switch is communica ting with the modem. Most of all modems available today will support t he default value of 115200 bps. In case you are using an old modem and discovering problems try to lower this speed. Modem Init String The initialization string used by the IP-KVM switch to[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.6 Date And Time Figure 6-27. Date and Time This link refers to a page, where the internal r eal-time clock of the IP -KVM switch can be set up (see Figure 6-27). You have the po ssibility to adjust the clo ck manually, or to use a NTP timeserver. Without a timeserver, your time setting will not be persistent, so y[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.7 Event Log Figure 6-29. Event Log Important events like a login failure or a firmwa re update are logged to a selection of logging destinations (see Figure 6-29 ). Each of those events belongs to an event group, which can be activated separately. The common way to log events is to use the inte rnal log list of th[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch performed, all logging data wil l be lost. To avoid this, use one of the following log methods. NFS Logging enabled Define a NFS server, where a directory or a static link have to be exported, to write all logging data to a file that is located ther e. To write logging data from more than one IP-KVM switch devices to [...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6 Maintenance 6.6.1 Device Information Figure 6-31. Device Information Board Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this IP-KVM switch and its current firmware, and allows you to reset the card. Data file for support This link allows you to download the IP-KVM swit ch data file with s[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6.2 Event Log Figure 6-32. Event Log List Figure 6-32 displays the log list including the ev ents that are logged by the IP-KVM switch. 6.6.3 Update Firmware Figure 6-33. Update Firmw are[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch The IP-KVM switch is a complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called the firmware. The firmware of the IP-KVM switch c an be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features. A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email or which you can download fro[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6.4 Unit Reset Figure 6-34. Unit Reset To reset a certain IP-KVM switch functionality, click on the button “ Reset ” as displayed in Figure 6-34 .[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch 7. T r oubleshooting Q 001: The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronous A 001: Make sure the mouse setti ngs in IP-KVM switch match t he mouse model. There are some circumstances where the mouse synchronization pr ocess could behave incorrectly, refer to Section 5.3.3 for further explanation. Q 002: The vide[...]

Single port KVM over IP switch Q 011: Every time I open a dialog box with some buttons the mous e pointers are not synchronous anymore A 011: Please check, if you have an option like ”‘Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes”’ enabled in the mouse settings of the operating system. This option needs to be disab[...]

Single port PS2 KVM over IP A. Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet[...]

Single port PS2 KVM over IP A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector[...]

Single port PS2 KVM over IP B. Key Codes Table C.1 shows the key codes used to defines keystrokes or hotkeys for several functions. Please note that these key codes do not represent necessarily key characters that are used on international keyboards. They name a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping. The layout f[...]

Single port PS2 KVM over IP F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPAD0 NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS,NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD/ NUMPADMUL,NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS,NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WIND OWS MENU T[...]

Single port PS2 KVM over IP C. Video Modes Table B.1 lists the video modes IP-KVM switch supports. Please don’t use other custom video settings besides of these. If done so, IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect them. Resolution (x, y) Refresh Rates (Hz) 640 x 350 70, 85 640 x 400 56, 70, 85 640 x 480 60, 67, 72, 75, 85, 90, 100, 120 720 x 400 [...]