Minicom Advanced Systems Smart IP Extender manual

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SMART IP EXTENDER 1 Table of Contents 1. Welcome....................................................................................................................... 4 2. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 5 3. Features of IP Ext ender ....................[...]

USER GUIDE 2 40. Power Control ............................................................................................................ 27 41. Key board & Mouse Settings ..................................................................................... 28 42. KVM Settings ..................................................................[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 3 82. A ccess via Telnet ...................................................................................................... 57 83. Telnet server commands .......................................................................................... 57 Frequently Asked Qu estions ....................................................[...]

USER GUIDE 4 1. Welcom e The Smart I P Extender sy stem is produced by Minicom Advanced System s Limited. Technical precautions This equipm ent generat es radio frequen cy energy and if not insta lled in accordanc e with the m anufacturer’s instructions, m ay cause rad io frequency inter ference. This equipm ent complies w ith Part 15, Su bpart J[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 5 2. Introducti on The Sm art IP Extender (I P Extender) from Minicom Advanced Sy stems redire cts local k eyboard, mouse and video data to a rem ote compute r. All data is transmitte d via I P. IP Extender f eatures, rem ote KVM access and cont rol via a LAN or I nternet connection. I P Extender prov ides a non-intrus ive solutio[...]

USER GUIDE 6 IP N etwork Smart IP Extenders Administrators KVM Matr ix switc h MINI C O M Act ivity SMART IP Ext end er Syste m OK MINI C O M Act ivity SMART IP Ext end er Syste m OK MINI C O M Act ivity SMART IP Ext end er Syste m OK MINI C O M Activity SMART IP Ext end er Syst em OK Figure 2 Multiple users/servers 3. Features of IP Extender • K[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 7 IPMI Version 1.5 - defines a se rial connect ion to access ce rtain system parameters and perfo rm system actions like powering down or a hard rese t. Modern serv er system s, supporting the I PMI V1.5 specific ation, provide a m ode where the externally available C OM2 serial conn ection can be co nfigured as a system manag eme[...]

USER GUIDE 8 The table below explains th e functions of the front pan el LEDs. LED Function Activity LED blinks when Network connection is fu nctioning System OK LED solid when I P Link system connec ted and functioning 8. The IP E xtender rear panel po rts The figure be low illustrates the ports on the I P Extender. Po we r con nector POWER 100-24[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 9 Serial 2 port The Serial 2 po rt supports t he external power option. Ethernet Connects the I P Extender to an Eth ernet network . 9. Pre-installation instruct ions Place cab les away from fluorescen t lights, air conditioners and other m achines tha t are lik ely to genera te electri cal noise. Switch off th e computer an d dis[...]

USER GUIDE 10 SD P 110 Smart IP Extender 3i n1C P Uc a b l e Compute r POWER www.mi nicom.com I 0 SERI AL 2 SERI AL 1 USER COM PUTER ETHE RNET RST 100-240 VAC 50 /60 Hz Figure 5 IP Extender connection s to a computer SD P11 0 Sma rt IP Extender Compu ter rack ProLi an t DL 360 9.1 - GB 10k ULTRA2 S C SI 9.1- GB 10k ULTRA2 S C SI ProLi an t DL 360 9[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 11 11. Connecting the Power management opti ons Figure 7 g ives an overview of the three Power management option s. Server KVM IPMI IPMI ve rs io n 1.5 int erfa ce MINIC O M Activi ty SMART IP Exte nder System OK Server KVM IPMI External po wer Switch box MINIC O M Activ ity SMA RT IP Exte nder Sys tem OK Figure 7 Power management[...]

USER GUIDE 12 13. Connecting the External Re set/Power Option Refer to the P ower Switch guide to conne ct this to one of th e serial por ts. To date supported opt ions are: • Minicom Power switch • Avocent—SPC 1 800/160 0 • Sentry I n-Line Power Mod ule 14. Connecting to Ethernet The Ethern et connector on the IP Extender can be used eit h[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 13 18. Configuring the syst em The I P Extender's comm unication interface s are based on TCP /IP, and it com es configured w ith the valu es listed below . • DHCP - active • IP address - 192.168.0.220 • Net mask - 255.255.255.0 • Default Gateway - None If the abov e values are uns uitable, change the I P configuratio[...]

USER GUIDE 14 Figure 8 Co nnect To box Figure 9 COM 1 Pro perti es box 4. Set the po rt setting s to the follow ing values: • Bits/second - 115200 • Data bits - 8 • Parity - None • Stop bits - 1 • Flow Control - None 5. Click OK. The Hy perterminal appea rs. See Figure 10. Figure 10 T he H y perterminal[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 15 6. Press Enter . Some dev ice information and a prompt ap pear. 7. Type config and press Enter . Config uration questio ns appear. DHCP must be disabled. You ca n change the I P address, net m ask and defaul t gateway. Pre ssing Enter without ente ring values k eeps the defaul t values. To contact IP Extender from outs ide the [...]

USER GUIDE 16 Check the co rrect setting by moving the mouse of your adm inistration syst em to the upper left corner of th e Remote Console and moving it there slig htly forth and b ack. This will fo rce mouse sync hronization in that corne r of the scree n. Once that is done you may observe the behav ior of your client m ouse in acco rdance to th[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 17 We recom mend the following browsers for an unse cured connection : • Microsoft Internet Explore r version 5.0 or higher with Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP • Netscape Navig ator 7.0 or Moz illa 1.0 with Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP, Linux and ot her UNIX like opera ting system s To access the remote ho st system using a secur[...]

USER GUIDE 18 Menu Wo r k a r e a Figure 12 T he IP Extender Home page 25. Tim eout After half an hour of non- activity the sy stem autom atically logs out. Clicking anywhere on the screen wil l lead back to the Log in screen. 26. The Wor k area The Work area has a sho rt summ ar y about y our IP Extender. • Server P ower Statu s - On or Off • [...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 19 27. Remote Console From the m enu click Show Remote Console . The remote c onsole appears. S ee Figure 13. Informati on bar Control but tons Computer bu ttons Figure 13 The re mote console You can work on it with the k eyboard and mouse. The delay with k eyboard and mouse reac tions - if any - depends on the line connec tion ba[...]

USER GUIDE 20 In case I P Extender is conn ected to your local network environment and your connection to the Interne t is available u sing a proxy ser ver only withou t NAT being configured, the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establ ish the accord ing connection. T his is because today 's Web proxies are not capable of relaying[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 21 Mouse handling - The subm enu for mouse handling offers two op tions for synchronizing the host and the client m ouse pointer - expla ined on page 23. The option for ' Fast Sync' shows the hotkey if y ou defined one us ing the Remo te Console Setting s. Local cu rsor - Choose a cu rsor shape for the host mouse. The nu[...]

USER GUIDE 22 All messag es are broadcas t to ALL connected u sers. There is n o option to d irect a messag e to a particular user only. Ther e is no messag e history, so m essages can only be receiv ed after open i ng th e Remote Console. 31. The Video settings From the Opt ions menu choose Video Se ttings. The Video S ettings box appe ars. See Fi[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 23 - Resets m ode to factory defaults. - Resets al l modes to fac tory defaults. - Saves chang es. - Undoes chang es that have not y et been saved. 32. Video S ettings a ccess In the User/G roup Perm issions section on pag e 36, it expla ins how to set acc ess levels for all param eters including Vi deo Se ttings access. A Rem ote[...]

USER GUIDE 24 4. Active Desk top. Disable it. Or do not use a p lain background, use a wallpaper. 35. Single mouse mode The information above applies to the Double Mouse Mode, whe re remote and host mouse pointers are visible and need to be s ynchronized. There is also the Single Mouse mode. In this mode only the client mouse pointer is visible. Si[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 25 Automa tic Detection - The encoding and the compression lev el is dete rmined automati cally from the available ba ndwidth and th e current con tent of the v ideo imag e. Normal - Best suited for many para llel users in a LAN env ironment. Compressed - For low band width Modem connect ions. 1 is the low est and 9 the highest co[...]

USER GUIDE 26 Remote Console Button Keys - B utton Keys sim ulate k eystrokes on the rem ote system that cannot be g enerated loc ally. For exam ple `Control + A lt + Delete' on Windows and DO S or `Control + Ba ckspace' on Linux. Define a new Button Key as fo llows: Type the r equired keys e.g . Ctrl+Alt+Del ete. The + sig n means that t[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 27 After re ading all ent ries, Sm art 16 IP display s them with their tim e, sensor and descrip tion in accord ance with the fi lter setting s. You have the choice b etween several pre- settings ( i.e. last day, last week) or a n exact decla ration of the sta rt and the end date. Once you chang e the filter set tings, click `Upda[...]

USER GUIDE 28 Power (sh ort press) - A short press on the A TX butto n is normally caught by the running opera ting system that tries to initiate a co ntrolled shut down. Do t his to switch off t he system . If thi s does not work try the long press bu tton. After press ing, the power st ate displayed in the admini stration panel won' t imm ed[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 29 The elem ents of the Keyboard & Mouse Setting s are explained bel ow. Targeted KV M port 1. Choose the po rt to which a KVM sw itch is connec ted. 2. Press to display the curren t values for the selected K VM port. Withou t pressing alte rations wi ll NO T be made to th e chosen port. Keyboard Model - Choose the key board m[...]

USER GUIDE 30 42. KVM Settings Adjust th e settings fo r the KVM sw itches conn ecting the I P Extender to th e host computers. F rom the I P Extender menu choose KVM S ettings. The I P Extender KVM settings appea r. See Figure 19. Figure 19 KV M Settings The elem ents of the KV M Settings are exp lained belo w. Active Port To switch to a com puter[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 31 Figure 20 KV M Port Settings 43. KVM Por t Settings 1. Assign nam es for each port . 2. Define ho tkeys to swi tch to each por t. Choose either Minicom default hotkeys by selecting M inicom KVM- Switch in the Default configuration box, and then click the Set Defaults but ton. Or choose your own ho tkeys. The sy ntax to defin e [...]

USER GUIDE 32 Show in console – ch eck this op tion to hav e a button appear on the top of th e Remote conso le. Click the button to switch to that com puter. 44. Vide o Settings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Video Setting s. The Video sett ings appear. S ee Figure 21 Figure 21 Video Sett ings 45. Enable local video p ort This opti on decide[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 33 Click Add Custom Video Modes. T he Custom Vi deo Modes window appears, se e Figure 22. Note! T his option may affect the corr ect video tra nsmission and is for adv anced users only . The m aximum number of c ustom video res olutions is 4. Figure 22 Custom Video Modes window Custom Modes Handling – switch custom modes off, or[...]

USER GUIDE 34 Desc riptio n Give the m ode a name. The nam e appears in the Rem ote Console whe n the custom mode is activ ated. 49. User/Group Management From the I P Extender Menu choos e User/Group Mana gement. The User/G roup Managem ent settings appe ar. See Figure 23. The user a nd group managem ent of IP Extender is based on config urable us[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 35 54. Email address /Mob ile number These are optional. 55. Gro up membersh ip/Member o f/Not Member o f Each user can b e a mem ber of one or more g roups and inheri t the rights o f that group. Use the a rrows to add or r emove a user from a group. 56. Existing groups Select an ex isting g roup for copying , modifica tion or de[...]

USER GUIDE 36 61. Copy User To copy an ex isting user’ s properties to a new user: 1. Select a use r in the Existing user Drop-down lis t. 2. Enter a new use r name in the New use r name box. 3. Click the Copy User button . All properties of the select ed user will be co pied to the new one, except user specific perm issions. 62. Group Management[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 37 Figure 24 User/Group Permissions Each user o r group has a set of access rig hts to the I P Extender functi ons. The user 'super' always has unalter able full acces s rights. A new ly created us er has the acce ss rights o f all groups he belongs to. You can chang e the access rights in the Us er/Group Perm issions pa[...]

USER GUIDE 38 Using a fun ction. allow acc ess means you can use it. deny access means y ou cannot use it. Group settin g – Use the access rights inher i ted from the group(s), the u ser belong s to. 3. Select the d esired perm ission. 4. To add the right, cli ck Add . To rem ove the right, check the Delete En try box. 5. Click Apply . 68. Networ[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 39 IP auto config uration Choose between th e 3 optio ns. None – no IP auto con figuration. I n this case ty pe a static I P address in the appropriat e settings be low. DHCP - When s elected, I P Extender will con tact a DHCP (Dynamic H ost Configura tion Protocol) se rver in the l ocal sub-net to obtain a val id IP address, ga[...]

USER GUIDE 40 Remote Conso le & HTTPS port Port num ber at which IP Extender's Rem ote Console server and H TTPS server are listen ing. If empty the default valu e is used. HTTP port Port num ber at which IP Extender's HTTP serv er is listening . If empty the def ault value is used. Telnet port Port num ber at which IP Extender's[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 41 IP Extender i s reachable v ia the IP address o f the DSL router, which is dynamica lly assigned by the provider. S ince the adm inistrator doesn 't know the I P address assigned by the provider, I P Extender conne cts to a specia l dynamic DNS server in regular intervals an d registers i ts IP address there. The administr[...]

USER GUIDE 42 Check in terval - I nterval for repor ting again to the Dynamic DNS serv er by IP Extender. IP Extender ha s its own independe nt real tim e clock. Ensure the time sett ing is correct by configuring a timeserv er see page 30. IP Extende r registers it self to the Dy namic DNS server slightly dif ferent from the time conf igured. To re[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 43 71. Ser ial Port Settings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Serial Port S ettings. The Se rial Port Settin gs appear. See Fig ure 28. Figure 28 Serial P ort Settings In the I P Extender Serial Sett ings specify th e devices connec ted to the two Ser ial ports. Serial Port 1 The port op tions are liste d below Configuration log[...]

USER GUIDE 44 Modem Client IP address - This address is assig ned to y our console computer during the PPP ha ndshake. Since it is a po int -to- point IP connection virtua l ly ever y IP addres s is possible b ut ensure, it is no t interfe ring with the I P settings o f IP Extender and your console computer. The def ault value will work in most cas[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 45 Intelligen t Power Module - External m odule option to swit ch power of a single system by putting it in the power su pply line of the co ntrolled sy stem. ePowerS witch 4 port- Usi ng this switch, sw itch power fo r more than one system connected to I P Extender th rough a KVM switch. ePowerS w itch-Slav e – This switch is c[...]

USER GUIDE 46 For ce - Tries to make an en crypted connect ion. SSL Certificate Ma nagement IP Extender us es the SSL (Secur e Socket Lay er) protocol for any encrypte d network traffic b etween itself and a connected clien t. When connect ing, IP Extender reveals its ide ntity to a cl ient using a cryptograph ic certif icate. This is the sam e for[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 47 Challenge Pass word / Confirm - Some certi fication au thorities requ ire a challeng e password to authorize la ter changes on the certifi cate. The m inimum is 4 cha racters. Email - Of a secu rity conta ct person that is respons ible for IP Extender. Key length - Length of the generated key in bits. 1024 Bits are supposed be [...]

USER GUIDE 48 Num bers attached to an I P address wi th a `/' is the n umber of v alid bits that are used for the g iven IP address. E xamples: 192.168.0.22 or 192.16 8.0.22/32 match es the IP Addre ss 192.168.0.22 192.168.0.0/24 m atches all IP packets with so urce addresse s from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.0.255 0.0.0.0/0 m atches any I P pa cke[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 49 73. SNMP Set tings The fo llowing info rmation is av ailable via SN MP: • Serial nu mber • Firmw are version • MAC address / IP addres s / Netmask / Gateway of LA N interface • Configured users • Currently active us ers with log in time (log in time is only valid if tim e is synchroniz ed on IP Extend er) • Server&a[...]

USER GUIDE 50 Figure 32 SN MP settings You can chang e the followi ng parameters : Enable SNMP Agent - When ch ecked, I P Extender will answ er to SNMP requests. If a com munity is blank, you cannot perf orm the request. E.g . if you want to di sable the poss ibility to reset I P Extender via SN MP, don't set a wr ite comm unity. Read Communit[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 51 Trap des tinations Enter IP addresses, t o which the traps wi ll be sent. For ev ery IP address, set an according comm unity so that your m anagement cl ient can iden tify the SNMP traps. After m aking the entr ies click . 74. The IP E xtender SNMP MIB Click the link to acces s the IP Extender SNMP MIB file. Wi th it, an SNMP c[...]

USER GUIDE 52 IPMI over S erial - If y our host system suppor ts IPMI V1.5 and has an I ntel EMP (Emerg ency Managem ent Port, usually COM2) connector, y ou can connect I PMI through ser ial port 1 on I P Extender. Please no te: • Set the E MP port to Always enab le and switch of f the Restricted Mode. • The BMC should accept a null username an[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 53 Type of exte rnal LDAP Server - Set the ty pe of the exter nal LDAP serv er. This i s necessary since som e server types require speci al handling . Also the defaul t value s for the LDAP schem a are set ap propriately. Choose between Generic LDAP Se rver, Novell Direc tory Service a nd Microsoft Ac tive Direct ory. If you don?[...]

USER GUIDE 54 After a sm ooth upload th e Update Firm ware panel appears showing the curr ent firmware v ersion num ber and the uploaded firmware vers ion number. 4. Press the Upda te button. Th e firmware updates . Warnin g! This process i s irrevers ible; ensure the IP Extend er's power supply won't be inte rrupted du ring the update pr[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 55 Figure 37 The Direct Connections Links page 3. In the I P address colum n, type IP address es of the oth er Minicom I P units. For up to 16 entrie s press . 4. In the Dev ice Name column ty pe a description. 5. Click Apply . On the Home pag e Monitor icons representing the direct c onnection IP units appe ar. See Fig ure 38. Fi[...]

USER GUIDE 56 Note! I f the state of one de vice changes, the re may be a delay of some seconds un til icon colo rs reflect the true situ ation especia lly where th e network link of this dev ice is going down. To connect to an IP unit: Click the des ired icon on th e Home page. The Login p age of that I P unit appears. Figure 39 b elow illus trate[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 57 82. Access via Telnet Connect via a s tandard Telnet c lient using I P Extender’s Telne t server. Use i t for passthro ugh access to a d evice connecte d to serial po rt 1. Connect any se rial devic e, which offe rs term inal acces s via its serial por t and acce ss it using the Teln et interface. Set the seri al setting s - [...]

USER GUIDE 58 Frequ ent ly Aske d Quest ions Q 1: The clien t mouse doesn' t work or is not synchron ized. A: Ensure the I P Extender m ouse settings m atch the mouse m odel. Also see pag e 23 Q 2: Bad video qua lity or grainy picture A: Use the brig htness and c ontrast setting s - see page 22. Use t he auto adjustm ent feature to correct a f[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 59 Glos sary of t erms ACPI - A specifi cation that enab les the operat ing system to implement power manag ement and system configuratio n. ATX - Advanced T echnolo gy Extended: A particu lar specificat ion of a m otherboard introduced by Intel in 1995. BMC - Board Manag ement Controll er: implem ents the I PMI based main board m[...]

USER GUIDE 60 Appe ndix A : IP Ex tende r Video m odes The IP Extender supports the fo llowing v ideo modes. Do not use other custom video settings. Reso lution Refres h rates (Hz) 640x350 70, 85 640x400 56, 70, 85 640x480 60, 67, 72, 75, 85, 90, 100 , 120 720x400 70, 85 800x600 56, 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 90, 100 832x624 75 1024x768 60, 70, 72, 75, 85[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 61 Append ix B: Key codes Figure 40 illustrates th e keys on a sta ndard 104 key PC k eyboard with a US Eng lish languag e mapping. These k eys are used to define key strokes or hotk eys for severa l IP Extender fu nctions. The keys may not rep resent keys used on internati onal key boards. Most modifier k eys and other alphanumer[...]

USER GUIDE 62 Key Key code Alternative Psc PRINTSCREEN Sc rl S C RO LL_ LOC K Brk BREAK Ins INS ER T Pos1 HOME Pup PAGE_UP Del DELETE Pdn PAGE_DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RI GHT The numerical ke ypad codes Key Key code Alternative num NUM_LOCK 0 NUMPAD0 1 NUMPAD1 2 NUMPAD2 3 NUMPAD3 4 NUMPAD4 5 NUMPAD5 6 NUMPAD6 7 NUMPAD7 8 NUMPAD8 9 NUMPAD9 + NUMPADP L US N[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 63 Appendix C: Pin ass ignments VGA HD-15 54321 1 0 9876 11 12 13 14 15 54321 54321 1 0 9876 1 0 9876 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 Red 9 5 V 2 Green 10 GND sync 3 Blue 11 Not connected 4 Not connected 12 SDA, DCC, ... 5 GND 13 HSYNC 6 GND red 14 VSYNC 7 GND green 15 DATA CLOCK 8 GND blue RJ 45 Co[...]

USER GUIDE 64 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 12345 6789 12345 6789 12345 12345 6789 6789 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RX 7 RTS 3 TX 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 2 12345 6789 12345 6789 12345 12345 6789 6789 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 DCD 6 DSR, Reset2 2 RX 7 RTS, Powe r1 3 TX 8 DTS, Pow er2 4 DTR, Reset1 9 Not[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 65 Append ix D: Te chn ical spec ific atio ns Host computer - Operating sy stems Novel, Linux , Windows 98, M E, 2000, XP and l ater Client computer - Operating sy stems Windows 98 , ME, 2000, XP an d later, Linux . Internet brow ser with full Jav a support Host computer - resolution Up to 1600x 1200 @60Hz Client computer - resolu[...]

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