Tripp Lite B050-000 manual

B050-000 Installation and User Guide[...]

B050-000 Installation and User Guide: Copyright © 2005-2006 T ripp Lite, 1111 W . 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 USA Based on Firmware 04.01.00 Last updated on 28 April 2006 Document ID:[...]

T able of Contents Preface .................................................................................................................................. vii Copyright ................................................................................................................... vii About the B050-000 .......................................[...]

Resetting the B050-000 to its Factory Settings ........................................................24 Using the Serial Interface .................................................................................24 5. Usage ............................................................................................................................[...]

G. Specifications ................................................................................................................105 Sizes and W eight ......................................................................................................105 Environment ...............................................................................[...]

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Preface Copyright This publication contains proprietary information which is pr otected by copyright. No part of this publication may be repr oduced, transcribed, stored in a r etrieval sys- tem, translated into any language or computer language, or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher , T ripp Lite.[...]

Preface Limitations of Liability T ripp Lite shall in no event be held liable for any loss, expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever , whether direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential (whether aris- ing from the design or use of this pr oduct or the support materials provided with the product). No action or pr oceeding against T ripp Lite m[...]

Chapter 1. The Quic k Star t Guide Installation The B050-000 redir ects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a r emote administra- tion console. All data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family . The B050-000 can be used in a multi-administrator and multi-server environment as well. Combin- ing the B050-000 with a KVM switch allows to acc[...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Front Side Connector s (Figure 1-2) Figure 1-2. Front Side Connectors and Indicators System port Attach the system cable with the gray connector to this port. Power/Status LED Displays the status of the B050-000: • LED off: the B050-000 has no or not enough power • LED blinking: the B050-000 is booting up (if th[...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Rear Side Connectors (Figure 1-3) Figure 1-3. Rear Side Connectors Port replicator Here you may attach an optional port r eplicator enabling PS/2 support, serial and local console. Connecting the B050-000 to the Host System Perform the following steps in order to connect the KVM signals of the server system to the B[...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Initial Netw ork Configuration Initially , the B050-000 network interface is configured with the parameters shown in T able 1-1. T able 1-1. Initial Network Configuration P arameter V alue IP auto configuration DHCP IP address - Netmask 255.255.255.0 Gateway none IP access control none W arning If the DHCP conne[...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Figure 1-5. B050-000 setup tool (Linux version) Connect the B050-000 to your computer either via local network or via USB. Start the setup tool from the CD ROM on the computer wher e the B050-000 is installed. Depending on the connection (USB or network), the device detection is differ ent. Note: Configuration via [...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Using the Linux tool On the top of the window the MAC address of the device is displayed. T o detect the MAC address manually , pr ess the button “Refresh”. The displayed MAC address is the same MAC addr ess printed on the white sticker placed on the back of the B050-000. The Linux setup tool does currently not [...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide P arameter V alue Stop bits 1 Flow control none Use a terminal software (e.g. hyperterm or minicom ) to connect to the B050-000. Reset the B050-000, and immediately press the “ESC” key . Y ou will see a “=>” prompt. Enter the command “config”, and press the key “ENTER”. Quite soon afterwar ds you[...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Figure 1-6. T op part of the Remote Console There ar e some options to choose from the menu, the important ones ar e the follow- ing: Auto Adjust button If the video displayed is of bad quality or distorted in some way , press this but- ton and wait a few seconds while the B050-000 tries to adjust itself for the bes[...]

Chapter 2. Intr oduction Intr oduction The B050-000 is a manufacturer -independent remote administration system. The B050-000 works as an integrated solution on your server system. Based on an embedded operating system, the B050-000 provides both exceptional stability and permanent availability independent of the present state of the server ’s op[...]

Chapter 2. Introduction B050-000 System Components The B050-000 is a stand alone product with the following dimensions: 95mm (D) x 25mm (H) x 72mm (W) The B050-000 is shipped with: • a B050-000 base unit • an external power supply • a power cord • a KVM cable • transparent equipment feet • an Installation and User Manual on a CD ROM •[...]

Chapter 2. Introduction Using the B050-000, administrators can determine which kind of serious hardwar e failure has occurr ed (see T able 2-2). T able 2-2. Host system failures and how they are detected T ype of failure Detected by Hard disk failur e Console screen, CMOS set-up information Power cable detached, power supply failure Server remains [...]

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Chapter 3. Installation Operation Overview The B050-000 redir ects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a r emote adminis- tration console. All data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family . The B050-000 can be used in both a multi-administrator and multi-server environ- ment. Combining one or more B050-000 s with a single KVM switch allo[...]

Chapter 3. Installation Front Side Connector s and Indicators Figure 3-2. Front Side Connectors and Indicators System port Attach the system cable with the gray connector to this port. Power/Status LED Displays the status of the B050-000: • LED off: the B050-000 has no or not enough power • LED blinking: the B050-000 is booting up (if this proc[...]

Chapter 3. Installation Rear Side Connectors Figure 3-3. Rear Side Connectors Port replicator Here you may attach an optional port r eplicator enabling PS/2 support, serial and local console. Connecting the B050-000 to the Host System Perform the following steps in order to connect the KVM signals of the server system to the B050-000: 1. Attach the[...]

Chapter 3. Installation Connecting a Local Console T o connect a local console to the host system besides the B050-000 you may attach a monitor , a keyboard and a mouse to the connectors on the port replicator (available separately) . Connecting Ethernet The front side of the B050-000 pr ovides a RJ45 connector for Ethernet. The connec- tor is used[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration Initial Configuration The B050-000’s communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP . It comes pre- configured with the IP configuration listed in T able 4-1. T able 4-1. Initial network configuration P arameter V alue IP auto configuration DHCP IP address - Netmask 255.255.255.0 Gateway none IP access control non[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration Figure 4-2. B050-000 setup tool (Linux version) Connect the B050-000 to your computer either via local network or via USB. Start the setup tool from the CD ROM on the computer wher e the B050-000 is installed. Depending on the connection (USB or network), the device detection is differ ent. Note: Configuration via network[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration save the changes enter an user name and an according passwor d. Then press the “Setup Device” button. Using the Linux tool On the top of the window the MAC address of the device is displayed. T o detect the MAC address manually , press the button “Refresh”. The displayed MAC address is the same MAC addr ess printed[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration Initial Configuration via Serial Console T o configure the B050-000 via serial interface both a serial port r eplicator cable and a null modem cable are r equired (available separately). Using a serial terminal, the B050-000 has a serial line interface (rear side). This connec- tor is compliant with the RS 232 serial lin[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration Finally , you will be asked if the values are corr ect, and may adjust them if necessary . After your confirmation the B050-000 performs a reset using the new values. W eb Interface The B050-000 may be accessed using a standard Java enabled web br owser . Y ou may use the HTTP protocol or a secur e encrypted connection vi[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration Fixed Mouse Speed This mode just translates the mouse movements from the Remote Console in a way that one pixel move will lead to n pixel moves on the remote system. This parameter n is adjustable with the scaling. It should be noted that this works only when mouse acceleration is turned off on the r emote system. Single/D[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration Host System Mouse Settings The host’s operating system knows various settings for the mouse driver . W arning The f ollowing limitations do not apply in case of USB and Mouse T ype “MS Windows 2000 and ne wer”. While the B050-000 works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the lo- cal with the remote mouse[...]

Chapter 4. Configuration MS W indows 2000, 2003, XP (all versions) In general, we recommend the usage of a mouse via USB. Choose USB without Mouse Sync. For a PS/2 mouse choose Auto Mouse Speed. For XP disable the option “enhance pointer precision” in the Contr ol Panel. Note: The remote mouse is alwa ys synchronized with the local mouse if se[...]

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Chapter 5. Usage Prerequisites The B050-000 features an embedded operating system and applications of fering 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 they can be accessed using the bui[...]

Chapter 5. Usage information on how to upgrade your browser to a state of the art encryption scheme. Figure 5-1 shows the dialog box pr esented by the Internet Explorer 6.0. Figure 5-1. The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers do support str ong encryption by default. Login into the B050-000 and logout Login int[...]

Chapter 5. Usage W arning Y our web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible . The B050-000 has a built-in super user that has all the permissions to administrate your B050-000. See the following table for the default settings. Please note that the user “super” is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the B050-000.[...]

Chapter 5. Usage Figure 5-3. Main page T able 5-2. Buttons from the front end Return to the main page of the B050-000. Open the B050-000 Remote Console. Exit from the B050-000 fr ont end. W arning If there is no activity f or half an hour , the B050-000 will log you out automatically . A click on one of the links will bring you bac k to the login s[...]

Chapter 5. Usage The Remote Console General Description The Remote Console is the redir ected screen, keyboar d and mouse of the remote host system that the B050-000 controls. Figure 5-4. Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the B050-000. The protocol that is r un over this conn[...]

Chapter 5. Usage W ith r espect to the keyboard, the very exact r emote repr esentation might lead to some confusion as your local keyboard changes its keyboar d layout according to the remote host system. If you use a German administration system and your host sys- tem uses a US English keyboard layout, for instance, special keys on the German key[...]

Chapter 5. Usage Single/Double Mouse Mode Switches between the Single Mouse Mode (where only the r emote mouse pointer is visible) and the Double Mouse Mode (where r emote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchonized). Single Mouse Mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1.4 or higher . Options T o open the Options menu click on [...]

Chapter 5. Usage Scaling Allows you to scale down the Remote Console. Y ou can still use both mouse and keyboard, however the scaling algorithm will not pr eserve all display details. Figure 5-7. Remote Console Options Menu: Scaling Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two options for synchr onizing the local and the remote mouse po[...]

Chapter 5. Usage Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system. W arning This method takes more time than the f ast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture. T o setup the picture you ma y use either the auto adjustment function or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel . L[...]

Chapter 5. Usage V ideo Settings thr ough the remote console Figure 5-10. V ideo Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightness of the pictur e. Contrast Controls the contrast of the pictur e. Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a video line and depends on the video mode. Differ ent video card types may r equire dif ferent values her e. [...]

Chapter 5. Usage Undo Changes Restore last settings. Note: The Video Settings P anel and the according entr y in the Options menu is only av ailable f or members of the “administrator” g roup and the user “super”. Refresh Video Use this option to refr esh the video picture. The video data for the Remote Console is updated completely . On st[...]

Chapter 5. Usage Figure 5-11. Soft Keyboard • Show Displays the Soft Keyboard. • Mapping Used for choosing the according language and country mapping of the Soft Key- board. Figure 5-12. Soft Keyboard Mapping 38[...]

Chapter 5. Usage Local K eyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine r unning the Re- mote Console Applet. Normally , the applet determines the correct value automati- cally . However , depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings this is not always possible. A typical example is a German localized system that [...]

Chapter 5. Usage Figure 5-14. Remote Console Options: Encoding compression • Color depth Set the desired color depth. Y ou may select between 8 or 16 bit for V ideo Opti- mized/compression level 0, or between 1 and 8 bit for compr ession level 1 to 9. The higher the color depth, the more video information has to be captur ed and to be transferred[...]

Chapter 5. Usage Figure 5-15. Remote Console Options: Color Depth Note: If displa ying motion pictures on a connection with low speed you ma y achie ve an improv ement regarding the video transf er rate by lo wering the color depth and disabling the option “Video Optimized”. As a general result, the data r ate is reduced (less bits per color). [...]

Chapter 5. Usage The status line displays the number of frame buffer updates (“Fps”) as well as the incoming (“In:”) and the outgoing (“Out:”) network traffic in kilobyte per second. A low value of the network traffic is r ecommended and can be achieved as described in the Section called Optimizing the V ideo Picture . If compressed e[...]

Chapter 5. Usage 1. Press the Auto Adjust button once (see the Section called Remote Console Contr ol Bar for details). 2. Choose the option “V ideo Settings” fr om the Options Menu of the Remote Console. Press the button “Reset this Mode”. Figure 5-18. Remote Console V ideo Settings: Reset this Mode 3. Again, press the Auto Adjust button o[...]

Chapter 5. Usage to transfer the video data from the B050-000 to the Remote Console on the local host. If the remote scr een has changed a new picture is sent. In terms of transfer time there is no dif ference between text scr eens and screens in graphics mode. The video picture is taken as graphics data no matter what the scr een looks like and wh[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Contr ol KVM Console Figure 6-1. KVM Console Remote Console Preview T o open the KVM console either click on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right. T o refr esh the picture click on the button that is named “Refresh”. 45[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote P o wer Figure 6-2. B050-000 Power Buttons Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) The B050-000 is capable of controlling the power status of an IPMI-enabled host sys- tem. See the Section called Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) for config- uration instructions. If the B050-000 is configured[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options T elnet Console Figure 6-3. T elnet Console The B050-000 firmware featur es a T elnet gateway that enables a user to connect to the B050-000 via a standard T elnet client. For connecting to the B050-000 via T elnet protocol you may use a terminal program such as xterm , TeraTerm or Putty . As an alternative you may also ent[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options The following list shows the command syntax and their usage. help Displays the list of possible commands quit Exits the current session and disconnects fr om the client version Displays the release information terminal Starts the terminal pass-through mode for serial port #1. The key sequence esc exit switches back to the co[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Upload a Floppy Ima ge W ithin 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. Y ou can do that either by hand or by using the file selection dialog of your web browser . T o open the file selection dialog click on the button “Browse[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options CD ROM Use Image on Windows Share (SAMB A) T o include an image from a W indows share select “CD-ROM” from the submenu. Figure 6-7. Selecting CD ROM and W indows Share The following information has to be given to mount the selected image properly: Share host The server name or its IP address. On W indows 95, 98 and W ind[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options our example we use the share storage ) and the image file cdrom_image.iso is opened. If this file can only be accessed with both an user name and password enter the according values in the input fields for user name and passwor d. In our case the file is owned by the user “johndoe” and protected by an user -specifi[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Figure 6-9. Explorer Context Menu Figure 6-10. Share configuration dialog 52[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Adjust the settings for the selected directory . • Activate the selected directory as a shar e. Select “Share this folder”. • Choose an appropriate name for the shar e. Y ou may also add a short descrip- tion for this folder (input field “Comment”). • If necessary , adjust the permissions (button “permission[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Please note that Drive Redirection works on a level which is far below the operating system. That means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is awar e that the drive is currently r edirected, actually . This may lead to inconsistent data as soon as one of the operating systems (either from the local machine[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Configuration Figure 6-12. Main V iew Specify the parameters of the network connection (see Figure 6-12). Device This is the address (either the DNS name or the IP addr ess) of the B050-000 you would like to connect to. Port This is the network port. By default, B050-000 uses the remote console port (#443) here. Y ou may ch[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Drive Selection Figure 6-13. Selecting the desired drive Select the drive you would like to redir ect. All available devices (drive letters) are shown here. Please note that the whole drive is shar ed with the remote computer , not only one partition. If you have a hard disc with mor e than one partition all drive letters th[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Write Support Figure 6-14. Selecting write support This feature may be enabled her e. W rite support means that the remote computer is allowed to write on your local drive. As you can imagine, this is very dangerous. If both the remote and the local system try to write data on the same device, this will certainly destroy the[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Device A uthentication Figure 6-15. Device Authentication T o use the Drive Redirection, you have to authenticate on the B050-000 using a valid username and password. A permission to change the virtual disc configuration is necessary . Navigation Buttons Connect/Disconnect T o establish the drive redir ection press the Conn[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Using the Hide to T ray button the application is hidden, but not terminated com- pletely . That means that an active connection will be kept active until it is closed explicitly . Y ou can access the software by its tray icon. The tray icon also shows whether a connection is established or not. A double click on the icon sh[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options MS Windows Y ou can use the tool “RawW rite for W indows”. Figure 6-18. RawW rite for Windows selection dialog Select the tab “Read” from the menu. Enter (or choose) the name of the file in which you would like to save the floppy content. Click on the button “Copy” to initiate the image creation pr ocess. For r[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options MS Windows T o create the image file use your favourite CD imaging tool. Copy the whole contents of the disc into one single ISO image file on your harddisk. For example, with “Nero” you choose “Copy and Backup”. Then, navigate to the “Copy Disc” section. Select the CD ROM or DVD drive you would like to create [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options User Management Change Pass w ord Figure 6-20. Set password T o change your password enter the new passwor d in the upper entry field. Retype the password in the field below . Click “Apply” to submit your changes. 62[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Users And Gr oups Figure 6-21. Set User User Management The B050-000 comes with a pre-configur ed user account for the user “super” that has fixed permissions. This user has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions the B050-000 offers. Upon delivery , the account for the user “super” ha[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Mobile number This information may be optionally provided. Role Each user can be a member of a group (named a “r ole”) - either an administrator , or a regular user . Choose the desired r ole from the selection box. T o create an user pr ess the button “Create”. The button “Modify” changes the dis- played user se[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Console Settings for User This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect. Select the desir ed user from the selection box and pr ess the button “Update”. This will result in displaying the accor ding user settings below . Note: Y ou are allowed to [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Console T ype Figure 6-23. User Console Settings (Part 2) Specifies which Remote Console V iewer to use. Default Java V irtual Machine (JVM) Uses the default JVM of your web browser . This may be the Microsoft JVM for the Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configur ed this way . Use of the Sun JVM may also be[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options (Hint: If you are connected over a slow connection to the Internet you can also pre-install the JVM on your administration machine. ) Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode Sets the initial value for the monitor mode. By default the monitor mode is dis- abled. In case you switch it on, the Remote Console[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Ke yboard/Mouse Figure 6-24. Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is connected to. Y ou can choose between “Auto” for automatic detection, “USB” for a USB mouse and “PS/2” for a PS/2 mouse. W arning T o use the USB and/or PS/2 interface y ou need a correct cabling be- t[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options • the USB cable must be connected or must be selected in the Host interface option PS/2 Ke yboard Model Enables a certain keyboard layout. Y ou can choose between “Generic 101-Key PC” for a standard keyboar d layout, “Generic 104-Key PC” for a standard keyboar d layout extended by three additional W indows keys, ?[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Video Figure 6-25. V ideo Settings T o set the options (see below) click on the button “Apply”. Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the B050-000 reacts to small changes in the video input signal. A large filter setting needs less network traf fic and leads to a faster video display , but[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Figure 6-26. Network Settings W arning The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in T able 4-1. W arning Changing the network settings of the B050-000 might result in losing connection to it. In case you change the settings remotely mak e sure that all the[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options “bootp” accordingly . If you choose “none” then IP auto configuration is disabled. Preferr ed host name Preferr ed host name to request fr om DHCP server . Whether the DHCP server takes the B050-000’s suggestion into account or not depends on the server con- figuration. IP address IP address in the usual dot nota[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Enable SSH access Set this option to allow accessing the B050-000 using the Secure Shell (SSH) pr o- tocol. Ths SSH console offers the same featur es as T elnet (see the Section called T elnet Console ), but uses a secure, encrypted connection instead. Disable Setup Protocol Enable this option to exclude the B050-000 from th[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Dynamic DNS Figure 6-27. Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service ( dyndns.org ) can be used in the following scenario (see Figure 6-28): Figure 6-28. Dynamic DNS Scenario The B050-000 is reachable via the IP addr ess of the DSL router which is dynamically assigned by the provider . Since the administrator does not[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options signed by the provider , the B050-000 connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and r egisters its IP address ther e. The administrator may contact this server as well and pick up the same IP address belonging to his car d. The administrator has to register a B050-000 that is supposed to take part in the [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Security Figure 6-29. Device Security Encryption Settings Force HTTPS If this option is enabled, access to the web front-end is only possible using a HTTPS connection. The B050-000 will not listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections. In case you want to create your own SSL certificate that is used to identify the B050[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Certificate Figure 6-30. Certificate Settings The B050-000 uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) pr otocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client. During the connection establishment the B050-000 has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate. Upon delivery this cer[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options • Upload the certificate to the B050-000 using the “Upload” button as shown in Fig- ure 6-31. Figure 6-31. SSL Certificate Upload After completing these three steps the B050-000 has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients. W arning If you destro y the CSR on the B050-000 there is no [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Country (ISO code) The country where the or ganization is located. This is the two-letter ISO code, e.g. DE for Germany , or US for the U.S. Challenge Password Some certification authorities requir e a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate (e.g. revocation of the certificate). The minimal length[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options cator cable is requir ed (see the Section called B050-000 System Components in Chapter 2). Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special function, use it only for the initial con- figuration (see T able 4-1). Modem The B050-000 offers r emote access using a telephone line in addition to the stan[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Passthrough access to serial port via T elnet/SSH Using this option it is possible to connect an arbitrary device to the serial port and access it (assuming it provides terminal support) via T elnet or SSH. Select the appropriate options for the serial port and use the T elnet Console or a stan- dard T elnet/SSH client to co[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options IPMI Settings Figure 6-33 shows the B050-000 IPMI settings panel. Its options will be explained below . IPMI disabled Disables IPMI on the B050-000. This means that Status via IPMI and Event Log via IPMI are not available and the power on/of f and reset functions do not use IPMI rather than the A TX and the reset cable conne[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options automatically to the current UTC time. Because NTP server time is always UTC, ther e is a setting that allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time. W arning There is currently no wa y to adjust the da ylight saving time automati- cally . So you ha ve to set up the UTC offset twice a y ear properly to the loca[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options which can be activated separately . The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the B050-000. T o show the log list click on the item “Event Log” from the section “Maintenance”. In the Event Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page. Furthermore, you can clear the log[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options authentication and host power events have an own trap class that consists of several fields with detailed information about the occurred event. T o receive this SNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be used. Event Log Assignments Y ou may choose which actions of the B050-000 will be saved in the log file. T ick the desired[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Figure 6-37. Connected Users Figure 6-37 displays the B050-000 activity . From left to right the connected user(s), its IP address (fr om which host the user comes from) and its activity status is displayed. “RC” indicates that the Remote Console is open. If the Remote Console is opened in “exclusive mode” the term ?[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Y ou may use the text buttons “Prev” and “Next” to br owse within the data. The button “Prev” displays the pr evious page with newer log information whereas the button “Next” switches to the following page with older log information. Update Firmware Figure 6-39. Update Firmware The B050-000 is a complete stan[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options number of the uploaded firmware. Pr essing the button “Update” will store the new version and substitute the old one completely . W arning This process is not re versib le and might take some minutes . Make sure the B050-000’ s pow er supply will not be interrupted dur ing the update process, because this ma y cause a[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console. The whole process will take about half a minute. Resetting subdevices (e.g. video engine) will take some seconds only and does not result in closing connections. T o reset a certain B050-000 functionality click on the button “Reset” as displayed in Figu[...]

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Appendix A. Frequently Asked Questions 1. The remote mouse does not work or is not synchr onous. First, check the VGA connection. Both the B050-000 and the local monitor have to support the same video resolution. Make sure that your mouse settings match your mouse model, i.e. PS/2 or wheel mouse. The mouse model has to be set similarly on both the [...]

Appendix A. Frequently Asked Questions 8. The B050-000 web pages are not displayed corr ectly . Check your browser ’s cache settings. Make sur e the cache settings are not set to something like “never check for newer pages”. Otherwise the B050-000 pages may be loaded from your br owser cache and not from the car d. 9. W indows XP does not awa[...]

Appendix B. Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface A specification that enables the operating system to implement power manage- ment and system configuration. A TX Advanced T echnology Extended A particular specification that covers the style of motherboards and enclosur e introduced by Intel in 1995. DHCP Dynamic Host Config[...]

Appendix B. Glossary SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol A widely used network monitoring and control pr otocol. SSH Secure Shell An encrypted network protocol pr oviding a secure r eplacement for T elnet. SSL Secure Socket Layer An encryption technology for the Internet used to provide secur ed data trans- missions. SVGA Super V ideo Graphics [...]

Appendix C. B050-000 Video Modes T able C-1 lists the video modes the B050-000 supports. Please do not use any other custom video settings besides of these. If done so, the B050-000 may not be able to detect them. T able C-1. B050-000 V ideo Modes Resolution (x,y) Refresh Rates (Hz) 640x340 70, 85 640x400 56, 85 640x480 60, 67, 72, 75, 85, 90, 100,[...]

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Appendix D . User s and Roles T able D-1. Roles Frontend Section Regular User Administrator Superuser Remote Control: KVM x x x Remote Control: Remote Power - x x Remote Control: T elnet Console x x x V irtual Media x x x User Management: Change Password xxx User Management: Users - - x KVM Settings: User Console x (w/o Misc. Settings) x x KVM Sett[...]

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Appendix E. Ke y Codes T able E-1 shows the key codes used to define the key strokes or hotkeys for sev- eral functions. Please note that these key codes do not necessarily repr esent the key characters that are used on international keyboar ds. A key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with a US English language mapping is named. The layout for thi[...]

Appendix E. Key Codes Ke y Alias Ke y(s) LAL T AL T SP ACE AL T GR ESCAPE ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSER T HOME POS 1 P AGE_UP P AGE_DOWN DELETE DEL END UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM_LOCK NUMP AD0 NUMP AD1 NUMP AD2 NUMP AD3 NUMP AD4 NUMP AD5 NUMP AD6 NUMP AD7 NUMP AD8 NUMP AD9 NUMP ADPLUS NUMP AD_PLUS, + 100[...]

Appendix E. Key Codes Ke y Alias Ke y(s) NUMP AD / / NUMP ADMUL NUMP AD_MUL, x NUMP ADMINUS NUMP AD_MINUS, - NUMP ADENTER WINDOWS MENU 101[...]

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Appendix F . Pin Assignment V GA HD-15 Figure F-1. VGA HD-15 T able F-1. VGA HD-15 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Red 9 USB+5V 2 Green 10 GND sync 3 Blue 11 USB_D+ 4 USB_D - 12 SDA, DDC... 5 GND 13 HSYNC 6 GND red 14 VSYNC 7 GND green 15 SCL, DDC 8 GND blue RJ45 Connector Ethernet Figure F-2. RJ45 T able F-2. RJ45 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 T[...]

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Appendix G. Specifications Sizes and W eight T able G-1. B050-000 Specification Attribute V alue Height 95mm W idth 25mm Length 72mm W eight 160g (w/o replicator cable) 290g (with attached replicator cable) Housing Aluminium silver anodized Power Consumption up to 700mA En vir onment T emperature T able G-2. T emperature Attribute V alue Operatin[...]

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Appendix H. B050-000 Operation Advices This device has to be operated with the provided power supply only . The use of other power supplies voids the product liability of the manufactur er . If the power supply shows a malfunction, it must not be opened. Instead a request a r eplacement from the manufacturer or the vendor . The power cord of the po[...]

Appendix H. B050-000 Operation Advices 108[...]

Appendix I. T ripp Lite W arranty Inf ormation Limited W arranty T ripp Lite, 1111 W . 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 USA (“T ripp Lite”) manufactures its hardwar e products fr om parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in accordance with industry-standar d practices. T ripp Lite warrants that the hardwar e products including the[...]

Appendix I. T ripp Lite Warranty Information 110[...]

Appendix J . GNU General Public License (GPL) V ersion 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Softwar e Foundation, Inc. 59 T emple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The licenses for most software ar e design[...]

Appendix J. GNU General Public License (GPL) based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Pr ogram). Whether that is true depends on what the Pr ogram does. 1. Y ou may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program’s sour ce code as you receive it, in any medium, pr ovided that you conspicuously and appropriately publ[...]

Appendix J. GNU General Public License (GPL) source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software inter change; or , c. Accompany it with the information you received as to the of fer to distribute corresponding sour ce code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommer- cial distribu[...]

Appendix J. GNU General Public License (GPL) consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute software thr ough any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice. This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a conse- quence of the rest of this Lic[...]

Appendix J. GNU General Public License (GPL) file should have at least the “copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. <one line to give the program’s name and a brief idea of what it does.> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author> This program is fr ee software; you can r edistribute it and/or modify it [...]

Appendix J. GNU General Public License (GPL) 116[...]

Appendix K. The OpenLD AP Pub lic License V ersion 2.8, 17 August 2003 Redistribution and use of this software and associated documentation (“Softwar e”), with or without modification, are permitted pr ovided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions in source form must r etain copyright statements and notices, 2. Redistributio[...]

Appendix K. The OpenLDAP Public License 118[...]