Tripp Lite B051-000 manual

1 Owner’ s Man ual W arranty Registration: register online today f or a chance to win a FREE T ripp Lite product—www .tripplite.com/warr anty IP Remote Access Unit Model: B051-000 FCC Information This is an FCC Class A product. In a domestic en vironment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take ad[...]

2 T able of Con tents T able of Contents ........................................ 2 Introduction ............................................ 4 Features ................................................ 4 System Requirements ...................................... 4 V ideo .................................................. 4 Cables ..................[...]

3 T able of Conten ts ANMS ................................................ 51 RADIUS Settings ........................................ 51 LD AP Authentication Settings .............................. 52 LD AP Configuration ..................................... 52 Open LD AP Server ...................................... 55 Open LD AP Server Install[...]

4 Introduc tion Feature s System Requirem ents Video • Pr ovidesIPAcc esstoKV Mswitcheso rser verst hatdonothavebuilt- inI Pf u nctiona l ity . • Vir t u alme d iaviaUSB2.0dat atr a nsm ission. • Pr ec isionmouse-poi ntersync ingabi lit yforU SBm ice. •?[...]

5 Introduc tion Brows e rs Virtual M edia Sup por t Cables Ope rating Systems • AKV Mcablek itisrequ i re dtocon nec ttheB05 1 - 0 0 0toaK V Mswitchorser ver .( 1 )P S / 2KV Mca blekita nd( 1)U SBKV Mcablek itis included wit h the u n it. Note : If th e in clu [...]

6 Introduc tion Components Front Vi ew Rea r Vi ew No. Comp on ent De s cript ion 1 LAN Port The Cat5e/6 cable that connects the B051-000 to a network plugs in here. 2 Reset Switch Pressing and releasing this switch will 1. perform a system reset. Pressing and holding the switch for more 2. than 3 seconds restores the B051-000 to its factory defaul[...]

7 Hardware Setu p Safet y Instruc tions • Reada lloft hesei nst r uct ionsbeforeproc ee d ing.Sa vethemforfut ur ereference. Ge ne ra l Saf et y I nst ruc ti ons • Follo wal lwa r n ingsa ndin str uctionsma rkedont hedevice. • Donotplacet hedeviceona nyunst[...]

8 Hardware Setu p • Donotov erloadth eA Csupplybranchci rcu itthatp rovidespow ertot hera ck.T hetot a lrackloadshouldnotexceed8 0per centoftheb ra nch ci rcuit rat i ng. • Ma kesur eth atal le quipmentuse dont herack–i nclu[...]

9 Hardware Setu p Installation T o inst al l t he B05 1-0 0 0, r ef er to b ot h the i nst a lla tion dia gr a ms a nd the following steps : 1 . T o add a loca l con sole, conne ct t he included USB – PS/ 2 Console con necto r k it to the B05 1 - 0 0 0 Console por t. Con nect t he loc al keyboard , mon itor and mous e to t he con nect or por t s [...]

10 If you a re a n ad m i ni str ator loggi ng in for the fi r st ti me, you need to a cce ss th e B05 1 - 0 0 0 i n order t o give i t a n I P add ress t ha t user s ca n con nect to.Therea ret h re emet hodst ochoosef rom ;I PIn sta l ler,B rowserorAPWi ndow sCl ient.I neachca se,t hecompu[...]

11 Browser (continued) AP Windows Cl ient Set ting u p an IP Address 3. Once logged i nto t he B05 1-0 0 0, you can custom i ze t he Network Sett i ngs by c lick i ng on the Net work Icon on the B05 1-0 0 0 home page. Assign an I P a dd ress for the B05 1 - 0 0 0 t hat is su itable for the network segment t hat it resides on. 4. Af t er you l og ou[...]

12 Browser Login Logging In Installing the Cer t ificate Set ting u p an IP Address Th e B05 1 - 0 0 0 I P Remote Acc ess Unit ca n be ac cess ed f rom a browser or via t he Wi ndow s a nd / or Jav a applicat ion ( A P) progr a m. T he next sev era l chapt ers d escr ibe browser -ba sed op er ations. A P ac cess is d iscus sed i n Ch apter 9 . T o[...]

13 Af t er you ha ve successfu l ly lo gged i n, t he B05 1-0 0 0 Ma i n Scr een appea r s: Th e Ma in Sc re en consists of uti l ity icons a r r a nged vert ica lly down the lef t side of the page, ad m in ist ra tion icons a r r a nged acr oss th e top of the page and a Re mo te Co nso le Previe w with icons to l aunch t he Jav a Applet and Wi nd[...]

14 Set ting u p an IP Address Scre en Ele ments (continu ed) Th e act iv e elements of the Remote Con sole Preview ar e desc r ibe d in t he follo wi ng table : Icon Function Refresh Clicking Refresh updates the pre view of the remote display . Open Windows Client Clicking the Open Windows Client icon will use a Windows plug-in to access the remote[...]

15 Administ rat ion General N et work Th e ad m in ist ra tion uti lit ies, repre sente d by the icons loc ate d acr oss the t op of the B05 1 - 0 0 0 web page, are us ed to c onfig ur e th e B05 1 - 0 0 0’ s op er ati ng envir onm ent. Th is cha pter d iscuss es each of t hem in t u r n. Note : As y ou m ak e yo ur co nfi gurat ion c ha nges i[...]

16 Administ rat ion Access Ports IP Address DNS S er ver IP Installe r Set tings Finishi ng Up If a fi rewal l is bei ng used , t he Adm i n istr ator ca n sp ec if y t he por t numbe rs t hat t he fi rewall w il l a llow (and set t he fi rewall a ccord i ngly ) . Users must spec if y t he por t numbe r as pa r t of t he I P ad dr ess when t hey[...]

17 Administ rat ion Se curity Overvie w Filtering IP Filtering Th e secu r ity a dm in ist rat ion icon is used t o contr ol acce ss to t he B 05 1 -000. • IP a nd M AC F ilters cont rol ac cess to t he B05 1 - 0 0 0 bas ed on t he I P a nd /o r MAC addr esses of t he compute rs at tempt i ng to acc ess t he system. I f any filte rs have b[...]

18 Administ rat ion IP Filtering (continued) MAC F iltering Adv anced N et work Manage ment S et tings (ANM S ) 4. T o filter a single I P ad dr ess, key in t he sa me a dd ress a s th e sta r t I P . T o fi lter a r ange of add ress es, key in t he last I P a dd ress i n t he ra nge y ou wish to fi lter . 5 . A f ter fi ll i ng in t he a dd re[...]

19 Administ rat ion RAD IUS S et tings LD AP Authentication S et tings T o al lo w autho r iza tion for the B05 1-0 0 0 t h roug h a R A DIUS ser ver, do the fo l lo wi ng: 1 . Ch eck Enable i n the R A DIUS sect ion of the A N MS s cre en. 2. Fil l in t he I P a dd resse s and p or t numb ers for t he P r im a r y a nd A lter nat e R A DI US serve[...]

20 Administ rat ion LD AP Configuration Activ e Di rec tory T o al lo w auth enticat ion and aut hor iz at ion f or t he B05 1-0 0 0 via L D AP or LD A PS, th e Activ e Di re ctor y’ s LD A P Sc he ma must b e extended so th at a n extended at t r ibute na me for the B05 1 - 0 0 0 – pe rm i ss io n – is adde d as a n opt ional a tt r ibute t[...]

21 Administ rat ion LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) c) In the r ight pa nel, r ight-click per son : d) Select Prop er tie s ;t hep erson Pro pe r ti es page come s up with t he Ge nera l t ab d isplay ed. C lick t he Attribu tes tab. e) Se lect t he At tr ib utes t ab a nd click t he Add button: f ) I n t he l ist tha t comes up, select [...]

22 Administ rat ion LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) f ) Cl ick Edit to br i ng up the S tr i ng Att ri bu te Ed itor : g) Replace the va lue sho wn wit h t he desi re d B05 1 - 0 0 0 p er m ission att r ibute value. (Se e belo w for deta i ls.) Th e Permi ssio n At tr ibu te Value isma deupoftwopa r ts ;t heI Padd r ess[...]

23 Administ rat ion Ope nLD AP Ser ver Ope nLD AP Ser ver Inst allation Ope nLD AP Ser ver Confi guration Star ting th e Ope nLD AP Se rver Op en LD A Pisa nO pensou rc eLD A Pser verdesignedforU N I Xplatfor ms.AWi ndow sversioncanb edownloade df rom: http://download.bergmans.us/openldap/openldap[...]

24 Administ rat ion Customizing the Ope nLD AP Sche ma LD AP DIT D esign and LD IF File DIT Cr eation Th e schema t hat slapd u ses may be extende d to supp or t add itiona l synta xes,ma tch ingr u les,at t r ibutety p es,a ndobjectclasses.I nt he case of t he B05 1-0 0 0, t he B05 1-0 0 0 User class a nd t he per mis[...]

25 Administ rat ion Using the New Sch ema Log Ser ver S et tings User Ma nagem ent T o use the n ew schema, do t he follo wi ng: 1 . Sav e th e new schema file (e.g ., B05 1 - 0 0 0.schema) in t he / Op en LD A P / schema / d i rect or y . 2. Add the new schema to t he slap d.conf fi le, as shown in t he fig ur e, below: Im por t a nt tr a nsact[...]

26 Administ rat ion User Ma nagem ent (continued) Customization • Th e Reset butt on clear s a ll t he us er profile i n form ation i n the r ight panel of t he scr een. • W henyouha vemadea l lyourchanges,click Appl y . I n order for your cha nges to be sav ed , t he Appl y but ton must be clicked. W hen ed it[...]

27 Administ rat ion Customization (continued ) Maintenance An explan ation of the C ustom i zat ion par a mete rs is g iv en in t he t able belo w: Parameter Explanation Timeout If the B051-000 doesn’t receive an y input from a computer that is accessing it with the Windows Client or Ja va Applet f or the amount of time specified here, it ends t[...]

28 Administ rat ion Maintenance (co ntinued) T o per form a ba ckup, do t he follo wing: 1 . I n t he Pass word fiel d, key in a p assword f or t he file. Note : Ma ke a note of th e password, as you wil l ne ed it to be a ble to restore t he fil e. 2.Selectwhatin form at iony ouwanttoback up.Y ouca nback upt [...]

29 The Windo ws Clien t Star ting Up Navigation Mouse Synchroniza tion Tips Win dows T o sta r t t he Wi ndow s Cl ient, log in to t he B05 1-0 0 0 a nd click th e Ope n Win dows Cl ien t li n k on t he Rem ote C on sole Pre view pa nel. Note : T he Wi n dows Clie nt will n ot b e ava ila ble wh en us ing Mozill a Fire fox . • Y ouca nwo[...]

30 The Windo ws Clien t Win dows Sun / Linux Wind ows XP / W indows S e r ver 2 0 0 3 : 1 . O pen t he Mouse P r oper t ies d ialog box ( Control Panel → Mo us e ). 2. Cl ick the Poin ter Op tio ns t a b. 3. Set the mou se spe ed t o th e m iddle position (6 u nits i n f rom t he lef t) . 4. Disable E nh a nce Poin ter Precisi on . Wind ows ME : [...]

31 The Windo ws Clien t The Windows Client Control Panel Hotkey Setup Th e Windows Client Control Pa nel locate d i n the t op- c enter of t he scre en pr ovides util ities to help you control remote K V M oper ations. The pa nel consists of a n icon ba r wit h a text bar b elo w it. • Th etextba rper for mst wofu nctions ;it[...]

32 The Windo ws Clien t Hotkey Setup (continued) Action Description Default Hotkey T oggle screen mode T oggles the screen display betw een full screen and windowed modes. Alt + F Adjust Video Brings up the video setting dialog box. Alt + V T oggle OSD T oggles the control panel Off and On. Alt + O T oggle pointer display T oggles the local mouse p[...]

33 The Windo ws Clien t Virtual M edia Th e B05 1 - 0 0 0’ s Vir t u al Me dia feat u re a l lo ws a US B 2.0 device (F loppy d r iv e, CDR OM, F lash D r ive , etc.), con nect ed t o a user’ s computer / ser ver , to be a cc essible on a remote computer /s er ver or KV M wit h a US B Hub por t. T o implement th is re d i rect ion featu re, do [...]

34 The Windo ws Clien t The But ton Bar On - Scr een Keyboard Th e button s on the Butt on Bar a r e toggles. T hei r act ions a re desc r ibe d in t he t able belo w: Button Function Enable/Disable Chat - When disabled, the icon displa ys next to the disab led user’ s name in the User List panel of all users’ message boards. Messages directed [...]

35 Navigation Mouse Synchroniza tion Tips Win dows The Ja va A pplet Th e Ja va Applet makes t he B05 1 - 0 0 0 ac cessible to al l platform s t hat hav e Ja va 2 inst al led . Ja va 2 is a vai lable for fre e download f rom Sun’ s Ja vaw ebsite(ht tp : / /ja va.sun.com) .T oaccesst heB05 1 - 0 0 0wit hth e Ja va App[...]

36 Windows (continued) Sun / Linux The Ja va A pplet Wind ows ME : • Setthemou sespe edt oth em iddlepositiona nddis ablemouseaccelera tion.(Cl ickthe Advanced but ton to get t he dia log box f or t his.) Wind ows NT / W ind ows 9 8 / Wind ows 9 5 : • Setthemou sespe edt oth eslo[...]

37 The Java Applet Control Panel Hotkey Setup The Ja va A pplet Th e Ja va Applet control panel, loca te d at t he bot tom r ight of the scre en, p rovides util ities to h elp y o u contr ol remote KV M op era tions. Th e pa nel consists of an icon ba r with a t ext bar b elo w it. • Th etextba rper for mst wofu nctions ;it?[...]

38 Hotkey Setup (continued) Video S et tings The Ja va A pplet Action Description Default Hotkey T oggle Screen Mode T oggles the screen display betw een full screen and windowed modes. Alt + F Adjust Video Brings up the video setting dialog box. Alt + V T oggle OSD T oggles the control panel Off and On. Alt + O T oggle P ointer Display T oggles th[...]

39 Video S et tings (continued) Mes sage Board The Ja va A pplet Th emea n ingsoft headjustmentopt ionsa regivenint heta blebelo w: Option Description Screen P osition Adjust the horizontal and vertical position of the remote computer window by clic king the Arrow b uttons. Auto-Sync Click A uto-Sync to have the fun[...]

40 Mes sage Board (continu ed) On - Scr een Keyboard The Ja va A pplet Com po se Pan el T y p e your message into t h is pa nel. Cl ick Send , or press [ Ent er] to post the me ssage to th e boa rd. Note: You must select t he us er from th e user list th a t you wan t to sen d th e message to. T o send a m essage to all users, si mply clic k All Us[...]

41 The Log File Scr een The Log Fi le Th e B05 1 - 0 0 0 logs al l t he even ts t hat t a ke plac e on it and wr ites th em to a log file, which is a sea rchable da taba se. T o view the content s of the log file, click the L og icon at the low er left of t he page. A scre en sim i la r to t he one below appea r s: A ma x imu m of 5 12 ev ent s a[...]

42 The Log Ser ver Installation Star ting Up The M enu Bar Configur e Th e Windows-based L og Ser ver is an a dm in ist rat iv e uti l ity t hat re cord s al l t he events that t a ke place on select e d B05 1 - 0 0 0 u n its a nd wr ites t hem to a sea rch able dat abase. T h is chapt er desc r ibes how to inst a ll a nd con figu re t he L og Se[...]

43 The Log Ser ver Configure (continu ed) E vents W hen you open th e Add f unct ion the following dia log box will appea r: Desc r iptions of th e fields in t his d ia log box are shown in t he t able belo w: Field Description Address This can either be the IP address of the B051-000 or its DNS name (if the networ k administrator has assigned it[...]

44 The Log Ser ver E vents (continued) Options Help A desc r iption of the items f r om the S ea rch s cre en is g iv en in t he t able belo w: Item Description Search Options New search: When selected, the search is performed on all the ev ents in the database for the selected B051-000. Search last results: This is a secondar y search performed on[...]

45 The Log Ser ver The Log S er ver Main Scr een The Ev ent Panel Th eLogSer verMa inSc re enisdivide dintot womai npa nels ;an upper ( Li st) panel that d isplays all of t he B05 1-0 0 0 u n its tha t hav e be en adde d to t he L og Ser ver and a low er ( Ev ent) pan el that d isplays the log ev ents for the cu [...]

46 Installation Star ting Up The Windows Client Connection S cre en In a dd ition to the b row ser ba sed cl ient util ities, t he B05 1-0 0 0 a lso pr ovides sta nd-a lone Windows and Ja va applicat ions that c an b e use d without a browser . T he appl icat ions can b e found on th e B05 1 - 0 0 0 C D . T he Wi ndow s Cl ient progr a m is ca lle [...]

47 Logging In The Administrator Utility AP Operation Once t he B05 1 - 0 0 0 con ne cts to t he u n it y ou spe ci fied, a logi n wi ndow appea r s: A f ter you hav e successf u lly logged in, t he Con ne ct ion scre en reappears : Pr ovide a valid user na me a nd password and click OK to conti nue. Note : T he d efa ul t user n a me is a d m i n [...]

48 The Administrator Utility (continued) IP Installe r Set tings AP Operation Th e Gene ra l page provides in for mat ion about t he B05 1 - 0 0 0’ s stat us, a s explain ed i n t he ta ble, belo w: Item Description Device Name T o make it easier to manage installations that ha ve more than one B051-000, each one can be giv en a name. T o assign [...]

49 IP Address DNS S er ver Se curity Filtering AP Operation Th e B05 1 - 0 0 0 ca n eit her hav e its I P add r ess assigne d dyna m ical ly when sta r t ing up ( DHCP), or it ca n be g iv en a fixed I P a dd ress. • T ohav ea nI Pa dd ressa ssignedautom atica l lybyaD HCPser ver,sel ectt he O bt ai n an[...]

50 Filtering (continued) MAC F iltering AP Operation IP Fil ter ing T o add a n I P Filter: 1 . Ch eck t he IP Filter E na ble che ck box 2. Cl ick Add . A d ia log bo x sim i la r to t he one b elo w appe a rs : T o add a M A C Filter: 1 . Cl ick Add . A dia log box simi la r to t he one b elo w appe a rs : 3. T y p e th e IP a dd ress (or t he ?[...]

51 ANMS RAD IUS S et tings AP Operation Th e Adv a nce d Network Man agement Sett ings d ia log bo x a llow s you to set up login aut hor i zat ion ma nagement from a n exter n al sou rc e. Th e set ti ngs on th is page a r e desc r ibed b elo w: T o al lo w autho r iza tion for the B05 1-0 0 0 t h roug h a R A DIUS ser ver, do the fo l lo wi ng: 1[...]

52 LD AP Authentication S et tings LD AP Configuration AP Operation T o al lo w auth enticat ion and aut hor iz at ion f or t he B05 1-0 0 0 via L D AP S, do the following: 1 . Ch eck Enable i n t he L DA P Au the nt ica t ion S et ti ngs section of th e A N MS scr een. 2. Select either t he L DA P or L DA PS ra d io button. 3. Che ck the E n ab l[...]

53 LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) Step2-Ext endth eObjectCla ssWitht heNewAtt r ibute: a) Open Control Pa nel → Adm in istr ative T ool s → Activ e Dire ct ory Sche ma . b) In t he left pa nel of the s cre en t hat comes up, select Classes . c) In the r ight pa nel, r ight-click per son : d) Sel ect P rop er ti [...]

54 LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) AP Operation d) Right-click on th e user’ s nam e and s elect proper t ie s. e) On the At tr ib ute E di tor page of the d ia log box that app ea rs, s elect per mi ssion f rom t he l ist. f ) C lick Ed it to br i ng up the S tr ing At tr ib ut e Ed itor : g) Replace the va lue sho wn wit h t he desi re d B05 [...]

55 LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) Ope nLD AP Ser ver Ope nLD AP Ser ver Inst allation Ope nLD AP Ser ver Confi guration AP Operation h) Click OK . W hen you ret ur n to t he At tr ibu te E dit or page, the per mis sio n entr y now reflects t he new pe r m issions: i) C l ick A pply to sav e the ch ange a nd complete t he pro ce dur e. j) Re[...]

56 Ope nLD AP Ser ver Confi guration (continued ) Star ting th e Ope nLD AP Se rver Customizing the Ope nLD AP Sche ma LD AP Data S tructure AP Operation An exa mple configu r ation file is p rovided in t he fig ur e: T o sta r t t he O pen L D A P Se r ver , r un sl apd (the O p en LD A P Ser ver ex ecut able file) from t he com m a nd li ne.[...]

57 DIT Cr eation Using the New Sch ema AP Operation Th e LD A P Dat a Int ercha nge Form at ( LDI F) is u sed t o repre sent LD A P entr ies i n a simple text form at (please refer to R FC 28 49). T he figu re below illustr ates a n L DIF fi le th at cre ate s the DI T for the B05 1 - 0 0 0 d ir ecto r y t ree (shown in t he fig ur e, abov e). T[...]

58 User Ma nagem ent AP Operation Th is p age is used to s et up and m a nage user pr ofiles. It defines t he acc ess r ights of ea ch user. U p to 64 u ser profi les ca n be est abl ished T he s ett i ngs on th is page a re d escr ib ed b elo w: Adding a U se r Profi le T o add a user pr ofile, fil l in t he i n form at ion in th e r ight pa[...]

59 Customization AP Operation Th is p age al lo ws the Ad m in ist ra tor to upgr ade t he fi r mware a nd to s et Tim eou t , L ogin fa ilure , and Working m od e pa r a met er s. An explan ation of al l Cu stom iza tion pa ra met ers except Fi r mw a re Upgrade is g iven in the t able belo w . Fi r mware Upgra de is d iscusse d in t he se ct ion[...]

60 Upgrading the Firmware Logging In The AP Java Cl ient Star ting Up The Java Cl ient Conne ction S cre en AP Operation New v e rsions of the fi r mware fi les ca n be down loade d fr om our website as t hey becom e av a ilable. Af t er download i ng the new fi r mw a re fi le, do the following: 1 . O n the C us tom iza ti on page of t he Adm [...]

61 Spe cific ations PPP Dial- In M ode m Ope ration Appendi x Function Specification Console Connector HD15 Male Server/KVM P or t HD18 Female Modem Connector DB9 Male LAN P or t RJ45 Female P ower Jac k DC Jac k for P ower Supply Vir tual Media P or t USB Mini-B F emale Reset Switch Semi-Recessed Button on front-panel P ower LED Orange Link LED [...]

62 T r oubles hooting Appendi x Ge ne ra l Op er ati on Problem Resolution Erratic Operation. • If the B051-000 is connected to a KVM switch, mak e sure to power on the switch bef ore powering on the B051-000. • Press and hold the Reset button f or longer than three seconds. The Windows Client link doesn’t appear in the Remote Console Display[...]

63 T roubl eshooting (continued) Mouse Synchroniza tion Tips Win dows Appendi x The L og S er ve r Problem Resolution The Log Server program does not run. The Log Server requires the Microsoft Jet OLEDB 4.0 driver in order to access the database. This driver is automatically installed with Windows ME, 2000 and XP . For Windows 98 or NT , you will h[...]

64 Sun / Linux Appendi x Op en a ter m ina l se ssion and issue t he follo wing com m a nd : Sun : xset m 1 Linu x: xset m 0 Mou se S ync M od e In t he C ust om iza ti on Se tt ings scr eent her ea ret womousesyncmodes ; Automatic and Ma nu a l . • Automatic isselecte dast hedefault,a ndwi l lau[...]

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