Belkin F1DE108C manual

O mniView ™ KVM Switch with Micro-Cabling T echnology U ser Manual ENTERPRISE Quad-Bus Series F1DE108C F1DE116C F1DE208C F1DE216C Control up to 16 servers from up to two consoles • Expand able to up to 256 fr om up to four con soles[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Overvie w Feature Overvi ew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Equipmen t Requirem ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Operatin g Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Specificati ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

INTRODUCTION Congr atulation s on your purchase o f this Belkin OmniView ENTERPRI SE Quad-Bus Series KVM Switch with Mi cro-Cablin g T echn ology (the Switch). Our diverse lin e of KVM solution s ex emplifies th e Belkin commitmen t to deliverin g high-qu ality , durable prod ucts at a competitive pri ce . Design ed to give you contr ol over multip[...]

2 OVERVIEW F eatur e Overvie w Quad-Bus T echnology Mu ltiple Switches can be daisy-chain ed togeth er to allow you to expan d up to a m axim um of f our consoles to sim ultaneously con trol up to 256 computers . Integrated Dual-Console Support* Y ou can connect two consoles to sim ultaneously con trol up to 256 computers. IntelliView Gr aphical On[...]

3 OVERVIEW Reprogr ammable Hot Ke y Initiator Sequence The Switch allows you to select up to six altern ate keys to initi ate hot k ey comman ds; this creates compatibility with k eyboards that eith er do n ot feature id enti cal keys or that m ay have progr ammed th e id enti cal keys to perform oth er functi ons . These settin gs can be configur [...]

4 OVERVIEW Equipment Requirements Cables To connect the Switch to a computer r equires a speci alized Belkin ENTERPRISE Quad-Bus Seri es KVM Cable . For PS/2 computer connecti on, please use F1D9400-XX. For USB computer conn ection, please use F1D9401-XX. T o connect m ultiple BANKs togeth er , a specialized Belkin ENTERPRI SE Quad-Bus Series Daisy[...]

5 OVERVIEW Specifications P art No.: F1DE108C, F1DE116C, F1DE208C, F1DE216C Pow er: 100-240–264V AC @ 47–63Hz, single phase , 0.25A @ 117V A C, 0.15A @ 240V AC Daisy-Chain: M aximum o f 16 BANKs , inclu ding 4 con soles Max. Number of PCs: 8 per BANK = 128 total (F1DE108C an d F1DE208C), 16 per BANK = 256 total (F1DE116C an d F1DE216C) Ke yboar[...]

6 OVERVIEW Unit Display Diagrams Front Vie w of the Switch (F1DE216C) Dual ma nual direct-access port selectors A utoScan button with LED to indicate A utoScan Mode is active Manu al BANK scroll buttons 7-segment LED f or selected B ANK add ress i dentifi cation (in daisy-chain mod e) Console LED to indi cate that this BANK is a Primary console LED[...]

7 OVERVIEW PS/2 mouse console port U SB Console ports, T ype A Video Con sole ports VGA 4 high-den sity , 50-pin, SCSI 2-style computer ports, each supporting 2 servers (on the F1DE108C and F1DE208C) 8 high-den sity , 50-pin, SCSI 2-style computer ports, each supporting 2 servers (on the F1DE208C and F1DE216C) IEC power connector Daisy-chain port, [...]

INS T ALLA TION Pre-Configur ation The en closure o f the Switch is d esign ed for d esktop or rack-m ount configur ation. Th e Switch is rack-m ountable in stan dar d 19-inch server r acks. Rack-m ount har dware is inclu ded with th ese Switches f or a sturd y rack in stallation. Anti-ski d feet are inclu ded f or stable desktop confi gurati ons .[...]

9 INS T ALLA TION 1. Remove th e brack ets from th e box. 2. Align th e brack et with the fr ont o f the Switch f or flush installation in your r ack. 3. A ttach th e brack et to the si de o f your Switch with the scr ews provi ded. 4. M oun t the Switch to th e rack r ail assembly . *** Caution s and W arnin gs *** Befor e attempting to conn ect a[...]

10 INS T ALLA TION 2. U sing th e OmniView ENTERPRI SE Quad-Bus Seri es Dual-P ort PS/2 KVM Cable (F1D9400-XX), connect th e high-d ensity , 50-pin, SCSI 2-style connector to a fr ee Switch port, starting with th e port for th e first two computers. (For best r esults, screw th e connectors in to the Switch an d the computer , when possible .) 3. C[...]

11 INS T ALLA TION Connecting Computers to the Switch (USB Connection) 1. A ttach the IEC power cable to th e power connector located on th e rear o f the Switch. 2. U sing th e OmniView ENTERPRI SE Quad-Bus Seri es Dual-P ort USB KVM Cable (F1D9401-XX), connect th e high-d ensity , 50-pin, SCSI 2-style connector to a fr ee Switch port, starting wi[...]

12 INS T ALLA TION 4. Boot the computer you wish to connect vi a USB, as you would n ormally , with the k eyboar d, m ouse , and m onitor connected dir ectly to the computer . 5. Y our computer will detect the Switch as a g eneri c mouse and k eyboard . Older version s of Win dows d o not autom atically in stall USB HID d evices, so you will have t[...]

13 INS T ALLA TION 3. Connect th e PS/2 or USB k eyboard to th e appropri ate port on the back o f the Switch in the “Con sole” section (th e purple PS/2 port). 4. Connect th e PS/2 or USB m ouse to the appr opriate port on th e back of th e Switch in the “Con sole” section (th e green PS/2 port). 5. Repeat steps 1–4 above if you are conn[...]

INS T ALLA TION 14 DIP SWITCH # B ANK ADDRESS 12 3 4 DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN B ANK 00 (Def ault) UP DOWN DOWN DOWN BANK 01 PRIMARY/SECOND ARY DOWN UP DOWN DOWN BANK 02 SECOND ARY UP UP DOWN DOWN BANK 03 SECOND ARY DOWN DOWN UP DOWN BANK 04 SECOND ARY UP DOWN UP DOWN BANK 05 SECOND ARY DOWN UP UP DOWN BANK 06 SECOND ARY UP UP UP DOWN BANK 07 SECOND ARY [...]

15 INS T ALLA TION 3. Connect the console m onitor , keyboar d, an d mouse to th e console ports o f the prim ary Switch(es), as previ ously described f or stand alone units , skipping steps 5 an d 6.* *Dual-con sole support available on 2x8 and 2x16 m odels only . 4. Connect the computers to the Switch as pr eviously d escribed for stan dalon e Sw[...]

16 INS T ALLA TION Connecting the Daisy-Chain Cable: 5. Begin with BANK 00. Usin g the Daisy-Chain Cable (F1D9402-XX), conn ect one en d to the “Daisy-Chain OUT” port on th e first Switch. 6. Connect the oth er end o f the Daisy-Chain Cable to th e “Daisy-Chain IN” port of the n ext Switch. Note: It does not matter which unit is the primary[...]

17 INS T ALLA TION 9. If the primary B ANK is set to a ddr ess 00, the KVM ad ministrator m ust configur e the Switch f or daisy-chain usag e . T o d o this, tak e the f ollowing steps: (Note: Y ou m ay see lin es across som e of th e consoles , which is n ormal sin ce it is in an invalid confi gurati on until th e “Daisy-Chain this Switch” opt[...]

18 USING YOUR S WITCH N ow that you have connected your consoles an d computers to your Switch, it is read y for use . Y ou can select connected computers by the dir ect-access port selectors, located on the fr ont pan el of th e Switch, hot k ey comman ds, or th e On-Screen Display . Note: For hot keys (e .g. up and down arrows) and AutoScan, the [...]

19 USING YOUR S WITCH Daisy-Chain Configur ation • The 7-segm ent display o f a second ary Switch will always display its BANK add ress . All other button s and LEDs on secon dary B ANKs will be disabled. Static Mode (Idle) • The 7-segm ent LEDs will display th e curren t BANK ID. • The P ort Selection and Shift LEDs will be o ff. • The Con[...]

20 USING YOUR S WITCH Selecting a Computer Using K eyboar d Hot Ke y Commands To send comman ds to the Switch, th e Scroll Lock (SL) k ey must be pr essed twice within about half a second (you will h ear a beep for confirm ation); th en, input the k ey sequence f or the specifi c comman d (you will have appro ximately thr ee seconds after the beep [...]

21 USING YOUR S WITCH U sing the A utoScan Function from the Fr ont P anel Pressin g the A utoScan button on the Switch activates it. In A utoScan Mod e , the Switch rem ains f ocused on one port f or a configur ed interval (1–99 secon ds), befor e toggling to th e ne xt port. A utoScan Mode • AutoScan M ode will con tinue in definitely un til [...]

22 USING YOUR S WITCH IntelliView Gr aphical On-Screen Display Menu Contr ol The In telliView Gr aphical On-Scr een Display (OSD) is inten ded to have a look an d feel similar to popular Wind ows-based operatin g systems f or PCs. T o activate the On-Screen Display , pr ess on “Scroll Lock + Scr oll Lock + space bar” on your keyboard . (Ther e [...]

23 USING YOUR S WITCH • Pressin g the space bar will activate th e OSD contr ol in focus (sam e as clickin g on the con trol). If th e list box is in f ocus, th en pressin g the space bar gives th e console con trol o f the hi ghligh ted computer . • Pressin g “Enter” activates th e contr ol in focus , if the con trol is on a button, or ins[...]

24 USING YOUR S WITCH The Main P age The M ain page displays inf ormati on regar ding th e curren t connected severs. A t a glance , the user can view th e server’s group, computer nam e , port location s, connecti on status, an d security mod e . The M ain page could also be used to n avigate through th e connected server . Group Column The Gr o[...]

25 USING YOUR S WITCH Mouse Column The m ouse column displays the status o f the curr ent m ouse connecti on, and is updated in r eal time . If the connection to th e computer is via a PS/2 cable , a small m ouse i con is displayed. If th e mouse conn ection to th e computer is via U SB, the US B triden t symbol is displayed. If n o mouse is d etec[...]

26 USING YOUR S WITCH The Setup P age The Setup pag e is only available to the A dmin user an d is used to set the gr oup nam e , computer nam e , and computer scan tim es. Th e scan time is d epend ent on th e port being scann ed, an d is global (i.e . it’s ind epend ent o f the console or user). While scan times ar e ind epend ent o f the user [...]

27 USING YOUR S WITCH Scan Time an d “Chang e All” Button The user can r eset the scan tim e for all computers by en tering a value fr om 1–99 in the edit bo x and cli cking on th e “Chang e All” button. The user will be ask ed to confirm the acti on befor e the n ew time is appli ed. Console Column The con sole curren tly viewin g the co[...]

28 USING YOUR S WITCH Group Column The Gr oup column displays the n ame o f the gr oup to which th e computer has been assign ed. Th e computer list can be sorted on this field by cli cking th e mouse on the column h eader . Computer Name Column The Computer N ame column displays th e nam e of each conn ected computer . The computer list can be sor[...]

29 USING YOUR S WITCH P assword En try Fields Ther e is a “ chang e password” button associ ated with each user; clickin g the button displays the passwor d entry di alog. The ad ministrator is r equired to type th e password and th en confirm it; the n ew password will n ot be accepted until th e entri es match (passwords ar e up to eigh t cha[...]

30 USING YOUR S WITCH Broad cast P asswords This check bo x for ces all other con soles to overwrite all of th eir user passwords with the passwor ds contain ed in the curr ent con sole . This mak es it simple for the administr ator to synchr onize the passwor ds of all con soles (e .g. when ad ding a n ew console to an e xisting confi gurati on). [...]

31 USING YOUR S WITCH Display Banner This check bo x enables a bann er to be displayed for system even ts: pressin g a fron t-panel button, powerin g-on the Switch, etc . The bann er is either always displayed, or displayed f or a configur ed time (1–99 secon ds). If the tim ed selection is enabled , the tim e input determin es how lon g the bann[...]

32 USING YOUR S WITCH A dvan ced Button A ctivatin g this button will take th e user to the advan ced option scr een. Disable Viewin g When “Disable Vi ewing” is ch ecked , only anoth er administr ator may vi ew channels occupied by th e administr ator . This function will be active by d efault in th e OSD by d esi gn. For security reason s, ad[...]

USING YOUR S WITCH 33 Error Messages and Dialogs From tim e to time , it will be necessary to display messages to th e user indi cating errors or r equesting simple an swers to question s. Th ese pop-up screen s use the f amili ar form at of title bar an d wind ow body , which con tains th e text o f the m essag e . It in clud es appropri ate respo[...]

34 USING YOUR S WITCH The AutoUpdate Firm war e Update Utility Updating Firmw are The A utoUpdate appli cation is d esign ed to inspect your har dwar e and guid e you through th e process o f updatin g the firm ware (if n ecessary) on your Switch. A utoUpd ate automati cally downloads th e best firmwar e for your d evice fr om the Belkin website , [...]

35 USING YOUR S WITCH To start the update pr ocess, you m ust run the A utoUpdate appli cation by selectin g “A utoUpdate .exe” fr om the start m enu, or a d esktop shortcut. The first scr een of th e AutoUpd ate applicati on will prompt th e user to select an automati c or man ual upd ate . Y ou sh ould gen erally select autom atic, unless you[...]

36 USING YOUR S WITCH Updating Devices via the W eb When you start th e AutoUpd ate applicati on, it search es your computer for d evices that support the upd ate process . It also autom atically conn ects to the W eb an d search es for available upd ates for th e devi ces that are f ound . When the appli cation has gather ed the r elevant inf orma[...]

37 USING YOUR S WITCH Befor e the A utoUpdate begin s, a warnin g screen will be displayed , informin g the user of th e risks involved in proceedin g with the upd ate , and acti ons that sh ould be avoid ed while the upd ate is in progr ess. Note: It is crucial that the PC and the Switch remain powered-on, and the USB cable remains connected to th[...]

38 USING YOUR S WITCH When th e update is started , a dialog pops up, displayin g the file tr ansfer pr ogress f or each sub-d evice , and for the Switch, as a wh ole . If multiple d evices have been selected, th e dialog r emain s up and r epeats the upd ate process f or each device . When th e update is complete , th e “Ne xt” button will bec[...]

39 USING YOUR S WITCH The “ Advanced” button allows th e user to man ually f orce upd ates into th e targ et d evi ce . AutoUpd ate does minim al checkin g to determin e whether th e selected file is valid in this m ode . Belkin d oes not r ecommen d using A dvanced Mod e unless directed to do so by Belkin T echnical Support. Th e Advan ced but[...]

40 USING YOUR S WITCH When th e update is complete , th e Ne xt button will become active , allowin g the user to complete the upd ate . If the d ownload fails f or any r eason, a dialog bo x will appear with an option to r etry the upd ate . If the appli cation has completed su ccessfully , this screen will be displayed. If a r eboot is r equired [...]

41 USING YOUR S WITCH Completing the Firmw are Update The Switch n eeds to be power-cycled (or reset) after a su ccessful download , so that it can progr am its intern al componen ts. Th e update pr ocess will not be complete until th e devi ce has been power-cycled. W arning! If th e update pr ocess failed or was disrupted , DO NO T power-cycle th[...]

42 TROUBLESHOOTING I’ve dais y-chained multiple Switches; now I w ant to add another console . What do I need to do to get it running? • If you want to ad d your console to a Switch that is alr eady in your d aisy-chain with its DIP switches set fr om 00 through 01, you simply have to conn ect your m onitor , keyboard , and m ouse . • Connect[...]

43 k) Select “OK” to close the H ot Functi on Keys di alog box. l) Close the k eyboard appli cation. Note: By creating a copy of “Eject this disk” application on your desktop, you can easily map the “Eject this disk” function to the keyboard map. T o copy the “Eject this disk” application from within Sherlock, hold down the “Optio[...]

GLOSSAR Y The f ollowing d efinition s are used thr oughout th e man ual. A utoScan: A m ode o f operati on wher e the KVM switch scan s from on e port to anoth er , on an ong oing basis, as confi gured by th e user . B ANK: Th e add ress o f a daisy-chain ed KVM (0–15, set by the DIP switch). Console: The all-in-on e term for th e keyboar d, vi [...]

45 GLOSSAR Y Standalone: A single KVM switch that oper ates ind epend ently (n ot connected to oth ers). Static Mode: The pr edomin ant m ode o f operati on of the KVM switch. Th e switch enters this state wh enever it has n ot received a button pr ess for at least five secon ds. OSD: On-Screen Display , a Graphical U ser Interf ace that can be use[...]

46 FCC Statement DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC COMP A TIBILITY We, Belkin Corporati on, of 501 W est W alnut Str eet, Compton, CA 90220, declare un der our sole r esponsibility that th e produ cts: F1DE108C F1DE116C F1DE208C F1DE216C to which this d eclaration r elates: Comply with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Operati [...]

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