Minicom 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. Po w er Control ............................................................................................................ 27 41. Key board & Mouse Settings ..................................................................................... 28 42. KVM Setting s ...............................................................[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 3 82. A ccess via Telnet ...................................................................................................... 57 83. Telnet serv er commands .......................................................................................... 57 Frequently A s ked Questions ..................................................[...]

USER GUIDE 4 1. Wel come The Sm art IP Extender syst em is produced by Minico m Advanced System s Limited. Technical precau tions This equipm ent gene rates radio frequency energy and if not installed i n accordanc e with the m anufacture r’s instruc tions, m ay cause rad io frequency interfer ence. This equipm ent com plies with P art 15, Subpar[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 5 2. Intr oduction The Sm art IP Extender (IP Extender) f r om Minicom Advanced System s redirect s local k eyboard, m ouse and v ideo data to a rem ote compute r. All data is transm itted via I P. IP Extende r features, rem ote KVM access and control via a LAN or In ternet connection. I P Extender pr ovides a no n-intrus ive sol [...]

USER GUIDE 6 IP N etwork Smart IP Extenders Administrators KVM Mat rix switc h MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MIN IC O M Activity SMA RT IP Ext en de r Syst em OK Figure 2 Multiple users/servers 3. Features of IP Extend[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 7 IPMI Versi on 1.5 - defines a se rial c onnect ion to access ce rtain sy stem param eters and perfo rm sy stem actions lik e powering down o r a hard r eset. Modern s erver system s, supporting the IPMI V1.5 spec ification, p rovide a mode whe re the externa lly avail able CO M2 serial conn ection can b e configured as a system [...]

USER GUIDE 8 The table below explains the funct ions of the fron t panel LEDs. LED Function Activity LED blinks when Ne twork connecti on is fu nctioning System OK LED solid when I P Link system connected and func tioning 8. The IP E xtend er rea r panel po rts The fig ure below illustra tes the port s on the I P Extende r . Po w er con nect or POW[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 9 Serial 2 port The Seria l 2 port supports the ex ternal power option. Ethern et Connects the I P Extender t o an Ethern et network . 9. Pre-installation inst ructions Place cab les away from fluorescen t lights, a ir cond itioners and othe r machine s tha t are lik ely to gene rate elec trical n oise. Switch of f the com puter a[...]

USER GUIDE 10 S D P 110 Smart IP E xtend er 3i n1C P Uc a b l e Com puter POW ER www.m inicom.c om I 0 SERI AL 2 SERI AL 1 USE R COMPUT ER ETHE RNET RST 100-240 VAC 50 /60 Hz Figure 5 IP Extender con nections to a c omputer S D P11 0 Sma rt IP Extender Comp uter ra ck ProLi a n t DL 3 60 9.1 - GB 10k ULTRA2 SCS I 9. 1 - GB 10k ULTR A2 SCSI ProLi a [...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 11 11. Connecting the Power management options Figure 7 g ives an overv i ew of th e three Power m anagem ent options. Server KVM IPM I IPMI ve rsi o n 1. 5 int erfac e MINIC O M Activ ity SM ART IP Exte nder System OK Server KVM IPMI Extern al power Switch box MINIC O M Acti vi ty SMART I P Exte nd er Sys tem O K Figure 7 Power m[...]

USER GUIDE 12 13. Connecting the Extern al Reset/Powe r Option Refer to the Po wer Sw itch guide to conne ct this to one of the serial ports. To da te supported options are: • Minicom Power switch • Avocent—SPC 1 800 /1600 • Sentry I n-Line Power Mo dule 14. Connecting to Ethernet The Eth ernet c onnector on the I P Extender can b e used ei[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 13 18. Configuring the system The I P Extender's comm unication interface s are based on TCP/I P, and it com es config ured with the v alues l isted below . • DHC P - activ e • IP addres s - 192.168.0.220 • Net m ask - 255.255.255.0 • Defa ult Gat eway - None I f the above v alues are unsuit able, change the I P confi[...]

USER GUIDE 14 Figure 8 C onnect T o box Figure 9 COM 1 P roperties box 4. Set the po rt sett ings to the follow ing v alues: • Bits/se c ond - 115200 • Data bits - 8 • Parity - None • Stop bits - 1 • Flow Control - None 5. Click OK. The Hypert erminal appea rs. See F igure 10. Figure 10 T he H y perterminal[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 15 6. Press Enter . Some dev ice informatio n and a prom pt appear. 7. Type config and pres s Enter . Configuration q uestions appear. DHCP must be disabled . You can chang e the I P address, net m ask and defa ult gateway. Pressi ng Enter without ente ring val ues keeps the d efault value s. To con tact I P Extender from outside [...]

USER GUIDE 16 Check the co rrect se tting by moving the m ouse of your adm inistration sy stem to t he upper le ft corner o f the Rem ote Console and m oving it there sl ightly fo rth and ba ck. This will force mouse sy nchroniza tion in tha t corne r of th e screen. Once that is done you m a y observ e the behavior o f your c l ient m ouse in acco[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 17 We recom mend the followi ng browsers for an unse cured connec tion: • Microso f t I nternet Explorer version 5.0 or higher with Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP • Netscape Nav i gato r 7.0 or Mozilla 1.0 with Windows 98, ME, 2000, an d XP, Linux a nd other UNI X like ope rating sy stems To access the rem ote host sy stem using [...]

USER GUIDE 18 Menu Wo r k a r ea Figure 12 T he IP Extender H ome page 25. Ti meout After ha lf an hour of non- activity the sy stem autom atical ly log s out. Click ing anyw here on the screen will le ad back to the Log in screen. 26. The Work area The Wo rk area has a short summ ar y about your I P Extender. • Serv er Powe r Statu s - On or Off[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 19 27. Remote Consol e From the m enu click Show Remote Console . The rem ote console appea rs. See Figure 13. Informa t ion bar Control buttons Computer bu ttons Figure 13 T he remote console You can work on it with th e keyboard and m ouse. The delay with keyboard and m ouse reactio ns - if any - depends on the line connec tion [...]

USER GUIDE 20 I n case I P Extender is conn ected to your local network env i ronm ent and y our connection t o the I nternet i s av ailable using a proxy serv er only without NA T being config ured, the Remote Co nsole is v ery unlikely to be able to establish the accord ing connection. T his is because today 's Web prox ies are not cap able [...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 21 Mouse handling - The subm enu for mouse hand ling offe rs two option s for synchroniz i ng th e host and the client mouse pointe r - expla ined on page 23. The option fo r 'Fast Sy nc' shows the hotk ey if you de fined one using the Rem ote Console Sett ings. Local cu rsor - Choose a cursor shap e for the host mouse. [...]

USER GUIDE 22 All m essages a re broadcast to ALL connected u sers. There is n o option to d irect a m essage to a pa rticular use r only. Ther e is no messag e history, so m essages can on ly be receiv ed after open ing the Rem ote Console. 31. The Video settings From the Options m enu choose Video Se tting s . The Video S ettings box appear s. Se[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 23 - Resets mode to factory defaults. - Resets all m odes to facto ry defaults. - Saves changes. - Undoes changes tha t have not y et been saved. 32. Video S ett ings a ccess I n the User/G roup Permissi ons section on pag e 36, it e xplains how to set access levels for all param eters inc l uding Video Sett ings acces s. A Rem ot[...]

USER GUIDE 24 4. Active Desk top. Disable it. Or do not use a p lain back ground, use a wal lpaper. 35. Single mouse mode The information above a pplies to the Double Mouse Mode, where remote a nd host mouse pointers are visible and need to be s y n chronized. There is also the Single Mouse mode. In this mode only the client mouse pointer is visibl[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 25 Automa tic Detect ion - Th e encoding and the compres sion level is dete rm ined autom atical ly from the avai lable ba ndwidth and th e current content of th e video im age. Normal - Best sui ted fo r many paralle l users in a LAN env ironment. Compre ssed - For low bandwidth Modem connect ions. 1 is the low est and 9 the high[...]

USER GUIDE 26 Remote Console Button Keys - Button Keys sim ulate keystrok es on the rem ote system that canno t be gene rated loc ally . For exam ple `Contro l + Alt + Delete' on Windows and D OS or `Contro l + Backspace' on Linux. Defin e a new Bu tton Key as fo llows: Type th e requi red key s e.g. Ctrl+A lt+Del ete. The + s ign m eans [...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 27 Afte r readi ng all ent ries, S mart 16 I P displays th em with the ir tim e, sensor and descrip tion in acc ordance with the filter s ettings. You hav e the choice b etween several pre-setting s (i.e. las t day, last we ek) or an exa ct dec l ara tion of the start an d the end da te. Once you chang e the filte r setting s, cli[...]

USER GUIDE 28 Powe r (sho rt pres s) - A short pre ss on the AT X butt on is n ormally caught by the running operating sy stem that tries to initiate a co ntrolled shut down. Do this to switch of f the sy stem. I f this does not work try the lon g press butto n. After pr essing , the power state d isplayed in the adm inistra tion panel won' t [...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 29 The elem ents of the Key board & Mouse S ettings are e xplained below. Targeted KV M port 1. Choose the po rt to which a KVM switch is con nected. 2. Press to display the curre nt values f or the sel ected KVM port. Withou t pressing alte rations wi ll NO T be made to th e chosen port. Keyboard M odel - Choose the keyboard [...]

USER GUIDE 30 42. KVM Setti ngs Adjus t the se ttings fo r the KVM sw itches conn ecting the I P Extender t o the host com puters. From the IP Extender menu choose KVM S ettings. The IP Extende r KVM setting s appear. See Fig ure 19. Figure 19 K VM Settings The elem ents of th e KVM Settings are exp lained be low. Active Port To switch to a com put[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 31 Figure 20 K VM Port Set ti ngs 43. KVM Port Settings 1. Assign nam es for each por t. 2. Defin e hotk eys to swi tch to each port. Choose either Minicom default hotkey s by select ing M i nicom KVM-Switch in the Default configuration box, and then c l ick the Set Def ault s button. Or choose y our own hotkey s. The synt ax to d[...]

USER GUIDE 32 Show in con sole – check this op tion to have a butto n appear on t he top o f the Rem ote console. Cl ick th e button to switch to that com puter. 44. Vi deo Settings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Video Setting s. The Video se ttings appear. S ee Figure 21 Figure 21 Vide o Settings 45. Enable local video p ort This op tion de [...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 33 Click Add Cus t om Video Modes. The Custom Video Modes window appears, see Figure 22. Note! This option m ay affe ct the corr ect v ideo transm ission and is for advanced users on ly. The m aximum num ber of custom video resolu tions is 4. Figure 22 Custom Video Modes window Custom Modes Handling – switch custom modes off, or[...]

USER GUIDE 34 Desc ri ptio n Give th e m ode a nam e. The nam e appears in the Rem ote Console wh en the cust om mode is ac tivated. 49. User/Group Management From the I P Extender Men u choose User/Group Managem ent. The User/G roup Managem ent setting s appear. See F igure 23. The user a nd group manag e ment of I P Extender is based on co nfigur[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 35 54. Email addres s /Mobile num ber These are optiona l. 55. G roup memb ersh ip/Memb er of/ Not Member of Each user can be a mem ber of one or m ore groups and inherit th e rig hts of t hat group. Use th e arrows to ad d or remov e a user from a group. 56. Existing groups Select a n existing group for copying , modifica tion or[...]

USER GUIDE 36 61. Copy Use r To copy an exis ting user’s properties to a new u ser: 1. Select a user in th e Existing user D rop-down lis t. 2. Enter a new u ser nam e in the New user nam e box. 3. Click the Copy User butt on. All p roperties of the selec ted user will be copie d to the new one, excep t user sp ecific perm issions. 62. Group Mana[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 37 Figure 24 User/Gr oup Per m issions Each user o r group has a set of access rig hts to the IP Extend er functions. T he us er ' super' alway s has unalterab le full acces s rights. A new ly create d user has t he access rights o f all grou ps he belo ngs to. You can chang e the acces s rights in the User/Group P erm i[...]

USER GUIDE 38 Using a funct i on. allow access means y ou can use it. deny acces s m eans you cannot use it. Group settin g – Use the ac cess rig hts inher ited from the group(s), the user belong s to. 3. Select the des ired permiss ion. 4. T o add the right, click Add . To rem ove the righ t, check the Delete En try box. 5. Click Apply . 68. Net[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 39 IP auto config uration Choose betwee n the 3 optio ns. None – no IP auto config uration. I n this case ty pe a static I P address in t he appropri ate setting s below. DHCP - When s elected, I P Extender w ill contac t a DHCP (D ynam ic Host Configura tion Protocol ) server in th e local sub- net to o btain a v alid IP addres[...]

USER GUIDE 40 Remote C onsole & HT TPS port Port num ber at which I P Extender' s Remote Console se rver and H TTPS serv er are listen ing. If em pty the defa ult valu e is used. HTTP port Port num ber at which I P Extender' s HTT P serv er is listening . If em pt y the default value is used. Telnet port Port num ber at which I P Exte[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 41 IP Extende r is reachabl e via the I P address of t he DSL router, wh ich is dy namical ly assigned by the prov ider. Since the adm inistra tor doesn' t know the I P address assigned by the prov ider, IP Extend er conne cts to a specia l dynamic DNS serv er in regular interv als and regis ters its I P address the re. The a[...]

USER GUIDE 42 Check in terval - I nterval fo r repor ting again to the Dynam i c DNS server by IP Extender. IP Extende r has its own ind ependent rea l tim e clock. Ensure the tim e setting is correc t by config uring a t imeserv er see page 30. IP Extende r registers itself t o the Dynam i c DNS server slightly different from the tim e config ured[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 43 71. Se rial Port Se ttings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Serial Port S etting s. The Seri al Port Setting s appear. See Fig ure 28. Figure 28 Serial Port Settings I n the IP Extender Serial Setting s specify th e devices c onnected to the two Seria l ports. Serial P ort 1 The port op tions are li sted below Configuration l[...]

USER GUIDE 44 Modem Client IP address - This address is as signed t o your console com puter during the PPP ha ndshake. Since it is a point-to- point IP connect ion virtually ever y IP addres s is possib le but e nsure, it is no t interfe ring with the IP setting s of I P Extender and your conso le computer. T he defaul t value wil l work in m ost [...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 45 Intell igent Power Modu le - External m odule opt ion to switch power of a sing le system by putting it in the pow er supply l i ne of th e contro lled syst em . ePowerS witch 4 port- Us ing this sw itch, switc h power for m ore than one sy stem connected to I P Extender through a KVM swi tch. ePowerS w itch -Slave – T his sw[...]

USER GUIDE 46 For ce - T ries to m ake an en crypted conne ction. SSL Certific ate Management IP Extende r uses the SSL ( Secure Socket L ayer) proto col for any encrypted ne twork traffic b etween itsel f and a connected clien t. When con necting , IP Extender reveals its ide ntity to a client u sing a cryptog r aphic certifica te. This is the s a[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 47 Challenge Pas sword / Confirm - Som e certifica tion au thorities require a ch allenge password to authoriz e later changes on the certifi cate. The m inimum is 4 characte rs. Email - Of a security contact pe rson that is respons ible for I P Extender. Key leng th - Length of the generated key in bits. 1024 Bits are suppo sed b[...]

USER GUIDE 48 Num bers attached to an IP addre ss with a ` / ' is the n um ber of valid bit s that are used for the g iven IP address. Exam ples: 192.168.0.22 or 192.168.0. 22/32 matches the IP Addre ss 192.168.0.22 192.168.0.0/24 m atches al l IP pack ets 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 pac[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 49 73. SNMP Setti ngs The fo llowing inform ation is av ailable v ia SN MP: • Serial n umber • Firm ware version • MAC addr ess / IP address / Netm ask / Gatew ay of LAN interface • Configured users • Curren tly activ e users wi th login tim e (login tim e is only valid if tim e is synchroniz ed on I P Extender) • Serv[...]

USER GUIDE 50 Figure 32 SNMP settings You can chang e the foll owing param eters: Enable SNMP Agent - When checked, I P Extender w ill answ er t o SNMP requests. I f a community is blank, y ou cannot perf orm the reque st. E.g. if y ou want to disab le the poss ibility to rese t IP Extend er via SNMP, don' t set a writ e com munity. Read Commu[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 51 Trap des tinations En ter IP addr esses, t o which th e tr aps will be sent. F or every I P address, set an acco rding comm unity so that y our man agement clien t can iden tify the SNMP traps. Afte r m aking the entr ies cl ick . 74. The IP Extend er SN MP MIB Click the l i nk to ac cess the IP Extender S NMP MIB fil e. With i[...]

USER GUIDE 52 IPMI over S erial - I f your host system suppor ts IPMI V1.5 and has an I ntel EMP (Em ergency Managem ent Port, usua lly COM2) conn ector, you c an connec t IPMI through s erial port 1 on IP Extender. P lease note : • Set the E MP port to Alway s enable and switch of f the Restric t ed Mod e. • The BMC shou ld acc ept a null user[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 53 Type o f external LD AP Server - Set the ty pe of the ex ternal LDA P server. Th is i s necessa ry since som e server ty pes requir e special h andling. A l so the default valu es for the LDAP s c hem a are s e t approp riately. Choose between Generic LDAP Se rver, Novell Dir ectory Servic e and Micro soft Active Dir ectory . I[...]

USER GUIDE 54 After a sm ooth uplo ad the Update Firm ware pane l appears showi ng the cu rrent firm ware vers ion number a nd the uploaded firmware v ersion number. 4. Press th e Update button. The firm ware updates. Wa rnin g! This proce ss is irrev ersible; ensu re the I P Extender' s power supply won' t be interrupte d during the upda[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 55 Figure 37 The Direct Connections Links page 3. I n the IP address colum n, type IP address es of th e other M inicom IP units. For u p to 16 ent r ies p ress . 4. I n the Device Nam e column type a de scription. 5. Click Apply . On the Hom e page Moni tor icons rep resenting the dire ct conne ction IP units appear. See F igure [...]

USER GUIDE 56 Note! I f the state of o ne dev ice changes, the r e may be a delay of som e seconds un til icon colo rs refle ct the tr ue situ ation espec i ally where th e network link of this devic e is going down. To connect to an I P unit: Click the desired icon on the Hom e page. The Login p ag e of that IP unit ap pears. Figure 39 b elow il l[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 57 82. Acces s via Telnet Connect v i a a standard Telnet cli ent us ing I P Extender’s Te lnet se rver. Use it for passthro ugh access to a device conne cted to se rial port 1. Connect any seri al device, which o ffers te rm inal access v ia its serial port and ac cess i t using the Telnet interf ace. Set the serial s etting s [...]

USER GUIDE 58 Freq u ently Aske d Qu est ion s Q 1: The cl ient mouse does n't work or is not synchron ized. A: Ensure t he I P Extender m ouse settings m atch the m ouse model. Also s ee page 23 Q 2: Bad video quali ty or g rainy picture A: Use the b r ightn ess and contr ast se tting s - see page 22. Use t he auto ad j ustm ent featur e to c[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 59 Gl ossar y of t erms ACPI - A specification tha t enab les the operat i ng sy stem to im plement power m anagem ent and system configura tion. ATX - Advanced T echnolo gy Extended: A part icular speci fication of a m otherboard introduced by Intel in 1 995. BMC - Board Managem ent Controller : implem ents the I PMI based m ain [...]

USER GUIDE 60 Ap pendi x A: I P Ex tende r Vide o mode s The I P Extender support s the fo llowing v i deo modes. Do not us e other custom video setting s. Res olutio n Refre sh r ates (H z) 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, 7[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 61 Append ix B: Key c odes Figure 40 illustrate s the key s on a sta ndard 104 key PC key board with a US Englis h languag e mapping . T hese k eys are u sed to defi ne key strokes or ho tkey s for severa l IP Extende r functions. T he k eys may not rep r esent k eys used on in terna t iona l key boards. Most modif ier key s and o[...]

USER GUIDE 62 Key Key code Alternati ve Psc PRINTSCREEN Sc rl S C R OLL_ LOC K Brk BREAK Ins IN S E R T Pos1 HOME Pup PAGE_UP Del DELETE Pdn PAGE_DOW N UP LE FT DOWN RI GHT The numeric al ke ypad codes Key Key code Alternati ve num NUM_LOCK 0 NUMPAD0 1 NUMPAD1 2 NUMPAD2 3 NUMPAD3 4 NUMPAD4 5 NUMPAD5 6 NUMPAD6 7 NUMPAD7 8 NUMPAD8 9 NUMPAD9 + NUMPADP[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 63 Append ix 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 [...]

USER GUIDE 64 Serial SUB- D 9 Conne ctor 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 Conne ctor 2 12345 6789 12345 6789 12345 12345 6789 6789 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 DCD 6 DSR, Reset2 2 RX 7 RTS, Pow er1 3 TX 8 DTS, Pow er2 4 DTR, Reset1 9[...]

SMART IP EXTENDER 65 App end ix D: T ech nic al sp ec if icat io ns Host computer - Operating sy stems Novel, Lin ux, W indow s 98, ME, 2000 , XP and later Client computer - Operating sy stems W indow s 98, M E, 2000, XP an d later, Li nux. Internet brow ser with full Java supp ort Host computer - resolution Up to 1600x 1200 @60Hz Client computer -[...]

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