Tripp Lite B051-000 IP 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 o videsI PAccesstoKV Mswitchesorser v er sthatdonothavebuilt- inI Pfu nctional ity . • Vir tu almed iaviaUSB2.0datat ra nsmission. • Pr ecisionmouse-poi ntersynci ngabilityforUSBmice. • Upto?[...]

5 Introduc tion Brows ers Virtual M edia Suppor t Cables Ope rating Sy stems • AKV Mcablekitisrequ ire dtoconn ecttheB05 1 - 00 0toaKV Mswitchorser v e r .(1 )PS /2K VMcablek i ta nd( 1 )USBKVMcablek itis included wit h the un it. Note : If the i nclud ed K VM [...]

6 Introduc tion Components Front Vi ew Rea r View No. Comp onent D escr iption 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 default c[...]

7 Hardware Setu p Safet y Instructions • Reada llofthes einstr uctionsb ef o reproce edi ng .Sav et hemforfutu rereference. Ge nera l Safe ty In struc tions • Follo wal lwar ni ngsandinst ruct ionsma rkedonthedevice. • Donotplacet hedeviceonanyun stables[...]

8 Hardware Setu p • Donotov erloadth eA Csupplybranchci rcuitth atprovidespow e rtothera c k.T hetot alrackloadshouldnotexceed8 0percentoft hebranch ci rcuit rati ng . • Ma kesuret hatal lequipmentuse dontherack–i nc ludi ng[...]

9 Hardware Setu p Installation T o inst all t he B05 1 - 00 0, refer to both t he inst al lation diag ram s and the following steps : 1 . T o a dd a local con so le, con nect the i ncl ude d U SB – PS/ 2 Console con nector k it to the B05 1-0 00 Con sol e por t. Con nect t he local keyboard , monitor and mou se to the con nector p ort s on the US[...]

10 If you a re an ad mi nist rator logging i n f or t he first t ime, you need to a ccess t he B05 1 - 0 00 i n order to give i t a n IP add ress t hat users ca n con nect to.Therea ret hre emetho dstochoosef rom;I PInst aller,Bro wserorA PWindow sCl ien t.I neachcas e,thecomputeryouar[...]

11 Browser (continued) AP Windows Cl ient Set ti ng up an IP A ddress 3. Once logged i nto the B05 1-0 00, you can cu stomiz e the Network Sett ings by c l i ck ing on the Net w ork Icon on t he B05 1 - 0 00 home page. Assign an I P add ress for the B05 1-0 00 t hat is suita b le for the network segment t hat it resides on. 4. Af ter you lo g out, [...]

12 Browser Login Logging In Installing the Cer tific ate Set ti ng up an IP A ddress Th e B05 1 - 0 00 I P Remote Access Unit ca n be acce ssed fr om a bro wser or via t he Window s a nd /or Ja va applicat i on ( A P) progra m. Th e ne xt sev era l chapter s descr ibe brow ser-based op erations. A P access is d iscussed i n Chapt er 9 . T o lo gi [...]

13 Af ter you hav e suc cessful ly l ogged i n, the B05 1-0 00 M ain Sc reen appea rs: Th e Main Sc reen con s ists of uti lity icons a r ranged ver tica lly do wn t he left side of the page, adm in istr ation icons ar ra nged acro ss the top of the page and a Re mote Co nsole Previe w with icons to lau nch the Ja va Applet and Windows Client di sp[...]

14 Set ti ng up an IP A ddress Scre en Elements ( continued) Th e activ e elements of the Remote C onsol e P revie w a re descr ibed i n the 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 ration General N et work Th e adm in istrat ion u ti lities, rep resented by t he icons locate d across the t op o f t he B05 1 - 0 00 web page, ar e used to con figure t he B05 1 - 0 00’ s operat ing envir onment. Th is chapter d iscusses ea ch of them in t ur n. Note : As you m ake y our con figurat ion cha nges in each d ialog bo[...]

16 Administ ration Access Ports IP Address DNS S erver IP Installe r Settings Finishi ng Up If a fi rew a ll is bei ng used, t he Adm inist rator ca n speci fy t he por t number s that t he firewall w ill a llow ( a nd set the fi rew al l accord ingly ) . Users must spec ify t he por t number a s par t of the I P add ress when they con nect to t[...]

17 Administ ration Se curity Overvie w Filtering IP Filtering Th e secur ity ad mi nist ration icon is used t o control acc ess to the B 05 1 -000. • IP a nd MAC Filters control acc ess to the B05 1 - 0 00 ba sed on t he IP a nd /or M A C ad dresses of t he computers a ttempt ing to acc ess the system. I f any filte rs hav e b een con fi [...]

18 Administ ration IP Filtering (continued) MAC F iltering Adv anced N etwork Manag ement Set tings (ANMS ) 4. T o filter a single I P add ress, key in the s ame add ress as t he sta r t IP . T o filte r a range of add resses, key in t he last IP a ddres s in the r ange y ou wish to fi l ter. 5 . Af ter fil ling i n the ad dress, click OK . 6. [...]

19 Administ ration RAD IUS Set tings LD AP Authentication S ettings T o al l ow author izat i on for the B05 1-0 0 0 th rough a R ADIUS ser ver , do t he fo llowing: 1 . Check Enable i n the R ADI US section of the A NMS s creen. 2. Fil l in the I P add resses a nd por t number s f or the P r ima ry a nd Alte rnat e RA DIUS ser v ers. 3. In t he Ti[...]

20 Administ ration LD AP Configuration Activ e Di rector y T o al l ow authenticat ion and author iza tion f or th e B05 1 - 0 00 via L D A P or LD A PS, the Active Dire ctor y ’ s LD A P Sch ema must be extend ed so th at an extended a ttr ibute na me f or t he B05 1 - 0 00 – pe rm issi on – is adde d as an op tional at tr ibu te t o the pe[...]

21 Administ ration LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) c) In the r ight pan e l, r ight - c lick per son : d) Select Prop ertie s ;t heper son Proper ti es page comes up with t he Ge neral t ab displayed. Click t he Attributes tab. e) Se lect t he Attr ibu tes tab a nd c l i ck th e A dd button : f ) In t he list t hat comes up, select pe rm[...]

22 Administ ration LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) f ) Click Edit to b ring up t he Str ing Att ribu te Edit or : g) Replace the va l ue shown with t he desire d B05 1 - 00 0 per mi ss ion att r i bute value. (See b el ow f or det ails.) Th e P erm issio n Attr ibute Value ism adeupoftwopar ts ;theI Paddr essofthe[...]

23 Administ ration Ope nLD AP Se rver Ope nLD AP Se rver Installation Ope nLD AP Se rver Configuration Star ting the Op enLD AP S erver Op enLDAPisa nOpensou rceLD A Pserverdesigne df orU NI Xplatform s.AWindow sversioncanbedown loadedf rom: http://download.bergmans.us/openldap/openldap-2.2.29/ope[...]

24 Administ ration Customizing the Ope nLD AP Sch ema LD AP DIT D esign and LDIF File DIT Cr eation Th e schema that slap d uses may be extended t o support a dditiona l synta xes,match ingr ules,att r i butet ypes ,andobjectclasses.I nthe case of t he B05 1 - 0 00, t he B05 1 - 00 0 User class and t he perm ission att[...]

25 Administ ration Using the New Sch ema Log Ser ver Set tings User Ma nagement T o use the n e w schema , do the follo wi ng: 1 . Sa ve the new schema file (e.g ., B05 1 - 0 00.schema) i n the / Op enLDAP/ s chema / di rector y . 2. Add the new schema to t he slapd.con f file, as shown in t he fi g ure, below: Im port ant t ran sactions th at o[...]

26 Administ ration User Ma nagement (continued ) Customization • Th e Reset button clea rs al l the user p rofile in f or mation in t he right pa nel of the scr een. • W heny ouhav ema deallyourcha nges,click Apply . I n order for y our cha nges to be sav ed , the App ly button must b e c licked. W hen e diting[...]

27 Administ ration Customization (continued ) Maintenance An explan ation of the Custom izat ion para meter s is giv en in t he table below : 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 the con[...]

28 Administ ration Maintenance (co ntinued) T o per f or m a backup, do th e f ollo wi ng: 1 . In t he Password field, key in a password f or t he file. Note : Make a note of th e passw ord, a s y ou wi ll nee d i t to be a b le to restor e the fil e. 2.Selectwhatin f or mat i onyouw a nttobackup.Y ouca nbackup?[...]

29 The Windo ws Clien t Star ting Up Navigation Mouse Synchroniza tion Tips Win dows T o sta rt t he Windows Client, log in to t he B05 1 - 0 00 a nd click the Ope n Wind ows Client l in k on the Rem ote Con sole Preview pa nel. Note : Th e Windo ws Client will n ot be avail able wh en using Moz illa Fire fox . • Y ouca nworkonthe?[...]

30 The Windo ws Clien t Win dows Sun / Linux Wind ows XP / Wind ows Ser ver 20 0 3: 1 . Open t he Mouse P roper ties d ialog bo x ( Control Pa nel → Mouse ). 2. Cl i ck th e P oin ter Opt ions t a b. 3. Set the mou se spee d to the m iddle position (6 un its in f rom the lef t) . 4. Disable E nha nce Pointer Preci sion . Wind ows ME : • Set?[...]

31 The Windo ws Clien t The Windows Client Control Panel Hotkey Setup Th e Window s Cl i ent Contr ol P a nel l ocat ed in t he top- center of t he scre en provides util ities to help y ou contr o l remot e KVM op erations. The pa nel consists of an icon ba r with a text ba r belo w it. • Th etextbarper form stwofunct ions;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 00’ s Vir tua l Med ia f eat ure a llo ws a US B 2.0 device (F loppy dr i ve, CDR OM, F lash D riv e, etc.), con necte d to a user’ s computer /ser ver , to b e accessible on a remote comput er/s erver or KV M with a USB H ub por t. T o implement th is red ire ction featu re, do the follo wi[...]

34 The Windo ws Clien t The But ton Bar On -Scr een Key board Th e buttons on t he B utt on B a r are t o ggles. T heir a ctions ar e descr ibed in t he ta b le 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 J av a Applet ma kes the B05 1-0 0 0 accessible to all plat f or ms th at hav e Ja va 2 inst alle d. J ava 2 is a va ilable f or f ree download f rom Sun ’ s Ja vaw ebsite(ht tp: //jav a.su n. com) .T oac cesstheB05 1 - 00 0witht he Ja va Apple[...]

36 Windows (continued) Sun / Linux The Ja va A pplet Wind ows ME : • Setthemou sespee dtothem iddlepositionandd isablemouseaccelerat ion.(Clickth e A dvanced butt on to get the dia log bo x for th is. ) Wind ows NT / Wind ows 98 / Win dows 95 : • Setthemou sespee dtotheslo west?[...]

37 The Java Applet Control Panel Hotkey Setup The Ja va A pplet Th e J av a Applet control pa nel, located a t the bot tom right of t he scre en, provides uti lities to help y ou cont rol remote KV M operat ions. T he pa ne l consist s o f a n icon bar wit h a text bar below i t. • Th etextbarper form stwofunct ions;itdisp[...]

38 Hotkey Setup (continued) Video S ettings 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 the[...]

39 Video S ettings (continued ) Mes sage Board The Ja va A pplet Th emean ingsoftheadjustm entoptionsar egiv eni nthet ablebel ow: Option Description Screen P osition Adjust the hor iz ontal and vertical position of the remote computer window by clic king the Arrow b uttons. Auto-Sync Click A uto-Sync to have the fu[...]

40 Mes sage Board (continued) On -Scr een Key board The Ja va A pplet Com pose Pa nel T y pe your message i nto thi s panel. Click Send , or p ress [Enter] to post t he message to t he board . Note: You must select t he user from th e user list th at you wan t to send the m essag e to. T o sen d a message to all users, sim ply click All Use rs in t[...]

41 The Log File Scr een The Log Fi le Th e B05 1 - 0 00 logs al l the ev ents t hat ta ke place on it and w rites t hem to a log file, which is a sea rchable data base. T o v ie w the c ontents of the log file, click the L og icon at the lower l eft of t he page. A screen sim ila r to the one b el ow appea rs: A ma ximu m of 5 12 e vents a re kep[...]

42 The Log Ser v er Installation Star ting Up The M enu Bar Configur e Th e Window s-base d Log Ser v er is a n adm in istrat iv e ut ilit y that re cords a ll the events that t a ke p lace on s e lect ed B05 1 - 00 0 un its and w rites t hem to a sea rchable dat abase. Th is chapter d escr i be s ho w t o insta ll a nd configu re the L og Server[...]

43 The Log Ser v er Configure (continu ed) E vents W hen y ou open t he Add f unction the following dia lo g box wil l appea r: Desc riptions of t he fie lds i n thi s dialog box are shown i n the t ab le below : Field Description Address This can either be the IP address of the B051-000 or its DNS name (if the networ k administr ator has assigne[...]

44 The Log Ser v er E vents (continued) Options Help A desc ription of the item s from t he Searc h scre en is giv en in t he table below : 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 perf ormed on th[...]

45 The Log Ser v er The Log S erver Main Scr een The Ev ent Panel Th eLogServerMa inScre enisdividedi ntotwomai npanels ;an upper ( List) panel th at display s al l of the B05 1-0 00 u nits t hat hav e be en added to t he Log Ser ver and a lo wer (Ev ent) panel t hat display s the log ev ents for the cu r rently [...]

46 Installation Star ting Up The Windows Client Connection S creen In a ddition to th e bro wser base d client util i ties, t he B05 1 - 00 0 al so pro vides st and-a lone Window s a nd J av a applicat ions that ca n be use d without a browser . T he applicat i ons ca n be found on t he B05 1 - 0 00 CD. The Wi ndo ws Client prog ram is c alle d B05[...]

47 Logging In The Administrator Utility AP Operation Once t he B05 1 - 00 0 con nects to t he un it y ou sp ecifie d, a lo gi n window appea rs: A ft er y ou hav e succe ss f ully logged in, t he Conne ction scre en reappears : Pr o vide a val id usern ame a nd passw ord a nd click OK to continue. Note : Th e defau lt user na me is ad mi ni strat [...]

48 The Administrator Utility (continued) IP Installe r Settings AP Operation Th e Genera l page provides in f or mation about t he B05 1 - 00 0’ s st atus, as explai ned i n the ta b le, 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 a na[...]

49 IP Address DNS S erver Se curity Filtering AP Operation Th e B05 1 - 0 00 ca n either hav e its I P addr ess assigned dy nam ical l y when sta r ting up ( DH CP), o r i t ca n be giv en a fi x ed I P add ress. • T ohav ea nIPa ddre ssassignedautomat ical l ybyaDHCPser v e r ,selectt he Ob tain a n IP [...]

50 Filtering (continued) MAC F iltering AP Operation IP Fil tering T o add a n IP Filter : 1 . Check t he IP Filter En able che ck bo x 2. Cl i ck Add . A dialog box sim ila r to the one b e low appea rs: T o add a M A C Filte r: 1 . Click Add . A dialog box sim ila r to the one b e low appea rs: 3. T y pe t he IP add ress (or t he first I P add r[...]

51 ANMS RAD IUS Set tings AP Operation Th e A dvance d Network Management Set tings dia log bo x al lo ws y ou to set up login aut hori zation ma nagement from a n e xte rna l source. Th e setti ngs on th is page are de scrib ed belo w: T o al l ow author izat i on for the B05 1-0 0 0 th rough a R ADIUS ser ver , do t he fo llowing: 1 . Check Enabl[...]

52 LD AP Authentication S ettings LD AP Configuration AP Operation T o al l ow authenticat ion and author iza tion f or th e B05 1 - 0 00 via L D A PS, do the follo wi ng: 1 . Check En able in the L DA P Authe ntica tio n Sett ings section of the A N MS screen. 2. Select either t he LDA P or L DAPS rad io button. 3. Che ck the En able Au thor izat[...]

53 LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) Step2-Ext endtheObjectCl assWiththeNewAtt ribute : a) Open Control Pa nel → Admin istrative T o ols → A ct iv e Dire ctory S chema . b) In t he le f t panel of the sc reen t hat comes up, select Cl asses . c) In the r ight pan e l, r ight - c lick per son : d) Sel ect P roper ti[...]

54 LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) AP Operation d) Right-click on th e user’ s na me and select pr opert ies. e) On the At tri bute E ditor page of the d ialog bo x t hat appea rs, select per miss ion from th e list. f ) Cl ic k Ed it to bri ng up the St ring At tribu te Edi tor : g) Replace the va l ue shown with t he desire d B05 1 - 00 0 per[...]

55 LD AP Configuration (co ntinued) Ope nLD AP Se rver Ope nLD AP Se rver Installation Ope nLD AP Se rver Configuration AP Operation h) Click OK . W hen you retu rn to t he Att ribu te Edit or page, the per missio n entr y no w reflect s the new per missions : i) C lick Ap ply to sav e t he change and complete t he proc edure. j) RepeatSte[...]

56 Ope nLD AP Se rver Configuration (co ntinued) Star ting the Op enLD AP S erver Customizing the Ope nLD AP Sch ema LD AP Data S tructure AP Operation An exa mple configur ation file is provided i n the figu re: T o sta rt t he Op enLD A P Server, ru n slapd (the O penL D A P Server ex ecut able file) from the c omma nd li ne. slapd suppor ts[...]

57 DIT Cr eation Using the New Sch ema AP Operation Th e LD A P Data I ntercha ng e For mat (L D I F) is use d to represe n t LD A P entr i es i n a simple text f o rmat (plea se ref er to R FC 2849) . The figu re belo w i llustr ates an L DIF file t hat creat es the DI T f or th e B05 1 - 0 00 d ire ctory t ree (shown in t he figur e, abo ve). [...]

58 User Ma nagement AP Operation Th is page is used t o set up and ma nage user profi les. I t defin es the acc ess rights of ea ch user . Up to 64 user p rofiles can b e establish ed Th e setti ngs on th is page are des crib ed belo w: Adding a U ser Pro file T o add a user pr ofile, fill i n the in forma tion in the r ight pa ne l of th e s[...]

59 Customization AP Operation Th is page al lo ws t he Adm inist rator to upg rade t he fir m war e and to set Tim eout , L ogin failu r e , and Working m ode pa ra mete rs. An explan ation of all C ustomi zation pa ramet ers ex cept Fi rmware Upgrade is g iv en i n the t able bel ow . Fir mw a re Upgra de is discuss ed in t he sect i on follo wi [...]

60 Upgrading the Firmware Logging In The AP Java Cl ient Star ting Up The Java Cl ient Conne ction Scre en AP Operation New v e rsions o f t he fir m war e files can b e do wn loaded f rom our website as they be come av a ilable. Aft er do wn loadi ng the new fir m war e file, do the following: 1 . On t he Custo miza tion page of th e A dm in U[...]

61 Spe cifications PPP Dial- In Mod em Operation 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 Female Reset Switch Semi-Recessed Button on front-panel P ower LED Orange Link LED Gree[...]

62 T r oubleshooting Appendi x Ge nera l Ope ratio n 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 wh[...]

63 T roubl eshooting (continued) Mouse Synchroniza tion Tips Win dows Appendi x The L og Se rver 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 hav[...]

64 Sun / Linux Appendi x Op en a ter mi nal session and i ssue the fo l l owing com mand : Sun : xs e t m 1 Linu x: xse t m 0 Mou se Sync M ode In t he Cus tomiz atio n Sett ings screent herea retwomousesyncmo des; Automatic and Man ua l. • Automatic isselecte dasthed e fault,a ndwil lautomatica [...]

65 1 - YE ARLI M IT EDW A RR A NT Y Seller war ra nts th is product , if use d in accor danc e with al l applicable inst ruct ions, to be fr ee fr om origi nal defects i n mater ial a nd w ork ma nship for a per i od of 1 yea r from th e date of in itial pu rchase. I f the pro duct should prov e defect i ve in mat eria l or w ork ma nship wit[...]