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Single port KVM over IP switch

Single Port

KVM over IP SWITCH

USER’S MANUAL

Rev 1.0

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Page 1: ...Single port KVM over IP switch Single Port KVM over IP SWITCH USER S MANUAL Rev 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...GURATION 4 1Initial Configuration 4 1 1 Initial configuration via DHCP server 4 1 2 Initial configuration via serial console 4 1 3 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration 4 1 3 1 IP KVM switch keyboard settings 4 1 3 2 Remote Mouse Settings 4 1 3 3 Auto mouse speed and mouse synchronization 4 1 3 4 Host system mouse settings 4 1 3 5 Single and Double Mouse Mode 4 1 3 6 Video Modes 5 USAGE 5 1Prereq...

Page 3: ... And Groups 6 4KVM Settings 6 4 1 User Console 6 4 2 Power Control 6 4 3 Keyboard Mouse 6 4 4 Video 6 5Device Settings 6 5 1 Network 6 5 2 Dynamic DNS 6 5 3 Security 6 5 4 Certificate 6 5 5 Serial Port 6 5 6 Date And Time 6 5 7 Event Log 6 6Maintenance 6 6 1 Device Information 6 6 2 Event Log 6 6 3 Update Firmware 6 6 4 Unit Reset 7 TROUBLESHOOTING 8 CERTIFICATES A Pin Assignments B Key Codes C Vi...

Page 4: ...h 6 Connect one purple end of 3 in one cable to the PS 2 mouse port on the computer and the other end of 3 in one cable to the host PS 2 mouse port on the IP KVM Switch 7 Connect one green end of 3 in one cable to PS 2 keyboard port on the computer and the other end of 3 in one cable to the host PS 2 keyboard port on the IP KVM switch 8 Connect the type A connector of USB A B cable to the host sys...

Page 5: ...tion and a prompt Enter the command config and press Enter After waiting a few moments you may configure IP auto configuration IP address net mask and default gateway Pressing Enter without entering values does not change settings The gateway value must be set to 0 0 0 0 for no gateway or any other value You will be asked if the values are correct and get a chance to correct them After confirming ...

Page 6: ...e Console Figure 1 2 Top part of the Remote Console There are some options to choose from and the important ones are the following Auto Adjust button If the video displayed is of bad quality or distorted in some way press this button and wait a few seconds while IP KVM switch tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality Sync Mouse Choose this option in order to synchronize the local ...

Page 7: ...fine tuning is recommended to receive the best video quality IP KVM switch will accept video streams up to 110 MHz dot clock This results in a screen resolution of 1280x1024 pixels with a frame rate of 60 Hz 2 1 When the server is up and running IP KVM switch gives you a full control over the remote server The Management Console allows you to access the remote server s graphics keyboard and mouse ...

Page 8: ...rld z KVM keyboard video mouse access over IP and analogous telephone line modem needed z BIOS level access z SSL encryption z No impact on server or network performance z Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture z High performance mouse tracking and synchronization z Port to connect a user console for direct analogous access to KVM switch z Local Mouse suppression on...

Page 9: ...RJ 45 8P8C 1 10BASE T Ethernet uses Category 3 4 5 5E 6 UTP 100BASE T Ethernet uses Category 5 5E 6 UTP Reset button 1 Keyboard Emulation PS 2 Mouse Emulation PS 2 VGA Resolution Local 1600 X1200 Remote 1280 X1024 Housing Metal Power Adapter DC 5V 2 5A Operation Temperature 0 50 Storage Temperature 20 60 Humidity 0 80 Non Condensing Size Desktop Weight kg 1700g Dimension mm 156 X139 X27 2 6 System...

Page 10: ...Cable diagrams PS 2 Cable Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable HDB15 pin Male to Male USB 2 0 Cable USB A B cable AT to PS 2 keyboard adapter Optional Din 5 pins Male to Mini Din 6 pin Female CAT5 5E 6 Straight Through UTP STP Cable 8P8C ...

Page 11: ... console All data is transmitted with the TCP IP protocol family IP KVM switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well Attaching one or several IP KVM switches to a KVM switch matrix allows accessing multiple servers on a single remote console 3 2 Connecting IP KVM switch to the host system In order to connect the IP KVM switch of the host system performs the foll...

Page 12: ...witch console side Step 5 Connect a VGA cable 15 pin HDDB Male Male with the Male side to both of the PC and the host of the IP KVM switch Step 6 Connect one end to the PS 2 mouse port on the computer and the other end to the host PS 2 mouse port on the IP KVM switch Step 7 Connect one end to PS 2 keyboard port on the computer and the other end to the host PS 2 keyboard port on the IP KVM switch ...

Page 13: ...bps 10BASE T connection The adapter can sense the connection speed and will adjust to the appropriate operation mode automatically 3 2 1 1 10 Mbps Connection For 10BASE T Ethernet networks the Ethernet adapter uses Category 3 4 5 or 6 UTP cable To establish a 10 Mbps connection the cable must be connected to a 10BASE T hub Make sure that the cable is wired appropriately for a standard 10BASE T ada...

Page 14: ...switch to the Multi port KVM Switch system 3 4 Connecting the External Reset Power Option Please refer to the manual of the IP KVM 8 16 32 port external power switch option or a third party external power option to connect those external devices to one of the serial interface on the rear side of IP KVM switch By the date of printing this manual supported options are Avocent SPC1 800 1600 Sentry In...

Page 15: ...s physically connected If a DHCP server is found it may provide a valid IP address gateway address and net mask Before you connect the device to your local subnet be sure to complete the corresponding configuration of your DHCP server It is recommended to configure a fixed IP assignment to the MAC address of the IP KVM switch You can find the MAC address labeled on the bottom side of the metal hou...

Page 16: ...ur needs To save the changes enter an user name and an according password Then press the Setup Device button Authentication To adjust the authentication settings enter your login as a super user and change your password Super user login Enter the login name of the super user The initial value is super All of characters are lower case Super user password Enter the current password for the super use...

Page 17: ...these the IP autoconfiguration is disabled and subsequently you will be asked for the following network settings IP address The IP address the IP KVM switch uses This option is only available if IP autoconfiguration is disabled Net mask The net mask of the connected IP subnet This option is only available if IP autoconfiguration is disabled Gateway address The IP address of the default router for ...

Page 18: ...nsole options menu or press the mouse synchronization hotkey sequence in case you defined one Intelligent Sync If the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system use the intelligent resynchronization This method takes more time than the fast one and can be accessed with the appropriate item in the Remote Console option menu The intelligent synchronization req...

Page 19: ...ly the remote mouse pointer is visible Activate this mode in the open Remote Console and click into the window area The local mouse pointer will be hidden and the remote one can be controlled directly To leave this mode it is necessary to define a mouse hotkey in the Remote Console Settings Panel Press this key to free the captured local mouse pointer 4 1 3 6 Recommended Mouse Settings For the dif...

Page 20: ...of your managed host system the browser has to come with a Java Runtime Environment version 1 1 or higher If the browser has no Java support such as on a small handheld device you are still able to maintain your remote host system using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself Important We recommend installing a Sun JVM 1 4 For an insecure connection to the IP KVM switch we can rec...

Page 21: ...e you have given your IP KVM switch a symbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the address line of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http IP address of IP KVM When using a secure connection type in https IP address of IP KVM This will lead you to the IP KVM switch login page as shown in Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 Login screen The IP KVM switch has a built in supe...

Page 22: ... Having logged into the IP KVM switch successfully the main page of the IP KVM switch appears see Figure 5 3 This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific information The buttons on the upper side allow you to navigate within the front end see Table 5 2 for details The lower left frame contains a navigation bar and allows you to switch between the different sections of the IP KV...

Page 23: ...h its own TCP connection to the IP KVM switch The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP or HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol Currently RFB tries to establish a connection to port number 443 Your local network environment has to allow this connection to be made i e your firewall and in case you have a private internal network your NAT Network Address Translation setting...

Page 24: ...em to the same mapping as your local one The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen with its optimal size That means it will adapt its size to the size of the remote screen initially and after the screen resolution of the remote screen has been changed However you can always resize the Remote Console window in your local window system as usual Warning In difference to the rem...

Page 25: ...ble and need to be synchronized Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1 3 or higher Options To open the Options menu click on the button Options Figure 5 6 Remote Console Options Menu A short description of the options follows Monitor Only Toggles the Monitor only filter on or off If the filter is switched on no remote console interaction is possible and monitoring is possible Exclu...

Page 26: ...y but fixed skew Intelligent Sync Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system Warning This method takes more time than the fast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment function or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel to setup the picture Local Cursor Offers a list of different cursor shapes to ...

Page 27: ...m The option Noise Filter defines how IP KVM switch reacts to small changes in the video input signal A large filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately A small filter displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if display content is not really...

Page 28: ...ling clock Horizontal Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in horizontal direction while this option is selected Vertical Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in vertical direction while this option is selected Reset this Mode Reset mode specific settings to the factory made defaults Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory made defaults Save ...

Page 29: ...In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting to the right language manually Hotkeys Opens a list of hotkeys defined before Choose one entry the command will be sent to the host system A confirmation dialog can be added that will be displayed before sending the selected command to the remote host Select OK to perform the command on the remote host Figure 5 14 Remote Console Confirmati...

Page 30: ...means a secure connection Figure 5 15 Status line Furthermore both the incoming In and the outgoing Out network traffic are visible in kb s If compressed encoding is enabled a value in brackets displays the compressed transfer rate Figure 5 16 Status line transfer rate For more information about Monitor Only and Exclusive Access settings see the according sections ...

Page 31: ... Figure 6 1 KVM Console To open the KVM console either clicks on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the button Refresh For the power settings see the Section called Remote Power 6 1 2 Telnet Console Figure 6 2 Telnet Console ...

Page 32: ... according functions of the web interface Once you have successfully logged into the IP KVM switch a command line will be presented and you can enter according management commands In general the Telnet interface supports two operation modes the command line mode and the terminal mode The command line mode is used to control or display some parameters In terminal mode the pass through access to ser...

Page 33: ...ion dialog click on the button Browse and select the desired image file Figure 6 4 Select Image File The maximum image size is limited to 1 44MB To use a larger image mount this image via Windows Share or SAMBA see the Section called Use Image on Windows Share SAMBA for details Second click on the button Upload to initiate the transfer of the chosen image file into the IP KVM switch s onboard memo...

Page 34: ...ly Share host The server name or its IP address Share name The name of the share to be used Path to image The path of the image file on the share User optional If necessary specify the user name for the share named before If unspecified and a guest account is activated this guest account information will be used as your login Password optional If necessary specify the password for the given user n...

Page 35: ...se permissions You should either login as a system administrator or as root on UNIX systems or ask your system administrator for help to complete this task Windows 2000 XP Open the Explorer navigate to the directory or share and press the right mouse button to open the context menu Figure 6 8 Explorer context menu Select Sharing to open the configuration dialog Figure 6 9 Share configuration dialo...

Page 36: ...d in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Solaris Linux To create a floppy image file copy the contents of a floppy to a file You can use the following command dd if dev fd0 of tmp floppy image dd reads the entire disc from the device dev fd0 and saves the output in the specified output file tmp floppy image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc MS Windows You can use the tool RawWr...

Page 37: ... disc from the device dev cdrom and saves the output in the specified output file tmp cdrom image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc MS Windows To create the image file use your favorite CD imaging tool Copy the whole contents of the disc into one single image file on your hard disk For example with Nero you choose Copy and Backup Then navigate to the Copy Disc section S...

Page 38: ...le port KVM over IP switch 35 6 2 3 Drive redirection 6 2 3 1 Driver Installation Please follow the KVM Vision Viewer Setup Wizard step by step to install the driver from the attached CD ROM 5 1 5 4 5 3 5 2 ...

Page 39: ...ect New Device to create a new device Figure 5 17 Create a new Device Figure 5 17 Device Configuration dialog Device Name Enter a name to your device Network Address Enter an IP address the IP KVM switch uses Authentication Port This is a fixed number 443 Username The factory default Username is super Password The factory default Password is pass 5 5 ...

Page 40: ...the new device that has been created Click on Device then select Drive Redirection and Redirect local drive Figure 5 19 Drive Redirection Setting select Figure 5 20 Drive Redirection dialog Drive to redirect Select the local drive you want to share with the remote computer which could be Floppy disc CD ROMs USB Sticks and hard drives Port This is a fixed number 443 Warning Please be cautious that ...

Page 41: ... due to changes in the boot order or the boot manager LILO GRUB This case was reported for some Windows versions 2000 XP other OS might not be fully excluded This behavior depends on the BIOS version used in that machine To set this option press the button Apply Warning 1 Drive Redirection is only possible with Windows 2000 and the latter version 2 The Drive Redirection works on a low SCSI level a...

Page 42: ... permissions The account super has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions IP KVM switch offers The account user has only the permission to open and use the Remote Console Even his user name and password can only be changed by the super account Upon delivery both accounts have the password pass Make sure to change these passwords immediately after you have installed an...

Page 43: ...s for the other users Figure 6 14 User Console Settings Part 1 User select box This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect You may change the settings of other users if you have the necessary access rights Transmission Encoding The Transmission Encoding setting allows changing the image encoding algorithm that is used to transmi...

Page 44: ...ession uses only 16 Bit colour depth At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit 16 colours and 2 Bit 4 gray scales are recommended for typical desktop interfaces Photo like pictures have best results with 4 Bit 16 gray scales 1 Bit colour depth black white should only be used for extremely slow network connections Figure 6 15 User Console Settings Part 2 Remote Console Type Specifies which Remote Console View...

Page 45: ...d only mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode Enables the exclusive access mode immediately at Remote Console startup This forces the Remote Consoles of all other users to close No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access or logs off Mouse hotkey Allows to specify a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchronization process if ...

Page 46: ...lect USB if available or otherwise falls back to PS 2 To get USB remote keyboard access during the boot process of the host the following conditions must be fulfilled the host bios must have USB keyboard support the USB cable must be connected or must be selected in the Host interface option PS 2 Keyboard Model Enables a certain keyboard layout You can choose between Generic 101 Key PC for a stand...

Page 47: ...n the button Apply 6 4 3 Video Figure 6 18 Video Settings Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the IP KVM switch reacts to small changes in the video input signal A large filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately A small filter displays all changes instantly ...

Page 48: ...mediately A small filter displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if the display content is not really changing depending on the quality of the video input signal All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers To support signal transmission from a Sun machine enable this option If...

Page 49: ...P or BOOTP server For DHCP select dhcp and for BOOTP select bootp accordingly If you choose none then IP auto configuration is disabled IP address IP address in the usual dot notation Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network Gateway IP address In case the IP KVM switch should be accessible from networks other than the local one this IP address must be set to the local network router s IP addr...

Page 50: ...itch s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Bandwidth limitation The maximum network traffic generated through the IP KVM switch ethernet device Value in Kbit s Enable Telnet access Set this option to allow accessing the LARA express using the Telnet Gateway see the Section called Telnet Console Disable Setup Protocol Enable this option to exclude the IP KVM swit...

Page 51: ...s This account information together with the hostname is needed in order to determine the IP address of the registered IP KVM switch You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS Make sure that the LAN interface of the IP KVM switch is properly configured Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog as shown in Figure 6 20 Enable Dynamic DNS and change the settings ...

Page 52: ...ion called Date And Time 6 5 3 Security Figure 6 22 Device Security Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front end is only possible using an HTTPS connection The IP KVM switch 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 IP KVM switch refer to the Section called Certificate KVM encrypti...

Page 53: ...ever it is possible to generate and install a new certificate that is unique for a particular IP KVM switch card In order to do that the IP KVM switch is able to generate a new cryptographic key and the associated Certificate Signing Request CSR that needs to be certified by a certification authority CA A certification authority verifies that you are the person who you claim you are and signs and ...

Page 54: ...usually the fully qualified domain name It is identical to the name that is used to access the IP KVM switch with a web browser without the http prefix In case the name given here and the actual network name differ the browser will pop up a security warning when the IP KVM switch is accessed using HTTPS Organizational unit This field is used for specifying to which department within an organizatio...

Page 55: ...4 Bits are supposed to be sufficient for most cases Longer keys may result in slower response time of the IP KVM switch during connection establishment 6 5 5 Serial Port Figure 6 25 Serial Port The IP KVM switch Serial Settings Figure 6 25 allows you to specify what device is connected to the serial port and how to use it Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special fu...

Page 56: ...u have a special modem or the modem is connected to a local telephone switch that requires a special dial sequence in order to establish a connection to the public telephone network you can change this setting by giving a new string Refer to the modem s manual about the AT command syntax Modem server IP address This IP address will be assigned to the IP KVM switch itself during the PPP handshake S...

Page 57: ...ot be persistent so you have to adjust it again after IP KVM switch loses power for more than a few minutes To avoid this you can use a NTP timeserver which sets up the internal clock automatically to the current UTC time Because NTP server time is always UTC there is a setting that allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time Warning There is currently no way to adjust the daylight...

Page 58: ...lick on Event Log on the Maintenance page Since the IP KVM switch s system memory is used to save all the information the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1 000 events Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one automatically Warning If the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart the IP KVM switch all logging information is saved permanentl...

Page 59: ...needs no authentication at all serverip port SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the IP KVM switch sends a SNMP trap to a specified destination IP address every time a log event occurs If the receiver requires a community string you can set it in the appropriate text field Most of the event traps only contain one descriptive string with all information about the log event Only authentication...

Page 60: ... and its activity status is displayed RC means that the Remote Console is open If the Remote Console is opened in exclusive mode the term exclusive mode is added For more information about this option see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 5 To display the user activity the last column contains either the term active for an active user or 20 min idle for an user who is inacti...

Page 61: ...standalone computer The software it runs is called the firmware The firmware of the IP KVM switch can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email or which you can download from the supplier web site If the firmware file is compressed file suffix zip then you must unzip it before you can proc...

Page 62: ...u see the Update Firmware panel The panel shows you the version number of the currently running firmware and the version number of the uploaded firmware Pressing the button Update will store the new version and substitute the old one completely Warning This process is not reversible and might take some minutes Make sure the IP KVM switch s power supply will not be interrupted during the update pro...

Page 63: ...inly needed to activate a newly updated firmware It will close all current 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 To reset a certain IP KVM functionality click on the button Reset as displayed in Figure 6 34 Note O...

Page 64: ...e correct Also verify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN like routers etc is correctly configured Without a ping functioning IP KVM switch can t work either Q 006 Special key combinations e g ALT F2 ALT F3 are intercepted by the console system and not transmitted to the host A 006 You have to define a so called Button Key This can be done in the Remote Console settings Q 007 In the browser...

Page 65: ...of the operating system This option needs to be disabled 8 Certificates FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received Including interference that may cause undesired operation CE Certificate This equipment i...

Page 66: ...Single port PS2 KVM over IP A Pin Assignments A 1 VGA HD 15 A 2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet A 3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN ...

Page 67: ...al keyboards They name a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping The layout for this keyboard is shown in Figure C 1 However most modifier keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are on an identical position no matter what language mapping you are using Some of the keys have aliases also means they can be named by 2 key co...

Page 68: ... 0 9 A Z TILDE MINUS EQUALS LESS SLASH BACK SPACE TAB ENTER CAPS LOCK BACK SLASH LSHIFT SHIFT RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL CTRL LALT ALT SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE ...

Page 69: ...Names C Video Modes Table B 1 lists the video modes IP KVM switch supports Please don t use other custom video settings besides of these If done so IP KVM switch may not be able to detect them Resolution x y Refresh Rates Hz 640 x 350 70 85 640 x 400 56 70 85 640 x 480 60 67 72 75 85 90 100 120 720 x 400 70 85 800 x 600 56 60 70 72 75 85 90 100 832 x 624 75 1024 x 768 60 70 72 75 85 90 100 1152 x ...

Page 70: ...Single port PS2 KVM over IP Table C 1 Video mode D Rack mount kit installation diagram ...

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