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Single port PS2 KVM over IP

Single Port

PS/2 KVM over IP SWITCH

Preliminary

USER’S MANUAL

Rev 1.0

Summary of Contents for PS/2 KVM

Page 1: ...Single port PS2 KVM over IP Single Port PS 2 KVM over IP SWITCH Preliminary USER S MANUAL Rev 1 0...

Page 2: ...e settings 4 1 3 3 PS 2 KVM over IP switch Video Modes 5 USAGE 5 1 Prerequisites 5 2 Login into PS 2 KVM over IP switch and logout 5 2 1 Login into PS 2 KVM over IP switch 5 2 2 Main screen 5 2 3 Logo...

Page 3: ...ting 5 7 User settings 5 8 Maintenance 5 8 1 PS 2 KVM over IP switch board summary 5 8 2 Maintenance Features 5 8 2 1 Event log 5 8 2 1 1 Event log setting 5 8 2 1 2 Log event assignments 5 8 2 2 Date...

Page 4: ...pin HDDB Male Male with the Male side to both of the PC and the host port of the PS 2 KVM over IP switch 6 Connect one purple end of 3 in one cable to the PS 2 mouse port on the computer and the other...

Page 5: ...ttings 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 PS 2 KVM over IP switch...

Page 6: ...in some way press this button and wait a few seconds while PS 2 KVM over IP switch tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality Sync Mouse Choose this option in order to synchronize the...

Page 7: ...tion or impact on network performance Furthermore PS 2 KVM over IP offers additional remote power management with the help of optional available device PS 2 KVM over IP supports consoles consisting of...

Page 8: ...power supply failure Server remains in power on state after power on command has been given CPU Controller main board failure Power supply is on but there is no video output CPU fan failure By server...

Page 9: ...2 Mouse Mini Din 6 pin VGA HDDB 15 pin Console Port Connector All Female Type Local Console PS 2 Keyboard Mini Din 6 pin PS 2 Mouse Mini Din 6 pin VGA HDDB 15pin Remote Console RJ 45 8P8C Serial Port...

Page 10: ...is linked into the network Computer side One PC or Server or the console port of KVM switch unit 2 7 Cable diagrams PS 2 Cable Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable HDB15 pin Male to Male AT to PS 2 k...

Page 11: ...onsole All data is transmitted via IP PS 2 KVM OVER IP can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well Combining one or several PS 2 KVM OVER IPs with a KVM switched matrix a...

Page 12: ...on the PS 2 KVM over IP 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 PS 2 KVM over IP switch Step 8 Connect Ethernet and...

Page 13: ...the notch on the adapter s connector and insert it into the adapter s connector 4 Configuration 4 1 Initial Configuration PS 2 KVM over IP switch s communication interfaces are all based on TCP IP It...

Page 14: ...a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP you have to enter DHCP and for BOOTP supply bootp accordingly If you specify none then IP autoconfiguration is disabled and you will subsequently be asked for the follo...

Page 15: ...TPS protocol It is recommended to use HTTPS whenever possible 2 Telnet A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to PS 2 KVM OVER IP s serial port via a terminal mod...

Page 16: ...inux and other UNIX like Operating Systems Figure 5 1 Internet Explorer showing the encryption key length 5 2 Login into PS 2 KVM over IP switch and logout 5 2 1 Login into PS 2 KVM over IP switch Sta...

Page 17: ...ccessed your PS 2 KVM over IP switch Not changing the super user password is a severe security risk and might result in unaut horized access to PS 2 KVM over IP switch and the host system with all pos...

Page 18: ...in detail during the following sections The different function pages selected by one of the menu links will be presented in the big right frame called the function area Initially the function area co...

Page 19: ...out from PS 2 KVM over IP switch This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen Please note that an automatic logout will be performed in case there is no activity for half an hou...

Page 20: ...tablish the according connection This is because today s web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol In case of problems please consult your network administrator in order to provide an a...

Page 21: ...use pointer is visible and the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1 3 or higher Monito...

Page 22: ...In and outgoing network traffic Out 5 3 3 PS 2 KVM over IP switch Mouse Synchronization 5 3 3 1 Introduction A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mous...

Page 23: ...To have the intelligent sync working a correctly adjusted picture is necessary Use the auto adjustment function or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel refer to Section 5 4 3 to setup the...

Page 24: ...quality together with the setting for sampling clock Phase Defines the phase for video sampling used to control the display quality together with the setting for sampling clock Horizontal Position Use...

Page 25: ...r the Remote Console window are user specific That means each user can individually customize the Remote Console for his needs Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for other...

Page 26: ...a connected client During connection establishment PS 2 KVM over IP switch has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate Upon delivery this certificate is the same for all P...

Page 27: ...are described Important Note If you destroy the CSR on PS 2 KVM over IP switch there is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps Figure 5 9 SSL Certi...

Page 28: ...dress of a security contact person that is responsible for PS 2 KVM over IP switch Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits 1024 Bits are supposed be sufficient for most cases Larger...

Page 29: ...nslation of mouse movements between the local and the remote pointer You may also set a fixed Scaling which determines the amount the remote mouse pointer moved when the local mouse pointer is moved b...

Page 30: ...stration system to use the JVM Java Virtual Machine of Sun Microsystems The JVM in the browser is used to run the code for the Remote Console window which is actually a Java Applet If you check this b...

Page 31: ...VM over IP switch recognizes refer to Appendix B Pressing the Apply button finally changes the values permanently in PS 2 KVM over IP switch 5 5 Network Settings The Network Settings panel as shown in...

Page 32: ...et mask The net mask of the local network Gateway IP address In case the PS 2 KVM over IP switch should be accessible from networks other than the local one this IP address must be set to the local ne...

Page 33: ...over IP switch provides a Dynamic DNS service that can be used in the following scenario see Figure 5 13 Figure 5 13 Dynamic DNS Scenario PS 2 KVM over IP switch is reachable via the IP address of th...

Page 34: ...tself in regular intervals If left blank the default will be used Nickname You have registered this nickname during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Spaces are not allowed in the N...

Page 35: ...he initial configuration see Section 4 1 Modem Allows to access PS 2 KVM over IP switch via modem see Section 5 6 1 for details Passthrough Using this option it is possible to connect an arbitrary dev...

Page 36: ...t value of 115200 bps In case you are using an old modem and discovering problems try to lower this speed Modem Init String The initialization string used by PS 2 KVM over IP switch to initialize the...

Page 37: ...and password for both accounts Figure 5 16 shows the User Settings Panel panel of the front end Its use will be described in the following text Figure 5 16 User Group Management Existing user Select...

Page 38: ...S 2 KVM over IP switch Board Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this PS 2 KVM over IP switch and its current firmware and allows you to reset the device Have a look...

Page 39: ...nations see Figure 5 18 Each of those events belong to an event group which can be activated separately For a detailed specification of the existing event groups and the log events belonging to them u...

Page 40: ...system memory is used to save all the information the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1000 events Every entry that exeeds this limit overrides the oldest one automatically...

Page 41: ...iled information about the occurred event To receive this SNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be used NFS Log You have the possibility to define a NFS server where a directory or a static link have...

Page 42: ...k 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 Attention There is currently no way to...

Page 43: ...ed Figure 5 22 Panel for uploading a new firmware Secondly if everything went well you see the Update Firmware panel see Figure 5 22 The panel shows you the version number of the currently running fir...

Page 44: ...ts serial port to PS 2 KVM over IP switch and access it using the Telnet interface Set the serial settings see Section 5 6 according to the requirements of the device Connecting to PS 2 KVM over IP sw...

Page 45: ...5 No connection can be established to PS 2 KVM OVER IP A 005 Check whether the network connection is working in general ping the IP address of PS 2 KVM OVER IP If not check network hardware Is PS 2 KV...

Page 46: ...some buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore A 011 Please check if you have an option like Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes enabled in the mouse s...

Page 47: ...Single port PS2 KVM over IP A Pin Assignments A 1 VGA HD 15 A 2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet...

Page 48: ...Single port PS2 KVM over IP A 3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A 4 Serial SUB D 9 Connector 1 A 5 KVM 15 pin connector...

Page 49: ...or 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 map...

Page 50: ...LL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPAD0 NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD NUMPADM...

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