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USER’S MANUAL

VER. 3.0C• Nov-09

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GFC IPM

IP Module Provides Control over

IP for GFC Series FoldAways

CyberResearch

, Inc.

www.cyberresearch.com

25 Business Park Dr., Branford, CT 06405 USA

203-643-5000 (9

. to 5

. EST) FAX: 203-643-5001

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Page 1: ...t of this manual may be reproduced without permission GFC IPM IP Module Provides Control over IP for GFC Series FoldAways CyberResearch Inc www cyberresearch com 25 Business Park Dr Branford CT 06405...

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Page 3: ...dentification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies NOTICE CyberResearch Inc does not authorize any CyberResearch product for use in life suppo...

Page 4: ...GFC IPM CyberResearch KVM Accessories Revision History Revision Description Date of Issue 2 5 Previous Release March 21 2007 3 0C Revision November 14 2009 2 Copyright 2009 CyberResearch Inc...

Page 5: ...st system mouse settings 18 4 2 5 Single and Double Mouse Mode 19 4 2 6 Recommended Mouse Settings 19 4 2 7 Video Modes 19 5 Usage 20 5 1 Prerequisites 20 5 2 Login into the GFC IPM switch and logout...

Page 6: ...rtificate 61 6 6 5 Serial Port 64 6 6 6 Date And Time 66 6 6 7 Event Log 67 6 7 Maintenance 69 6 7 1 Device Information 69 6 7 2 Even log 70 6 7 3 Update Firmware 71 6 7 4 Unit Reset 72 7 Troubleshoot...

Page 7: ...rm the following steps 1 Optional Connect the type A connector of USB A B cable to the host computer while using remote mass storage control 2 Connect Ethernet to LAN port and or modem to serial port...

Page 8: ...DHCP server in the subnet to which it is 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 subn...

Page 9: ...and password for Authentication default super pass c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated it ll show Successfully configured device Otherwise it ll show Permission Denied CyberResearch...

Page 10: ...Password pass Changing default username and password to user specific values is strongly recommended and can be done on the User Management page see the Section called Users and Groups in Chapter 6 C...

Page 11: ...tings on the host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on the host Video Settings in Options Menu This opens a new window with elements to control the GFC IPM switch Video Setti...

Page 12: ...utomatically detect the current video mode of the console however manual fine tuning is recommended to receive the best video quality GFC IPM switch will accept video streams up to 110 MHz dot clock T...

Page 13: ...supported Network Connection 10 100 Ethernet Telephone line modem needed Management Interface Web Utility Telnet Serial Port Event log NFS SMTP SNMP trap Hardware Host side USB USB 2 0 Type B Keyboard...

Page 14: ...intenance of the server Using the Console Redirection Service you are able to do the following I Reboot the system II Watch the boot process III Boot the system from a separate partition to load the d...

Page 15: ...ower supply is on but there is no video output CPU fan failure By server specific management software RAM failure Boot Sequence on boot console Table 2 1 Host system failures and how they are detected...

Page 16: ...e 4 1 Initial Network Configurations GFC IPM switch Setup Tool If this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the setup tool to change the configurations to your needs The set...

Page 17: ...d for Authentication default super pass c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated it ll show Successfully configured device Otherwise it ll show Permission Denied CyberResearch KVM Accesso...

Page 18: ...has a serial line interface host side This connector is compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given in Table 4 2 When configuring with...

Page 19: ...ion of the remote mouse depends on several settings which will be discussed in the following subsections 4 2 1 GFC IPM switch keyboard settings The GFC IPM switch settings for the host s keyboard type...

Page 20: ...there are no window at the top left corner of the remote desktop that are able to change the mouse cursor shape from the normal state The Sync mouse button on top of the Remote Console can behave dif...

Page 21: ...eave 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 2 6 Recommended Mouse Settings For the different...

Page 22: ...browser has to come with a Java Runtime Environment version 1 4 2 or above If the browser has no Java support such as on a small handheld device you are still able to maintain your GFC IPM switch usin...

Page 23: ...URL field of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http IP address of GFC IPM switch When using a secure connection type in https IP address of GFC IPM switch This will lead you to th...

Page 24: ...not possible Navigation Having logged into the GFC IPM switch successfully the main page of the GFC IPM switch appears see Figure 5 3 This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific...

Page 25: ...tries to establish its own TCP connection to the GFC IPM switch The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP or HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol As default RFB tries to est...

Page 26: ...sh keyboard layout for instance special keys on the German keyboard will not work as expected Instead the keys will result in their US English counterpart You can circumvent such problems by adjusting...

Page 27: ...he local with the remote mouse cursor This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on the host Single Doub...

Page 28: ...igure 5 7 Remote Console Exclusive Mode Scaling Allow you to scale down the Remote Console You can still use both mouse and keyboard however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details...

Page 29: ...on the Java Virtual Machine a version of 1 4 2 or above offers the full list Figure 5 9 Remote Console Options Menu Cursor Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the GFC IPM switch video settings G...

Page 30: ...be suitable for most situations Video Settings through the remote console Figure 5 10 Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture Contrast Controls the contrast of the pict...

Page 31: ...o again from the controlled host and displayed on Remote Console In normal situation only changed parts of video will be packed and sent from GFC IPM switch for saving network bandwidth This function...

Page 32: ...hange 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...

Page 33: ...e compression quality depends on the video picture itself e g the number of the colors or the diversity of pixels The lower the compression quality the more data have to be sent and the longer it may...

Page 34: ...e data rate is reduced less bits per color Furthermore the OPMA module will not have to do any video compression In total this will lead to less transfer time of the motion picture 5 4 2 Remote Consol...

Page 35: ...e 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 related sections CyberResearch KVM A...

Page 36: ...igure 6 1 KVM Console To open the KVM console either click on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the button Refresh GFC IPM CyberResearch...

Page 37: ...identical to those of the web interface That means the user management of the Telnet interface is entirely controlled with the according functions of the web interface Once you have successfully logg...

Page 38: ...passthrough mode for serial port 1 The key sequence esc exit switches back to the command mode 6 2 Romote Power Control This Power Control function will be provided in the near future 6 3 Virtual Medi...

Page 39: ...age file is kept in the onboard memory of the GFC IPM switch until the end of the current session as you logged out or initiated a reboot of the GFC IPM switch 6 3 2 CD ROM Image Use Image on Windows...

Page 40: ...ified image file is supposed to be accessible from the GFC IPM switch The information above has to be given from the point of view of the GFC IPM switch It is important to specify correct IP addresses...

Page 41: ...t field Comment If necessary adjust the permissions button permissions Click OK to set the options for this share UNIX and UNIX like OS Sun Solaris and Linux If you like to access the share via SAMBA...

Page 42: ...your needs input device etc MS Windows You can use the tool Raw Write for Windows It is included on the CD ROM shipped with GFC IPM switch Figure 6 12 RawWrite for Windows selection dialog From the me...

Page 43: ...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...

Page 44: ...s on a level which is far below the operating system That means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is aware that the drive is currently redirected actually This may lead to inconsi...

Page 45: ...It is not possible to write on a redirected device Click Apply to submit your changes 6 3 3 1 Driver Installation Please follow the Drive Redirection Setup Wizard step by step to install the driver f...

Page 46: ...rt Drive Redirection Figure 6 16 Drive Redirection dialog Drive to redirect Device This is the address either the DNS name or the IP address of the GFC IPM switch you would like to connect to GFC IPM...

Page 47: ...te support means that the remote computer is allowed to write on your local drive As you can imagine this is very dangerous If both the remote and the local system try to write data on the same device...

Page 48: ...should not be a serious problem when the note above is respected If the write support is enabled a drive which is not locked might be damaged by the Drive Redirection With the Disconnect button a conn...

Page 49: ...system will hang on boot 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 depe...

Page 50: ...field below Click Apply to submit your changes 6 4 2 Users and Groups Figure 6 19 Set User The GFC IPM switch comes with 1 pre configured user account that has fixed permissions The account super has...

Page 51: ...Modify changes the dis played user settings To delete an user press the button Delete Note The GFC IPM is equipped with an host independent processor and memory unit which both have a limitation in t...

Page 52: ...ined automatically from the available bandwidth and the current content of the video image Pre configured The pre configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of compres...

Page 53: ...is actually a Java Applet If you check this box for the first time on your administration system and the appropriate Java plug in is not already installed on your system it will be downloaded and inst...

Page 54: ...Console is unconditionally catching this keystroke already Typical examples are Control Alt Delete on Windows and DOS what is always caught or Control Backspace on Unix or Unix like OS for terminatin...

Page 55: ...as host interface then the card will select 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 ful...

Page 56: ...e acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process Fixed mouse speed Use a direct translation of mouse movements between the local and the remote pointer You may also set a fixed scal...

Page 57: ...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 F...

Page 58: ...in Table 4 1 Warning Changing the network settings of the GFC IPM switch might result in losing connection to it In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and...

Page 59: ...be used Telnet port Port number at which the GFC IPM switch s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Bandwidth limitation The maximum network traffic generated through...

Page 60: ...ce www dyndns org can be used in the following scenario see Figure 6 26 Figure 6 26 Dynamic DNS Scenario The GFC IPM switch is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router which is dynamically assig...

Page 61: ...ress Dynamic DNS server This is the server name where GFC IPM switch registers itself in regular intervals Currently this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now DNS System Choos...

Page 62: ...PM switch refer to the Section called Certificate KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol RFB is used by the Remote Console to transmit both the screen data to the admin...

Page 63: ...ation authority CA A certification authority verifies that you are the person who you claim you are and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you The following steps are necessary to create and instal...

Page 64: ...re is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps as described above Common name This is the network name of the GFC IPM switch once it is installed in t...

Page 65: ...e USA Note the country code has to be entered in CAPITAL LETTERS Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate e g revoca...

Page 66: ...than building up a dedicated point to point connection from your console computer to the GFC IPM switch In other words the GFC IPM switch acts as an Internet Service Provider ISP to which you can dia...

Page 67: ...is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering with the IP settings of the GFC IPM switch and your console computer The default...

Page 68: ...FC IPM 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 alway...

Page 69: ...w many log entries are shown on each page Furthermore you can clear the log file here List logging enabled The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the GFC IPM switch To show th...

Page 70: ...the mail subject is filled with the event group of the occurred log event In order to use this log destination you have to specify a SMTP server that has to be reachable from the GFC IPM switch devic...

Page 71: ...or move it away from time to time 6 7 Maintenance 6 7 1 Device Information Figure 6 34 Device Information Device Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this GFC IPM swi...

Page 72: ...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 Ch...

Page 73: ...o be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the GFC IPM switch Updating the firmware is a three stage process Firstly the new firmware file is uploaded onto the GFC IPM switch In orde...

Page 74: ...d staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update Make sure the GFC IPM switch s power supply will not be interrupted 6 7 4 Unit Reset Figure 6 38 Unit Reset This section allows you t...

Page 75: ...working in general ping the IP address of GFC IPM switch If not check network hardware Is GFC IPM switch powered on Check whether the IP address of GFC IPM switch and all other IP related settings are...

Page 76: ...move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes enabled in the mouse settings of the operating system This option needs to be disabled 8 FAQs The color of remote console displaying a pinkish...

Page 77: ...an work with most standard KVM How many letters the username and password can be set on GFC IPM switch The GFC IPM switch accepts 32 letters of username and password How many concurrent user of GFC IP...

Page 78: ...English language mapping The layout for this keyboard is shown in Figure A 1 However most modifier keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are on an identical...

Page 79: ...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 NUMPADMUL NUMP...

Page 80: ...detect them Resolution x y Refresh Rates Hz 640 x 350 70 85 640 x 400 56 70 85 640 x 480 60 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 8...

Page 81: ...irmware x Maintenance Unit Reset Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Device Table C 1 User Role Permissions D GFC IPM switch port table Port Protocol Purpose 23 Telnet over...

Page 82: ...bit 3 0 3 3 MB s uncompressed synchronized video data most bandwidth needed Video Optimized high color Video Optimized 16 bit 4 3 5 0 MB s uncompressed synchronized video data most bandwidth needed L...

Page 83: ...Male to Male USB 2 0 Cable USB A B cable CAT5 5E 6 Straight Through UTP STP Cable 8P8C CyberResearch KVM Accessories GFC IPM CyberResearch Inc 81 25 Business Park Drive P 203 643 5000 F 203 643 5001 B...

Page 84: ...nce 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE This equipment is in compliance with the requirements of the following regulations...

Page 85: ...ts of the signals you are trying to measure as well as the signals on the board module or power supply 4 Isolate problem areas that are not working as you expected 5 Have the source code to the progra...

Page 87: ...ed and in lieu of all other warranties expressed implied or statutory including but not limited to any implied warranty of merchant ability or fitness and all other obligations or liabilities of selle...

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