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CAT.5 IP COMBO-KVM SWITCH

8-PORT/16-PORT

User Manual

DS-15202-1 / DS-16202-1

Summary of Contents for DS-15202-1

Page 1: ... 1 CAT 5 IP COMBO KVM SWITCH 8 PORT 16 PORT User Manual DS 15202 1 DS 16202 1 ...

Page 2: ...2 Stop auto scan function 19 6 6 3 Auto scan mode 19 6 6 4 Auto scan time interval 19 6 7 CONSOLE LOCK 19 6 8 CALL ADJUST VIDEO MENU 19 7 OSD OPERATION 20 7 1 OSD MAIN MENU 20 7 1 1 KVM layer number 20 7 1 2 Channel name 20 7 1 3 Computer KVM status 20 7 1 4 Current active channel number 21 7 1 5 Cascade parent channel number 21 7 1 6 Page down up indicator 21 7 1 7 Function Control Menu 21 7 2 CH...

Page 3: ...10 2 1 LOG IN THE CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM 44 10 2 2 LOG OUT FROM THE CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM 46 10 3 THE REMOTE CONSOLE 46 10 3 1 MAIN WINDOW OF REMOTE CONSOLE 47 10 3 2 CONTROL BAR OF REMOTE CONSOLE 48 10 3 3 STATUS LINE OF REMOTE CONSOLE 60 11 MENU OPTION 61 11 1 REMOTE CONTROL 61 11 1 1 KVM CONSOLE 62 11 1 2 TELNET CONSOLE SSH CONSOLE 62 11 1 3 REMOTE WAKEUP 66 11 2 VIRTUAL MEDIA 69 11 2 ...

Page 4: ...4 11 6 2 EVENT LOG 121 11 6 3 UPDATE FIRMWARE 122 11 6 4 UNIT RESET 125 11 6 5 RESET FACTORY DEFAULTS 126 12 FAQ 128 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 129 14 KVM FIRMWARE UPGRADE PROCEDURES 135 15 ADDENDUM 139 ...

Page 5: ...will 6 Connect computers via PS 2 and or USB at will 7 Full control under all OS in BIOS level during boot or at Blue Screens 8 On Screen Display OSD Cascade Chain functions 9 OSD is intuitive menus driven for quick and efficient navigation 10 Supports cascade chain with 3 level cascades up to 3 levels control up to 8 64 512 for 8 Port only and 16 256 4096 PCs for 16 Port only from a single consol...

Page 6: ...bility 31 Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture 32 High performance mouse tracking and synchronization 33 KVM firmware is upgradeable via on board mini USB download connector and external mini programmer and web interface KVM Transmission 1 Transmission of video signals with up to resolution 1600x1200 60 Hz With 16 8 4 2 1 Bit video encoding manual and automatic ad...

Page 7: ... mini DIN female Video 1 x HDB 15 female Keyboard 1 x USB A type female Mouse 1 x USB A type female Firmware upgrade connector 1 x Mini USB female Serial port 1 x RS232 male Ethernet port 1 x RJ45 Virtual Media port 1 x Mini USB female Remote console screen resolution Up to 1600 x 1200 60Hz DDC DDC2 monitor Supports DDC2B max resolution up to 1920 x 1200 60Hz Operating system supported Win 98 98SE...

Page 8: ...s are linked into the network Cables The CAT5 IP KVM Switch must be used CAT5 UTP cables with specific custom CAT5 dongle such as DS 19202 To purchase the specific dongle please contact your dealer Remote Console side 1 Java Runtime Environment version 1 5 or above 2 Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or above or Netscape or Mozilla or Safari 4 Installation 4 1 Front View 8 Port Figur...

Page 9: ... GREEN LED indicates that Ethernet connection established 4 3 Single stage installation 4 3 1 Precaution Please turn off computers and devices when you start to install KVM Switch For computers with Keyboard Power On function please unplug the power cords in advance Otherwise the switch might not work properly If your computeres work under Windows 98 please connect KVM switch to computers via PS 2...

Page 10: ...e computer 4 3 2 Console connection Plug keyboard mouse and monitor to the console ports on the real panel of CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Figure 5 Figure 5 Console connection 4 3 3 System connection Please use Custom CAT5 cable to connect your computers Please refer to the figures and instruction shown below for System connection Note Please contact your dealer to purchase the custom combo 4 in 1 C...

Page 11: ...elow A Connect USB PS 2 keyboard mouse and VGA connectors to computers We recommand users to connect computers in this way Figure 7 USB PS 2 Keyboard Mouse and VGA connected B Connect only PS 2 keyboard mouse and VGA connectors to computers Figure 8 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse and VGA connected ...

Page 12: ...hould be the master KVM Switches and the second third layers could use Standard KVM Switches without Over IP function Combo KVM Switches connected to 2nd 3rd layers To Install cascade chain please follow the instruction below A Please turn off computers and devices when you start to install KVM Switch B Uses the custom combo 4 in 1 CAT5 dongle DS 19202 See Figure 6 to connect one or more Slave KVM...

Page 13: ...lave KVM Switch connecting to second level Slave KVM Switch if any 4 All computers connecting to Master Slave KVM Switch G After all KVM Switches are powerd by power adaptor trun on the computers Initial Plug in Process Please plug in the Master KVM Switch first before turning on any other devices like montior or computers Hot plug and Hot Swap Combo Free 8 Port 16 Port KVM switch support Hot plug...

Page 14: ... for standard 19 inch rack cabinet 1 Screw the mounting brackets into the sides of the KVM Switches unit See Figure 11 2 Install the KVM Switches unit into the rack cabinet 5 Operation You can control computers via CAT5 8 Port or 16 Port Combo Free KVM Switch Over IP by push button hot key and OSD Push button operation Press the front panel push button to select the PC and operate it Hot Key opera...

Page 15: ...hen press Enter you can change the leading hot key The available leading hot key are Scroll Lock Num Lock or Caps Lock for option Setup leading hot key to Scroll Lock CTRL CTRL Scroll Lock Enter Setup leading hot key to Num Lock CTRL CTRL Num Lock Enter Setup leading hot key to Caps Lock CTRL CTRL Caps Lock Enter Note You can also change leading hot key by pressing F1 in OSD main menu Please refer...

Page 16: ...t Arrow or Right Arrow key to shift left right one channel Switch to left one channel Scroll Lock Scroll Lock Left Arrow Switch to right one channel Scroll Lock Scroll Lock Right Arrow 6 3 3 ALT Channel Shift Function 1 Start ALT Channel shift Function ALT channel shift function default was off You can press Hot Key Scroll Lock twice ALT and then press Enter to turn on or turn off this function al...

Page 17: ...to third layer Scroll Lock Scroll Lock D CH L1 D CH L2 D CH L3 Enter Note With cascading 3 layers you can select last layer directly Example press Scroll Lock twice then D2D5D7 and Enter D2 layer 1 channel 2 links to D5 layer 2 channel 5 links to D7 layer 3 channel 7 selected Note You can also select active channel of cascade chain in OSD menu Move the indicator bar to the chanel selected to switc...

Page 18: ...rough all the ports and display them on the monitor The mouse and keyboard will be disabled under this mode This is necessary to prevent errors such as erratic movement and wrong characters to display when using the mouse or keyboard in accident 6 6 1 Start auto scan function Scroll Lock Scroll Lock S Enter The auto scan banner will be shown on screen to indicate the scanning channel Figure 14 Aut...

Page 19: ... Please refer section 7 4 Auto Scan in OSD 6 7 Console Lock If the security mode is enabled in OSD mode by pressing F5 in OSD mode you can lock console by pressing Scroll Lock twice and then H and Enter The KVM will be locked until an authorized user login Scroll Lock Scroll Lock H Enter To UNLOCK console please press any key according to screen message then key in User Name and Password The KVM s...

Page 20: ...nt cascade level 7 1 2 Channel name The channel name can be defined by using function key F4 it can remind user which computer is connected to this channel A highlighted pink bar is shown in the selected channel row A plus mark showing in the left of channel name indicates that the port has cascades 7 1 3 Computer KVM status KVM buzzer stauts Buzzer sound on Buzzer sound off Logined user name The ...

Page 21: ...ected as active channel 7 1 5 Cascade parent channel number Indicate the parent channel of this cascade layer The number at the left upper corner below KVM layer number shows the number of port for the upper layer i e 8 means link from channel 8 of upper KVM It s valid only for 2nd and 3rd cascade layer It will show blank for 1st layer since there is no parent channel 7 1 6 Page down up indicator ...

Page 22: ...ner Single Layer 7 2 2 Channel select to cascade port A plus mark showing in the left of channel name indicates that the port is under cascade channing Pressing ENTER in this channel will enter one level down and the screen pops up the listing of the computers of the slave KVM Channel Name Channel Number 2nd Layer Channel Number 1st Layer Channel Number Figure 18 Channel Banner Cascade Layer 7 2 3...

Page 23: ...tup settings Figure 19 OSD Setup 7 3 1 Scan Mode Select Scan the selected channels marked with S in STA column on OSD main menu PC ON Scan all powered on PC channels 7 3 2 Scan Time The default scan time is 5 seconds It can be changed up to 90 seconds by stepping 5 seconds 7 3 3 Banner Time The default banner time is 5 seconds It can be changed to 10 seconds 15 seconds or always on ...

Page 24: ...changed banner position Figure 21 Banner Position Setup 7 3 5 Hot key Scroll Lock Scroll Lock becomes the hot key Num Lock Num Lock becomes the hot key Cap Lock Cap Lock becomes the hot key Note You can also change leading hot key via hot key by using CTRL CTRL New Hotkey Enter outside the OSD mode Please refer to section 6 2 Leading Hot Key Select 7 3 6 Sound ON Buzzer sound enabled OFF Buzzer so...

Page 25: ...on The auto scan banner will be disappeared when the scan stopped 7 4 3 Auto scan mode There are two auto scan modes please refer to section 7 3 1 Setup in OSD Scan Mode to set up the auto scan mode Scan all computers which are power on Scan all computers which are marked for auto scan 7 4 4 Auto scan time interval The auto scan time interval of each port displayed can be adjustable by pressing F1...

Page 26: ...ity function is to key in a universal password to unlock KVM You need to key in this unlock password to release your device and KVM and then you can restart everything Please contact with your agency distributor to get the universal password 7 6 Channel rename F4 Select the channel to rename by using up down arrow key and press F4 in OSD main menu The channel rename window will be shown for settin...

Page 27: ...ogin the security setup main window will be shown on the screen Please select the security item to setup via up arrow and down arrow key and press left arrow or right arrow key to change the settings Figure 27 Security setup main window 7 7 2 Security Mode To change the security mode setting please move the highlight bar to Security Mode and press left arrow or right arrow key to change it The F3 ...

Page 28: ... setup 3 authorized users are admitted to manage the KVM switch To change the user name and password please move the highlight bar to the user for editing Press left arrow or right arrow key the user name and password setup window will be shown on the screen Please Input the new user s name and password twice then press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel Figure 29 User name password setup window 7 ...

Page 29: ... authority of administrator since the administrator has all channel access authorized right Please refer to section 7 2 2 and 7 2 3 to operate OSD menu properly Figure 30 User authority setup window 7 8 Lock Port F6 7 8 1 Lock Port Only administrator can lock port Please move the highlight bar to the channel to lock and press F6 to lock the selected channel A red L mark will be shown in STA column...

Page 30: ...ord can unlock the port After the administrator login the red L mark in STA column will disappear 7 9 Exit OSD ESC Press ESC to exit OSD and to return to the selected computer A banner with the channel name will be shown on left upper corner of the screen 7 10 Adjust Video in OSD Please use Up or Down arrow key to options for video adjustment and use Left or Right arrow key to change the value Pre...

Page 31: ...B keyboard you have to press the LEFT Window key first this key usually is located between the LEFT CTRL and LEFT ALT Then press the second key Sun Microsystems Function Key Please do not release LEFT Window when you press the second key Sun Microsystems Function Key USB or PS 2 Keyboard Stop L_Win L_Alt Props L_Win L_Ctrl Compose L_Win L_Shift Front L_Win F1 Open L_Win F2 Find L_Win F3 Again L_Wi...

Page 32: ...net This program is also useful if you ever need to view or change the network settings of the unit If the initial or default basic configuration does not meet your requirements use the PSetup program to change the configuration to suit your needs When open the PSetup Utility on your computer the PSetup Utility window see the screenshot below will appear To use the PSetup Utility please follow the...

Page 33: ...gurations are described in the following steps Note We recommend that you manually set up a static IP address that is linked to the MAC address of your CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Setting up a static IP via the PSetup Utility 1 Make sure that the correct MAC address is selected in the Device field at the top left of the PSetup Utility window 2 Click Query Device at bottom right to view the device s...

Page 34: ...5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM to your network make sure you complete the configuration of the network s DHCP server The network s router may be acting as your network s DHCP server or another device may be acting as the DHCP server 2 Connect the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM to your network by using an Ethernet cable Connect one end to your network and the other end to the Ethernet port of the CAT5 8 PORT ...

Page 35: ...op right select DHCP e In the Authentication area enter the Super User login and password for the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM The default login is super and the default password is pass f Click the Setup Device button If the Super User login and password are correct a Successfully configured device message will appear g The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM will now try to contact a DHCP server in the sub...

Page 36: ...t your device from the Device MAC Address drop down box then in the Authentication section in the bottom left part of the window enter the Super User login and current password for your CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM The default login is super and the default password is pass Now enter your new password in the New Super User password text box and enter it again in the New Password confirm text box to ...

Page 37: ...ill see some devices information and a prompt Type in config press the Enter key and wait a few seconds for the configuration questions to appear As you proceed you will be prompted for the following settings one after the other To accept the default values shown in square brackets below press the Enter key IP auto configuration None IP address 192 168 0 70 Net mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 0...

Page 38: ... mouse depends on several settings which will be discussed in the following subsections 9 3 1 CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM keyboard settings The keyboard model emulated by the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM must be set properly in order for keystrokes received by the Host computer to match the ones sent by a Remote computer View these settings in the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM s Web Management GUI 9 3 2...

Page 39: ...This method takes more time than the fast Sync It can be accessed with the appropriate item in the Remote Console option menu The intelligent synchronization requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment function to setup the picture and make sure that 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 sta...

Page 40: ...hat limit this functionality and may prevent this synchronization from working properly If you experience issues with mouse synchronization please try the following Special Mouse Driver Specific mouse drivers may influence the synchronization process and impede synchronization of dual mouse pointers If this happens make sure you are not using a special vendor specific mouse driver on your Host sys...

Page 41: ...ontrol Panel to set the mouse to 1 1 no acceleration Alternatively you could use the Single Mouse mode only On SUN operating systems Double Mouse Mode only functions if you use SUN JVM 1 5 or higher 9 3 6 Video Modes The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM recognizes a limited number of common video modes If you run X11 on the host system please do not use any custom mode lines with special video modes If ...

Page 42: ...T IP KVM s serial port in terminal mode HTTP as the Primary Interface The primary interface of the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM is the HTTP interface This will be covered extensively in this chapter Other interfaces are addressed in sub topics In order to open the Remote Console window of your managed host system the browser must support version 1 5 or above of the Java Runtime Environment If the br...

Page 43: ... Cipher Strength the passkey length that is currently activated The dialog box contains a link that leads you to information on how to upgrade your browser to a more powerful encryption scheme The screenshots below shows the dialog boxes presented by IE 8 and IE 6 Figure 33 The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers generally support strong encryption by default ...

Page 44: ...u configured for your CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM during the installation process The address might be an IP address or a domain name in the case where you have given your CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM a symbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the URL field of your browser when establishing a non secured connection http IP address of IP KVM When using a secure connection type in ht...

Page 45: ...OTE Your web browser has to be set up to accept cookies or else you won t be able to log in Navigation After successfully logging into the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM the main page of the IP KVM web management GUI will appears This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific information The buttons on the upper side are clickable shortcuts to go to the main page to open the Remote C...

Page 46: ...icking on any of the menu items will bring you back to the login screen Remote Console Preview Click on Click to open to start the remote console redirection Click on Refresh to refresh the picture 10 2 2 Log out from the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM 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...

Page 47: ...ORT 16 PORT IP KVM is connected to your local network environment and your connection to the Internet is available by using a proxy server without NAT being configured it is unlikely that the Remote Console will be able to establish the desired connection This is because modern web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol If you experience any problems please consult your network admin...

Page 48: ... window always tries to show the remote screen with its optimal size That means it will resize the window to fit the Remote side user s screen by default 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 NOTE The Remote Console window is just another window on the Remote side user s sys...

Page 49: ...16 PORT IP KVM Once detection is complete the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM will adjust itself for the best possible video quality Sync mouse Clicking this button activates the mouse synchronization process Choose this option to synchronize the Host side mouse cursor with the Remote side mouse cursor Double Mouse Mode only Single Double mouse mode Clicking this button switches between Single Mouse Mo...

Page 50: ...ts he or she can force a shutout of all other Remote side users from a Host system so that he or she alone can control the Host systems No one can re open the selected Remote Consoles until this user deactivates Exclusive Access or logs off The Access Mode icon in the status bar at the bottom of the screen will indicate the current status of the Exclusive Access function see the screenshot below F...

Page 51: ...e of the Remote Console window is calculated according to the Host video settings and the scaling algorithm When you select Scale to fit the Host video display will fit into the size and shape of the window for the Remote Console no matter how this window is resized by the Remote side user Figure 37 Remote Console Options Menu Scaling Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two option...

Page 52: ...next time this user opens the Remote Console The number of available pointer shapes depends on the version of the Java Virtual Machine installed on the Remote computer version 1 5 or above will offer the full list Figure 38 Remote Console Options Menu Video Settings This submenu opens a panel for changing the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM video settings The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM has two separate...

Page 53: ...ion Defines the horizontal positioning of the video Vertical Position Defines the vertical positioning of the video Reset this Mode Resets video mode specific settings Clock Phase and Position to the factory defaults Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory defaults Save changes Save changes permanently Undo Changes Restore last settings Video Settings via the Web Management GUI To set th...

Page 54: ... the Host system Usually only the parts of the video feed that have changed will be sent from the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM in order to save network bandwidth This function is mainly for troubleshooting issues that may occur when old video fragments are not updated quickly for some reason One of the reasons for this could be that the Noise Filter setting for video has been set too high To adjust ...

Page 55: ...tkeys This menu item opens a list of pre defined hotkeys which is useful for hotkey combinations that may be difficult to send such as CTRL ALT DEL Click any entry and that specific command will be sent to the Host system A confirmation dialog will appear before the system sends the selected command to the Host system Click the OK button execute the key combination on the Host system Figure 42 Rem...

Page 56: ... more time is needed to pack and unpack the video data on either side of the connection The 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 take to transfer the whole video picture If level 0 is chosen the video compression is disabled completely The...

Page 57: ...mpression The next two options allow you to set the compression level to a predefined level or to set a level for lossy compression This compresses well but leads to degradation in image quality Figure 44 Predefined Compression ...

Page 58: ...t the desired color depth You may select between 8 or 16 bit for Video Optimized compression level 0 or between 1 and 8 bit for compression level 1 to 9 The higher the color depth the more video information has to be captured and to be transferred ...

Page 59: ...vement regarding the video transfer rate by lowering the color depth and disabling the option Video Optimized As a general result the data rate is reduced less bits per color Furthermore the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM will not have to do any video compression In total this will lead to less transfer time of the motion picture ...

Page 60: ...ets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL means a secure connection Figure 47 Status line The right hand side of the Status Bar may show the frame rate of the video in frames per second Fps and the current incoming In and outgoing Out transmission rates If compressed encoding is enabled the compressed transfer rate will be displayed ...

Page 61: ...sole window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Starting the Remote Console opens a new window displays screen movement of host system with its size automatically adjusted to optimum Keyboard and mouse are redirected to control the host system simultaneously A slight delay may present depending on the bandwidth of network ...

Page 62: ...upports 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 serial port is activated if the serial settings were configured accordingly All inputs and outputs are redirected to the device via the serial port and its answers are displayed on the Telnet interface In order to lo...

Page 63: ...the Telnet program is using a VT 100 VT 102 or VT 220 terminal or an according emulation it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM host machine is using a text mode screen resolution To log in Telnet Console by one of the following way 1 clicking Remote Control telnet Console Figure 50 Telnet Console ...

Page 64: ...thentication are 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 logged into the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM a command line will be presented and you can enter according management commands Key in help to list all available commands The following list sh...

Page 65: ...ption Video Settings vscreset modes reset settings for the current video mode vscreset allmodes reset settings for all video modes vscreset all reset all video modes and global settings Brightness and Contrast SSH Console The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM supports the SSH security protocol The device uses version 2 of the SSH protocol SSH2 to encrypt the transferred data and secure transmissions The ...

Page 66: ...ave the power energy Settings on target computer To wake up a remotely located computer via the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM some settings have to be pre configured on the target computer 1 BIOS setting Enable the wakeup function in the BIOS of the target system Note The naming of the wakeup function in BIOS varies depending on the type of BIOS It may be listed as Wake On LAN PME PME Event Wake Up o...

Page 67: ... 67 Make sure Wake on Magic packet is Enable ...

Page 68: ...er description and the computer server s IP address 3 Click on the Get MAC button to obtain and automatically add the corresponding MAC address of the selected computer 4 Click on the Apply button to save the entry 5 Click on the Reset to defaults button if you want to clear all entries 6 If you want to configure multiple target systems click on the More entries button to add more target computers...

Page 69: ...able devices like USB sticks with the remote system over a TCP network connection Thus with Drive Redirection you can use a virtual disk drive on the remote computer instead of an image file It is also possible to enable a remote machine to write data to your local disk Before go ahead with this setup both remote user computer and local computer the one connected with the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KV...

Page 70: ...r removable devices such as USB storage drives Figure 51 Options of Drive Redirection It is even possible to enable write support so that the Remote side user can write data to his or her local disk from the Host machine However if write support is enabled care should be taken that the two systems do not write onto the same disk at the same time as computer operating systems cannot distinguish a l...

Page 71: ...messages to pop up We therefore recommend that the Remote user uses the Drive Redirection function with care especially if write support is enabled Disable Drive Redirection To disable the Drive Redirection function Force read only connections If you enable the Force read only connections function write support for the Drive Redirection feature will be switched off once you click Apply This will m...

Page 72: ...e boot order or the boot manager LILO GRUB Such incidents were reported for some Windows versions Windows 2000 and Windows XP and other operating systems might behave in the same way The actual OS behavior will depend on the BIOS version used in the specific machine ...

Page 73: ...ndows 95 98 and Windows ME do not enter the IP address enter the server name e g NetBIOS Name Share folder name Enter the name of the relevant share folder Image file name Enter the name of the image file as it is on the share folder User optional If necessary specify the username for the share named before If unspecified and a guest account is activated this guest account information will be used...

Page 74: ...r IP addresses and device names accordingly Administrative permission is required for this as regular users may not have access rights Please log in as a system administrator or as root on UNIX systems It is also important to specify the correct IP KVM IP addresses and device names Otherwise the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM may not be able to access the referenced image file properly This will cause...

Page 75: ...the image file Copy the CD DVD ISO image file to this sharing folder Please make sure password has to be setup with the authorized user during Sharing Permission settings MS Windows Open the Explorer navigate to the directory or share and press the right mouse button to open the context menu Select Sharing to open the configuration dialog Figure 54 Explorer Context Menu ...

Page 76: ...nput field Comment If necessary adjust the permissions Permissions button Click OK to set the options for this share UNIX and UNIX like OS UNIX Solaris Linux If you like to access the share via SAMBA SAMBA has to be set up properly You may either edit the SAMBA configuration file etc samba smb conf or use the Samba Web Administration Tool SWAT or WebMin to set the correct parameters Viewing the ma...

Page 77: ...formation on Image on Windows Share and click the Set button to save the settings 4 If the Image file set successfully a screen like the one below will appear 5 Open the remote console and you can see the virtual CD as shown below ...

Page 78: ...fer to the section Creating a floppy image For this example we used Raw Write program or any other image creator software to create the floppy image Please use licensed software for this purpose 2 You can find an image file saved at desire destination after you created it with Raw Write 3 Open the browser to log into the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Click Virtual Media Floppy Disk Click the Browse b...

Page 79: ...rive is in read only mode and does not allow you to write any information on the drive This drive can act as a boot drive if the motherboard BIOS on the Host computer supports the USB BOOTABLE function Notes 1 For any image creating software the output image s file extension must be img e g floppy_vir img 2 The uploaded image file will be kept in the onboard memory of the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KV...

Page 80: ...ntent Click on the button Read to initiate the image creation process UNIX and UNIX like OS To create an image file you can use the dd command This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Solaris and 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 th...

Page 81: ...the image and save the CD ROM content in that file Figure 58 Nero selection dialog UNIX and UNIX like OS To create an image file you can use dd command This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Solaris and Linux To create a CD ROM image file copy the contents of the CD ROM to a file You can use the following command dd if dev cdrom of tmp cdrom image...

Page 82: ...direction as below 1 Click Remote Control KVM Console 2 Click on the Floppy icon You will see the Driver Redirection window as below Figure 59 Built in Java Drive Redirection 3 You can either redirect a local drive only available under Windows or redirect an ISO CD DVD image ...

Page 83: ...pecially handy when working with a USB stick Write Support This feature may be enabled here Write 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 this will certainly destroy the file system on the drive Please use this feature only if you exactly kno...

Page 84: ...k on Connect ISO Select the ISO image file and click Open 4 Finally the established Drive Redirection connection will be displayed Open My Computer you will see the virtual drive appears on the remote host PC window ...

Page 85: ... be damaged by the Drive Redirection This should not be a serious problem if the Write Support is disabled Clicking on the Disconnect button will disconnect the Drive Redirection connection Please note that the Virtual Drive is created on the device level not the partition level which means that the computer looks for I O at the BIOS level and sends the corresponding data to the Host computer This...

Page 86: ...KVM s web pages There are three permission ranks that can be assigned to any user at any time by any user that has the relevant permission rank The highest permission rank is super user then administrator then user at the bottom of the rank hierarchy 11 3 1 Change Password Figure 60 Setting Password Click on User Management Change Password to change the password for the currently logged in user ac...

Page 87: ...efault super user account that is permitted to make all possible configuration changes and use all the device s functions The factory default username and password for this super user is super and pass Make sure you change the password immediately after you have installed your CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Existing users Select an existing user for modification Once a user has been selected click the...

Page 88: ... IP KVM is equipped with a built in processor and memory unit which both have limitations in terms of the processing instructions and memory space To guarantee an acceptable response time we recommend that you do not let more than 15 users connect to the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM at the same time The memory space available on the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM mainly depends on the configuration and ...

Page 89: ...ollowing settings are user specific That means the super user can customize these settings for every user separately Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users Figure 62 User Console Setting ...

Page 90: ...speed Manually This field lets you adjust both the compression rate and the color depth individually Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth Since high compression rates use more of the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM s computing power they should not be used while several user...

Page 91: ...ity when run in Sun s JVM Please make sure that you install Sun JVM 1 5 or above in your client system Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode This setting sets the initial value for the Monitor Only mode By default Monitor Only mode is off If you enable this setting the Remote Console window will open in view only mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode If you enable this setting ...

Page 92: ... confirmation dialog box Yes No before a keystroke sequence is sent to the remote host keycode is the key sequence that will be sent Multiple key codes can be concatenated with a plus or a minus sign The plus sign builds key combinations where all keys listed will be pressed until a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered where all pressed keys will be released in reversed sequence...

Page 93: ...acintosh for the Apple Macintosh Keyboard timeout We recommend that you enable this setting if the Host system runs on a UNIX or UNIX like OS Mouse Speed Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on the Host system use an additional acceleration setting The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process Fixed mouse spee...

Page 94: ...rence and can help lower unnecessary bandwidth consumption A large filter setting needs less network data traffic and enables a faster video display but some small changes in the display may not be recognized immediately A small filter setting displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant stream of network traffic even if the display content is not actually changing depending on the qu...

Page 95: ...on to save your settings 11 5 Device Settings 11 5 1 Network The Network Settings panel allows the user to change network related parameters Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect ...

Page 96: ...elect bootp If you choose none then IP auto configuration is disabled and you will need to set a static IP Warning Changing the network settings of the 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM might result in losing your connection to it In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and that you still have a way to access the 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM if the connection is lost such a...

Page 97: ...This option may be left blank but the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM will then be unable to perform name resolution Secondary DNS Server IP Address Here you can set the secondary DNS server for the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM It will be used in case the Primary DNS Server cannot be contacted Remote Console And HTTPS port Here you can set the port the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM will use for the Remote C...

Page 98: ...the SSH Secure Shell function Disable Setup Protocol Enable this option to exclude the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM from the setup protocol Setup protocol is a proprietary layer 2 MAC based protocol to allow some configuration software to detect CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM devices in the network even without IP address and then configure network related settings for the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM 11 ...

Page 99: ... steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS Make sure that the LAN interface of the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM is properly configured Create an account with a DDNS service provider and set up a hostname for the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM to use You will need the username and password for your DDNS account as well as the hostname you will use Enable Dynamic DNS and enter the required settings as describe...

Page 100: ...ters itself for initiating the IP address of CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM stored in the Dynamic DNS server at this time Check interval This is the interval for reporting again to the Dynamic DNS server for updating the IP address associated with the Domain Name of the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Warning The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM has its own independent real time clock Make sure the time setting ...

Page 101: ...n cannot be made Group based System Access Control This lets you control what IP addresses can connect to the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM by creating IP filtering rules You can choose to allow or block IP addresses to from accessing the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Note If you set the IP filtering rules incorrectly it is possible to block your computer from accessing the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Fo...

Page 102: ... of IP Filtering Check the Enable Group based System Access Control to edit the rules Users can add a new IP filtering rule by setting the properties at adding line by Append or Insert User can remove a rule by Remove or Delete ...

Page 103: ... 103 Figure 70 IP Filter Setting 11 5 4 Certificate Figure 71 Certificate Settings ...

Page 104: ... will need to be certified by a certification authority CA A CA 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 install a SSL certificate for the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown as above You need to fill out a number of fields that are expla...

Page 105: ...s the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients Warning If you destroy the CSR on the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM there is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps as described above ...

Page 106: ...Enter the state or province where your organization is located Country ISO code Enter the country where your organization is located This is the two letter ISO code e g DE for Germany or US for the USA Note the country code must be entered in CAPITAL LETTERS Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate e g revocation o...

Page 107: ...ndard built in Ethernet adapter The modem needs to be connected to the serial interface of the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Logically connecting to the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM using a telephone line means nothing more than creating a dedicated point to point connection from your Remote computer to the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM In other words the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM acts as an Internet Ser...

Page 108: ... the public telephone network you can change this setting by entering a new string Refer to the modem s manual for the modem init string syntax Modem server IP address Enter the IP address will be assigned to the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM itself during the PPP handshake Since it is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering w...

Page 109: ...al Port Log function is used for console server applications The data received from the selected serial port can be buffered in the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM s memory or in an NFS server The user can also define Key Words for that serial port which will then trigger email notifications or SNMP traps that will be sent to an administrator if the keyword is found in the logged data ...

Page 110: ...ver to set the time automatically use this setting to determine the offset for your time zone User Specified Time Select this option to set the time manually Enter the date and time using the formats specified Synchronize with NTP Server Select this option to use an NTP server to set the time automatically Enter the address of the NTP server you want to use in the Primary Time server text box You ...

Page 111: ...erent destinations Each type of event belongs to an event group for which logging can be separately activated or deactivated On the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM s web GUI click Device Settings Event Log to open the Event Log Targets and Event Log Assignments page You can see the current event log by going to Maintenance Event Log ...

Page 112: ...ll log data will be lost To avoid this use one of the following log methods NFS Logging enabled This allows you to log events to a file on an NFS server To use NFS Logging tick the NFS Logging Enabled checkbox and enter the NFS Server NFS Share and NFS Log File to use To write log data from more than one CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM devices to only one NFS share you will need to use a unique NFS Log...

Page 113: ...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 the information about the log event Only authentication and host power events have their own trap class that consists of several fields with detailed information about the event To receive this SNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be ...

Page 114: ... Internal log file cleared by user Device Security Violation Security Host Power Host Host Reset Host Connection to Remote Console failed reason Console several Connection to client established Console Connection to client closed Console Login failed Auth Login succeed Auth Warning In contrast to the internal log file on the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM the size of the NFS log file is not limited Ev...

Page 115: ...y an LDAP or a RADIUS Server to use for the login authentication These methods are very useful when you want to map users into specific groups which have certain privileges It is usually far easier and simpler to refer to already existing groups rather than having to re enter everything into the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Note Whatever you configure you can always login over the network as the sup...

Page 116: ...en click the Apply button to save your changes Base DN of User LDAP Server Here you specify the distinguished name DN where the directory tree starts in the user LDAP server E g dc test dc domain dc com Type of external LDAP Server With this option you set the type of the external LDAP server This is necessary since some server types require special handling Additionally the default values for the...

Page 117: ...ree RADIUS implementation Note Currently we do not support challenge response An Access Challenge response is seen and evaluated as an Access Reject To access a remote device using the RADIUS protocol you have to login first You are asked to specify your user name and password then The RADIUS server reads your input data Authentication and the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM looks for your profile Auth...

Page 118: ...sterisk Authentication Port The port the RADIUS server listens for authentication requests The default value is 1812 Accounting Port The port the RADIUS server listens for accounting requests The default value is 1813 Timeout Sets the request time to live in seconds The time to live is the time to wait for the completion of the request If the request job is not completed within this interval of ti...

Page 119: ... administrator can perform various maintenance activities on the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM These include viewing its status updating its firmware viewing the event log and resetting the unit 11 6 1 Device Information The Device Status page contains a table with information about the hardware and firmware of CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM This information is useful if technical support is required ...

Page 120: ...e bottom of the Device Information field see the screenshot above displays the status of connected users For every user it lists the username the IP address of the network host that the user is connecting from and the activity status RC means that the Remote Console is open and active on that user s computer If the Remote Console is opened in Exclusive Access mode the term exclusive is added For m...

Page 121: ... 121 11 6 2 Event log The Event Log displays all events that are logged by the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM see screenshot below Figure 80 Event Log List ...

Page 122: ...inzip com for decompression Other operating systems might provide a program called unzip Before you can start updating the firmware of your CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM Warning This process is not reversible and might take few minutes During this upgrading process we sh...

Page 123: ... do that you need to select the file on your local system using the button Browse of the Upload Firmware panel Click Upload Once the firmware file has been uploaded it is checked whether it is a valid firmware file and whether there were any transmission errors In case of any error the Upload Firmware function will be aborted 2 If everything went well you see the Update Firmware panel The panel sh...

Page 124: ... 124 Check out the device information to see the updated firmware is running ...

Page 125: ...e 81 Unit Reset To reset a specific functionality click on the related Reset button Clicking on Reset button in the Reset Device field will reboot the entire CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM system It will close all current connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console The whole process will take about one minute Resetting subsystems e g the video engine will take only a few second...

Page 126: ...s HyperTerminal or PuTTY with the following settings Baudrate 115200 Data stop bits 8 1 Parity none Flow control none 2 Enter the debugging mode via reboot the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM system and hit the ESC key There are two ways to enter the debugging mode a Reboot the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM device During the first 2 seconds of boot up press the ESC key on the computer that s connecting th...

Page 127: ... 16 PORT IP KVM to factory defaults will clear all settings on the device 4 The window will display the following information when the reset to factory defaults had been completed and the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM will automatically reboot ...

Page 128: ...ork with most of standard KVMs 6 When you set up the username and password what is the maximum number of letters and digits that can be used The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM accepts up to 32 letters and digits for the username and password 7 How many users can access the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM at the same time The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM can accommodate up to 15 concurrent users 8 What level ...

Page 129: ...s not equipped with a floppy disk drive check the BIOS to make sure it is set to No floppy drive installed 5 The CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM web GUI are inconsistent or chaotic Make sure your browser cache settings are not set to never check for newer pages or something similar Otherwise web pages may be loaded from your browser cache and not from the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM device itself 6 The ...

Page 130: ...e Advanced tab click Performance Settings c Click the Advanced tab d If System cache is selected in Memory Usage change it to Programs and click the OK button to save your changes See the screenshot below e Restart the computer The problem should be solved now 8 Local mouse and remote mouse are not in sync after doing mouse Intelligent Sync Please don t place the pointer on the upper left hand cor...

Page 131: ...that the mouse settings on your Host computer have the options Enhance pointer precision or Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button in a dialog box disabled For Windows XP go to Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Mouse Pointer Options See page 20 for detailed information 10 In Windows Vista the mouse won t work in the Remote Console window and Drive Redirection also doesn t w...

Page 132: ...RT 16 PORT IP KVM startup complete about 60 seconds and then power on the Host Target computer 13 The video quality is bad or the picture is grainy Adjust the brightness and contrast settings in Options Video Settings until satisfaction or click on the Auto Adjust Video button to correct a flickering video 14 The video on the Remote Console window is surrounded by a black border The black bars may...

Page 133: ...r Console screen of the CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT IP KVM s web GUI For more information refer to section 11 4 1 User Console 18 I can t upload the signed certificate in Mac OS X If an internal error occurs while uploading the signed certificate either change the extension of the file to txt or add a file helper using the Internet Explorer preferences for this type of file Make sure that the encoding is ...

Page 134: ...g usr share opera java opera policy grant codeBase nn pp rc RemoteConsoleApplet permission java lang RuntimePermission accessClassInPackage sun to the java policy file of opera e g usr share opera java opera policy ...

Page 135: ... PS 2 console and on screen display The firmware filename for CSL1 is like CK_CSLOSD_Vxxx 300 CSL2 Update for PS 2 console keyboard mouse compatibility The firmware filename for CSL2 is like CK_CSL2_Vxxx 300 To update the firmware please do the followings 1 Disconnect all the KVM cable between KVM and computer 2 Disconnect all the keyboard and mouse plugged on KVM 3 Disconnect the VGA cable betwee...

Page 136: ...ble 7 The utility will scan the KVM programmer automatically Figure 84 Programmer Connection Status 8 Please select the target by enabling the check box for example USB Console and click the file browsing button to select the firmware file to update ...

Page 137: ...rt 9 Select the firmware file to update Figure 86 Select Firmware File 10 Click the Program button to start firmware programming Figure 87 Click Program button 11 A status bar is shown under the panel to indicate the update progress ...

Page 138: ... 138 Figure 88 Programming Progress 12 The firmware is updated successfully Figure 89 Programming Finished ...

Page 139: ...of the keys may have aliases meaning that they can be named by 2 key codes in the table these are separated by a comma The key codes in the table below refer to a standard 104 key PC keyboard with US English language mapping The layout for this keyboard is shown in the keyboard diagram below Key and aliases 0 9 A Z TILDE MINUS EQUALS LESS SLASH BACK SPACE TAB ENTER CAPS LOCK BACK SLASH LSHIFT SHIF...

Page 140: ... below lists the user authorization permissions granted for the three user authority categories Super User Administrator and User Function User Administrator Super Remote Control KVM x x x Remote Power Wakeup x x Remote Control Telnet Console x x x Virtual Media x x x User Management Change Password x x x User Management Users x KVM Settings User Console x w o Misc Settings x x KVM Settings Keyboa...

Page 141: ...andwidth Comment Video Optimized Video Optimized 8 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 LAN high color 0 no compression 16 bit 1 0 1 3 MB s uncompressed video data LAN 0 no compression 8 bit 500 700 kb s uncompressed video data DSL 2 8 bit...

Page 142: ...ses or by programs executed by privileged users The table below shows some of the well known port numbers For more details please visit the IANA website http www iana org assignments port numbers Port Number Protocol TCP UDP 21 FTP File Transfer Protocol TCP 22 SSH Secure Shell TCP 23 Telnet TCP 25 SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol TCP 37 Time TCP UCP 39 RLP Resource Location Protocol UDP 49 TACA...

Page 143: ...nslate text host names into numeric IP addresses LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol A protocol for accessing directory information NAT Network Address Translation An Internet standard that enables a LAN to use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a second set of addresses for external traffic This enables a company to shield internal addresses from the public Internet NFS Netwo...

Page 144: ...hentication and accounting protocol It enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate dial in users and their access permissions A company stores user profiles in a central database that all remote servers can share SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol A protocol that system administrators use to monitor networks and connected devices and to respond to querie...

Page 145: ...145 A secure transport protocol based on public key cryptography Telnet A terminal protocol that provides an easy to use method of creating terminal connections to a network host ...

Page 146: ...nerates and uses radio frequency and may cause interference to radio and television reception if not installed and used properly This has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of the FCC Rules These specifications are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installa...

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