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means the user management of the Telnet interface is entirely controlled with the appropriate
functions of the web interface.
Once you have successfully logged into the KVM OVER IP SWITCH a command line will be
presented and you can enter 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 serial port 1 is activated (if the serial settings were
made accordingly). All inputs are redirected to the device on serial port 1 and its answers are
displayed on the Telnet interface.
The following list shows the command mode syntax and their usage.
Help
Displays the list of possible commands
Cls
Clears the screen
Quit
Exits the current session and disconnects from the client
Version
Displays the release information
Terminal
Starts the terminal pass-through mode for the serial port. The key sequence ‘esc exit’ switches
back to the command mode.
5.2 Virtual Media
5.2.1 Drive Redirection
With Drive Redirection you do not have to use an image file but may work with a drive from your
local computer on the remote machine. The drive is hereby shared over a TCP network
connection. Devices such as floppy drives, hard discs, CD ROMs and other removable devices
like USB sticks can be redirected. It is even possible to enable a write support so that for the
remote machine it is possible to write data to your local disc.
Please note that Drive Redirection works 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. This may lead to inconsistent data as soon as one of the operating systems
(either from the local machine, or from the remote host) is writing data on the device. If write
support is enabled the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the
redirected device. On the other hand, if the local operating system writes data to the redirected
device the drive cache of the operating system of the remote host might contain older data. This
may confuse the remote host’s operating system. Therefore, we recommend to use the Drive
Redirection with care, especially the write support.
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Disable Drive Redirection
If enabled the Drive Redirection is switched off.
Force read-only connections
If enabled the Write Support for the Drive Redirection is switched off. It is not possible to
write on a redirected device.
Click Apply to submit your changes.
The method of Drive Redirection:
Built-in Java Drive Redirection function in Remote Console
1. Run Remote Control > KVM Console.
2. Click “Floppy” icon
3. Click on the floppy icon on the remote console screen Connect Drive or Connect ISO
