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KVM-MU108AP

KVM-MU116AP

8-Port / 16-Port

PS/2 KVM over IP Switch

User's Manual

P-Link Computer / www.plinkusa.net

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Page 1: ...KVM MU108AP KVM MU116AP 8 Port 16 Port PS 2 KVM over IP Switch User s Manual P Link Computer www plinkusa net...

Page 2: ...Release Version 2 4 Release Date 2007 1 10...

Page 3: ...ditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE This equipment is in complianc...

Page 4: ...onfiguration 24 4 2 1 IP KVM switch keyboard settings 24 4 2 2 Remote Mouse Settings 24 4 2 3 Automatic mouse speed and mouse synchronization 25 4 2 4 Host system mouse settings 25 4 2 5 Single and Do...

Page 5: ...5 2 Keyboard Mouse 64 6 5 3 Video 66 6 6 Device Settings 67 6 6 1 Network 67 6 6 2 Dynamic DNS 69 6 6 3 Security 71 6 6 4 Certificate 72 6 6 5 Serial Port 75 6 6 6 Date and Time 77 6 6 7 Event Log 78...

Page 6: ...nts Model No 8 port PS 2 IP KVM switch Base unit 8 port IP KVM Switch 1 PC User s manual 1 PC CD ROM software utilities and User s manual 1 PC AC to DC Power Adapter DC 5V 2 5A 1 PC Power Cord cable 6...

Page 7: ...t PS 2 IP KVM switch Figure 1 4 The front panel of 16port PS 2 IP KVM switch 1 3 Initial IP configuration In factory default DHCP mode is disabled IP auto configuration None and the IP settings are as...

Page 8: ...bottom side of the metal housing IP KVM 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 setup t...

Page 9: ...ed using a standard JAVA enabled web browser You must install Sun JVM 1 4 2 or above to your client system Note At a minimum you must have Internet Explorer 6 0 or Netscape 7 0 or Molliza 1 6 and abov...

Page 10: ...e of the HTML front end Figure 1 2 shows the top of the Remote 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 Adj...

Page 11: ...ve the video quality It is also possible to revert to the default settings for all video modes or only the current one Note At first start if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remot...

Page 12: ...s results in a screen resolution of 1280x1024 pixels 2 1 Feature overview z Manage servers around the world z 8 16 port KVM over IP switch is 19 rack mount size design z KVM keyboard video and mouse a...

Page 13: ...pin VGA HDDB 15pin Remote Console RJ 45 8P8C Daisy Chain Port Connector All Female Types PS 2 Keyboard mini Din 6 pin PS 2 Mouse Mini Din 6 pin VGA HDDB 15pin Serial Port DB9 pin Male 1 LAN port RJ 45...

Page 14: ...t Console allows you to access the remote server s graphics keyboard and mouse and to send special commands to the server You can also perform periodic maintenance of the server Using the Console Redi...

Page 15: ...ure Console screen CMOS set up information Power cable detached power supply failure Server remains in power off state after power on command has been given CPU Controller main board failure Power sup...

Page 16: ...etwork Figure 3 1 PS 2 IP KVM switch usage scenario PS 2 IP KVM switch redirects local keyboard mouse and video data to a remote administration console All data is transmitted via IP PS 2 IP KVM switc...

Page 17: ...he PS 2 IP KVM switch to the host system please perform the following steps Step 1 Power down your computer and IP KVM switch Step 2 Connect the power supply to IP KVM switch and plug the other end in...

Page 18: ...you will need an AT to PS 2 adapter Step 6 Local console Connect the mouse to the KVM Switch Step 7 Each PC port connector is HDDB15 pin type Locate your input cable It will have an HDDB15 pin male c...

Page 19: ...ption Connect the type A connector of USB A B cable to the USB port of the host system while using remote mass storage control USB type A plug of USB A B cable to the computer Step 11 Connect the Ethe...

Page 20: ...45 plug with the notch on the adapter s connector and insert it into the adapter s connector 100 Mbps Connection For 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet networks PS 2 IP KVM switch supports Category 5 UTP cabli...

Page 21: ...1 22 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway None Table 4 1 Initial Network Configurations IP KVM switch Setup Tool If this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the setup...

Page 22: ...configuration as None setup IP address and Subnet mask b Enter Super user login and password for Authentication default super pass c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated it ll show Suc...

Page 23: ...For using serial terminal the IP KVM switch 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 paramet...

Page 24: ...correct operation of the remote mouse depends on several settings which will be discussed in the following subsections 4 2 1 IP KVM switch keyboard settings The IP KVM switch settings for the host s...

Page 25: ...le to change the mouse cursor shape from the normal state The Sync mouse button on top of the Remote Console can behave differently depending on the current state of mouse synchronization Usually pres...

Page 26: ...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 2 6 Recommended Mouse...

Page 27: ...emote Console window of your managed host system the 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 yo...

Page 28: ...s Pressing the individual button to get PC port you want 16 port PS 2 IP KVM Switch The Push Buttons Pressing the individual button to get PC port you want To press both Shift button and port 1 or por...

Page 29: ...VM switch back to initial state Check the password but also re check all of slave banks which connected to mast KVM Switch If you add a new KVM Switch as a slave bank please use reset button of master...

Page 30: ...y Menu 5 2 1 Daisy Chain Connection Diagram Please use the attached 3 feet 3 in one daisy chain Cable 90 feet Kit to daisy chain the KVM Switch A Connect Keyboard Mouse and Monitor to the console port...

Page 31: ...of PCs The user can arrange or maintain PCs as follows a A PC can be disconnected and reconnected to the same or different port of the KVM unit without having to power it off as long as it is not the...

Page 32: ...line bar is Bank no b The 2nd block is your PC system name list You will find the system number list from 01 to 04 if the current box is 4 port or from 01 to 8 if the current box no is 8 port or from...

Page 33: ...the Enter The maximum password is 8 digits After you key in the password already and press the Enter key there is another window for confirming your typed password You need to retype the password aga...

Page 34: ...1 Login into the IP KVM switch Launch your web browser Direct it to the address of your IP KVM switch which you configured during the installation process The address used might be an IP address or a...

Page 35: ...nd to the host system including all possible consequences Warning Your web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible Navigation Having logged into the IP KVM switch successfully the...

Page 36: ...keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that IP KVM switch controls Figure 5 4 Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the IP K...

Page 37: ...es a US English 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...

Page 38: ...erated mouse settings on the host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on the host Single Double mouse mode Switches between the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse po...

Page 39: ...caling algorithm will not preserve all display details When you designate 25 50 or100 scaling the size of Remote Console window is calculated according to the remote host video setting with scaling al...

Page 40: ...settings Video Settings through the HTML Frontend To enable local video port select this option This option decides if the local video output of IP KVM switch is active and passing through the incomi...

Page 41: ...y quality together with the setting for sampling clock Horizontal Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in horizontal direction while this option is selected Vertical Position Us...

Page 42: ...machine Mapping Used for choosing the specific language and country mapping of the Soft Keyboard Figure 5 12 Soft Keyboard Mapping Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser m...

Page 43: ...ways be seen as a compromise between the network bandwidth that is available on your video picture to be transferred and on the number of changes between two single video pictures We recommend to use...

Page 44: ...ompression level 1 to 9 The higher the color depth the more video information has to be captured and to be transferred Figure 5 14 Encoding Color depth Note If displaying motion pictures on a connecti...

Page 45: ...a Remote Console with a resolution of 800x600 pixels The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL means a secure connect...

Page 46: ...2 6 Menu Options 6 1 Remote Control 6 1 1 KVM Console Figure 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 pi...

Page 47: ...device The credentials that need to be entered for authentication are identical to those of the web interface That means the user management of the Telnet interface is entirely controlled with the acc...

Page 48: ...terminal 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 Vi...

Page 49: ...the chosen image file into the IP KVM switch s onboard memory This image file is kept in the onboard memory of the IP KVM switch until the end of the current session as you logged out or initiated a...

Page 50: ...image and its location click on the button Set The specified image file is supposed to be accessible from the IP KVM switch The information above has to be given from the point of view of the IP KVM...

Page 51: ...e an appropriate name for the share You may also add a short description for this folder input field Comment If necessary adjust the permissions button permissions Click OK to set the options for this...

Page 52: ...to 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 IP KVM switch Figure 6 12 RawWrite for Windows selection dialog From the...

Page 53: ...nput 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...

Page 54: ...ive Redirection 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...

Page 55: ...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 6 3 3 1 Driver Instal...

Page 56: ...Drive Redirection Setup Drive Redirection Settings Start 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 t...

Page 57: ...ive letters especially for an 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 v...

Page 58: ...d if you want to establish the connection anyhow This 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 t...

Page 59: ...ile is currently loaded If unset and no file image will be found it may happen that the host system will hang on boot due to changes in the boot order or the boot manager LILO GRUB This case was repor...

Page 60: ...ord in the upper entry field Retype the password in the field below Click Apply to submit your changes 6 4 2 Users and Groups Figure 6 19 Set User The IP KVM switch comes with 1 pre configured user ac...

Page 61: ...the desired role from the selection box To create an user press the button Create The button Modify changes the dis played user settings To delete an user press the button Delete Note The IP KVM is e...

Page 62: ...nt of the video image Pre configured The pre configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of compression and colour depth for the indicated network speed Manually Allows...

Page 63: ...will be downloaded and installed automatically However in order to make the installation possible you still need to answer the according dialogs with yes The download volume is around 11 Mbytes The a...

Page 64: ...g the X Server The syntax to define a new Button Key is as follows confirm keycode keycode confirm requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host keycode...

Page 65: ...acintosh for the Apple Macintosh Keyboard timeout Recommanded as enable for keyboard timeout when host is UNIX or UNIX like OS USB Mouse Type Enables USB mouse type Choose between Windows 2000 MacOSX...

Page 66: ...ognized immediately 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 th...

Page 67: ...the special procedure described in Table 4 1 Warning Changing the network settings of the IP KVM switch might result in losing connection to it In case you change the settings remotely make sure that...

Page 68: ...e used Telnet port Port number at which the IP KVM switch s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Bandwidth limitation The maximum network traffic generated through t...

Page 69: ...rio The IP KVM switch is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router which is dynamically assigned by the provider Since the administrator does not know the IP address assigned by the provider the...

Page 70: ...ters itself in regular intervals Currently this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now DNS System Choose Dynamic for free DNS service Custom for your own domain Hostname This is...

Page 71: ...n 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 administrator machine and keyboard...

Page 72: ...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...

Page 73: ...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 IP KVM switch once it is installed in the user s network usual...

Page 74: ...ny or US for the 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 certifi...

Page 75: ...onsole computer to the IP KVM switch In other words the IP KVM switch acts as an Internet Service Provider ISP to which you can dial in The connection is established using the Point to Point Protocol...

Page 76: ...ection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering with the IP settings of the IP KVM switch and your console computer The default value will work in most cases...

Page 77: ...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...

Page 78: ...g list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page In the Event Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page Furthermore you can clear the log file here List logging enabled...

Page 79: ...strings as the internal log file and 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 re...

Page 80: ...ay have to delete it 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 a...

Page 81: ...emote 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 Cha...

Page 82: ...n start updating the firmware of your IP KVM switch the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the IP KVM switch Updating the firmware is a th...

Page 83: ...However only experienced staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update Make sure the IP KVM switch s power supply will not be interrupted 6 7 4 Unit Reset Figure 6 38 Unit Reset Thi...

Page 84: ...Check whether the IP address of IP KVM switch and all other IP related settings are correct Also verify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN like routers etc is correctly configured Without a p...

Page 85: ...sole by following steps below 1 Click Video Settings in Options menu of the remote console 2 Adjust the Brightness setting until the pinkish tint is reduced or eliminated Does any software require on...

Page 86: ...name and password How many concurrent user of IP KVM switch The IP KVM switch accepts 15 concurrent users How many bits of connection encrypted of IP KVM switch The IP KVM switch provides AES 256 bits...

Page 87: ...me a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping The layout for this keyboard is shown in Figure A 1 However most modifier keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotke...

Page 88: ...ALT 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 END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPAD0 NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3...

Page 89: ...f 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 7...

Page 90: ...Settings x Maintenance Device Information x x x Maintenance Event Log x Maintenance Update Firmware x Maintenance Unit Reset Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Device Tabl...

Page 91: ...ed Bandwidth 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 uncomp...

Page 92: ...able 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...

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