ComboXCAT-IP User Guide
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3.3.7 Video Modes
ComboXCAT-IP recognizes a limited number of common video modes. When running
X11 on the host system, please do not use any custom mode lines with special video
modes. If you do, ComboXCAT-IP may not be able to detect them. We recommend
using any of the standard VESA video modes, instead.
4. Usage
4.1 Prerequisites
ComboXCAT-IP features an embedded operating system and applications offering a
variety of standardized interfaces. This chapter will describe both these interfaces,
and the way to use them in a more detailed manner. The interfaces are accessed
using the TCP/IP protocol family, thus they can be accessed using the LAN port of the
device. The following interfaces are supported:
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HTTP/HTTPS
Full access is provided by the embedded web server. ComboXCAT-IP environment
can be entirely managed using a standard web browser. You can access
ComboXCAT-IP using the insecure HTTP protocol, or using the encrypted HTTPS
protocol. Whenever possible, use HTTPS.
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Telnet
A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to
ComboXCAT-IP's serial port via a terminal mode.
The primary interface of ComboXCAT-IP is the HTTP interface. This is covered
extensively in this chapter. Other interfaces are addressed in subtopics.
In order to use the Remote 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), you are still able
to maintain your ComboXCAT-IP using the administration forms displayed by the
browser itself.
