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Unpack the 1088IP 

Your 1088IP comes with the following equipment. If any piece is missing or damaged, report this to 
Raritan Technical Support. 

 

1088IP base unit 

 

Warranty Card 

 

Accessory CDR Manual /All 

 

Cable DB9F-DB9F/3000mm Black 

 

Power code AC China black/6FT 

 

UTP:1.8M(CAT5-007) 

 

R1088IP-1U-6U:Bracket 

 

1088IP 

 Front 

 

 

1088IP 

 Back 

 

 

Install the 1088IP 

1.

 

Connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the 1088IP. This is for local access: 
a.

 

Connect the monitor cable to the VGA monitor port on the rear of the 1088IP. 

b.

 

Connect the keyboard cable to the PS/2 keyboard port on the rear of the 1088IP. This port is 
colored green. 

c.

 

Connect the mouse cable to the PS/2 mouse port on the rear of the 1088IP. This port is 
colored purple. 

2.

 

Connect one end of a standard Cat 5e Ethernet cable to the LAN port on the rear of the 1088IP 
and connect the other end to your LAN. This is for remote access. 

3.

 

Connect one end of the power cable that was shipped with the 1088IP to the power connector on 
the rear of the 1088IP and the other end to a power outlet.  

4.

 

Flip the power switch to power the 1088IP on. 

Connect Target Devices to the 1088IP 

Make sure all devices are powered off when you connect them to the 1088 IP. Then, do the following: 
1.

 

Connect up to eight serial devices to the eight ports labeled 

Console 1 

 Console 8

 on the rear of 

the 1088IP. Use a standard RS-232 cable to connect the devices. 

2.

 

Connect up to eight servers to the ports labeled 

KVM 1 

 

KVM 8

 on the rear of the 1088IP. Use 

a CMCIP cable to connect to the monitor, keyboard, and mouse ports on the server. This cable 
can be purchased from Raritan. 

Configure the 1088IP for Remote Access 

To configure 1088IP for remote access over an IP network: 
1.

 

Connect a computer to the serial port on the rear of the 1088IP. Use the null modem cable that is 
shipped with the 1088IP. Make sure the serial port is configured as shown below: 

 

Bits/second 

= 11520 

 

Data bites 

= 8 

 

Parity 

= No 

 

Stop bits 

= 1 

 

Flow control 

= None 


2.

 

Launch a terminal emulation program 
such as HyperTerminal and open a 
console window on the 1088IP. Press 

Enter

 to display the 

Login

 prompt 

 

 

 
3.

 

At the Login prompt, type 

config

 (all lowercase letters) and press 

Enter

4.

 

Assign the 1088IP an IP address. There are two ways to do this: 

 

Dynamically

   Type 

dhcp

 (the default) or 

bootp

 and press 

Enter.

 

 

Statically

   Type 

none, 

and then enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway. 

5.

 

You are now prompted to enter the following parameters. Make each selection and then press 

Enter

 

IP Access Control

   Switches IP packet filtering on and off. Raritan recommends you keep 

the default of 

No

 for now. You can later turn it on from the web interface 

 

LAN Interface Speed

   Set to 

Auto

 by default. You can change the speed to 

10

 or 

100

 

Mbps 

 

LAN Interface Duplex Mode   

Set to 

Auto

 by default. You can change the mode to 

half

 

or 

full

 duplex 

6.

 

When you finish, you are prompted to check the parameters you entered. If any are incorrect, type 

N

, press 

Enter

, and make the appropriate changes. When all parameters are correct, type 

Y

 and 

press 

Enter

7.

 

Congratulations. Configuration is complete. You can close the terminal emulation window and 
disconnect your computer from the 1088IP’s serial port. 

What to Do Next 

1.

 

Go to the monitor, keyboard and mouse that you connected to the 1088IP and configure the 
1088IP for local administration. Give the 1088IP a recognizable name, set the display parameters, 
and configure the Console and KVM ports. Chapter 3 in the 

User Guide

 provides complete 

instructions. 

2.

 

Open a web browser, point it at the 1088IP’s IP address, and open the web interface. Configure 
the 1088IP for remote access. Create user accounts and user groups, set up user permissions, and 
secure the 1088IP from unauthorized access. 

Chapters 4 – 8

 provide complete instructions. 

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