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6.6 System Maintenance

The administrator performs various maintenance activities on the IP-KVM. These
include viewing its status, update firmware, view the event log and reset the unit.

Device Information

The Device Status page contains a table with information about the IP-

KVM’s

hardware and firmware. This information is useful if technical support is required.

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Page 2: ...LED OSD configuration 11 3 OSD Operation 13 3 1 OSD Menu Operation 13 3 2 OSD functions 14 F1 15 F2 18 F3 19 F4 21 F6 Edit port name 22 F7 Set Quick View port 22 F8 LOUT 22 3 3 Cascade Function 23 4 I...

Page 3: ...r Console 63 Keyboard Mouse 67 Video 68 Network 70 Dynamic DNS 71 Security 74 Certificate 77 Serial Port 81 Date Time 82 Event Log 83 6 6 System Maintenance 86 Device Information 86 Even log 88 Update...

Page 4: ...or and CAT5 cable transmitting distance is up to 150M without a KVM extender 1 2 Features Access and control up to8 16 32 computers Supports USB keyboard and mouse console Two level password security...

Page 5: ...ver Local Console One USB keyboard one USB mouse and one monitor Remote Console 1 PC or multiple computers connected to the network Software Item Description Local Host No required extra software Remo...

Page 6: ...management device Nevertheless KVM over IP gives the administrator valuable information about the type of a hardware failure Serious hardware failures can be categorized into five different categories...

Page 7: ...then screw the switch to the 19 rack Keep a certain distance between the host computer switch monitor keyboard and mouse when installation 2 6 Single Station Installation CONSOLE 5 4 RS232 LAN CONSOLE...

Page 8: ...and 3 in below diagram 3 Connect IP KVM s LAN port to the Internet see number 5 in below diagram 4 Connect 220V AC power see number 4 in below diagram then turn on power switch and the KVM start auto...

Page 9: ...Module LEDs Components Function Power LED Flashing green light The module is power on Green light keeps on The module has been connected to the KVM Link LED Quickly flashing The module is communicati...

Page 10: ...f the CAT5 cable to any RJ45 port of the KVM and connect the other port to the RJ45 port with Chain in of another KVM 2 Repeat above operation to cascade more KVM switches 8 port cascaded up to 8 KVM...

Page 11: ...rt number 2 Port Selection Buttons LEDs Indicator LEDs are built into the switches the online LED light is on the left and the selected LED light is on the right 1 An online LED light orange indicates...

Page 12: ...be Then press 5 6 to adjust Press 3 exits or waits for five seconds and it will auto exit Press 4 for three seconds enters definition adjusting mode 44 are flashing on the LED tube Then press 5 6 to a...

Page 13: ...t and then press Enter 2 Press Page Up or Page Down quickly moves to next BANK 3 Press any key from 0 9 to enter any port of current station type BANK PORT to enter other stations To access the OSD me...

Page 14: ...or OSD Hotkey set OSD hotkeys Lout Time off to set the time out value TOOL F4 Reset RGB Press Enter reset RGB Beeper On press Enter switch Bee sounds Mouse Hot On press Enter to close touchpad operati...

Page 15: ...s Diagram 4 1 1 Diagram 4 1 2 Note You can set up an account and password according to diagram 4 1 2 then a User setup ok pops up showing that you have done your set and if Password Not Match pops up...

Page 16: ...L If you set this function the port will be not displayed on the user s OSD menu Note The administrator always has full access to all the ports Diagram 4 1 4 Diagram 4 1 5 E g 1 If you want to set acc...

Page 17: ...ram 4 1 6 Diagram 4 1 7 1 Open BRC mode F1 BRC Mode OFF Enter BRC Mode ON diagram 4 1 6 2 Open the port that need broadcast function Press key select the port that need broadcast function F7 a speaker...

Page 18: ...ccording to the set scanning interval Power On Use this function to scan all signal ports with according to the set scanning interval Quick View Use this function to scan all ports with quick view sym...

Page 19: ...VM Hotkey Lout Time off 0 close the screen saver setting 01 99M set the screen saver timeout Note It is automatically log out if the current operator is no longer operate for a while then the KVM will...

Page 20: ...Ctrl the corresponding function key Function Operating Function description Switching port F1 F8 Skip ports from 1 8 2 number keys E g switch to port 4 by hotkeys L_Ctrl L_Ctrl 0 4 Invoke OSD main men...

Page 21: ...ouse Hot On To open and close the mouse with this function We can t operate the OSD when it is Off Restore Values Restore to original factory default values About KVM It shows the KVM version informat...

Page 22: ...olumn to indicate so Note Press F7 to cancel the QV symbol if the current port has already have a QV arrowhead symbol in its QV column if you want to cancel all the QV function press Restore Values un...

Page 23: ...nected to port 2 select 02 and press Enter 8 computers can be connected to KC1108 or press Pa UP to select cascading port then press Enter to operate the port 2 Return to OSD main menu Note 1 Press Ta...

Page 24: ...he MAC address if it is failed to do so press the Refresh Devices according to above number 1 2 Click Query Device above number 2 it shows the IP KVM s IP address as well as gateway information see ab...

Page 25: ...s below press Enter key IP auto configuration None DHCP BOOTP IP address 192 168 0 70 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 for none 0 0 0 0 IP auto configuration With this option you can specify...

Page 26: ...ng to your network area 2 A screen appears as shown in above to indicate you to type your account and password after connected User name super Password pass 3 Then below screen appears Click Console t...

Page 27: ...e remote host system the Remote Console window on your local window system is just one window among others In order to make keyboard and mouse work your Remote Console window must have the local input...

Page 28: ...ctivates the mouse synchronization process Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cursor This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the h...

Page 29: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 29 Diagram 5 3 Remote console options menu Diagram 5 4 Remote Console Options Menu Scaling...

Page 30: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 30 Diagram 5 5 Remote Console Options Menu Cursor Diagram 5 6 Video Settings Panel...

Page 31: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 31 Diagram 5 7 Soft Keyboards Diagram 5 8 Soft Keyboard Mapping...

Page 32: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 32 Diagram 5 9 Encoding Compression...

Page 33: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 33 Diagram 5 10 Predefined Compression Diagram 5 11 Lossy Compression...

Page 34: ...te Console Diagram 5 13 Status line Furthermore both the incoming In and the outgoing Out network traffic are visible in kb s If compressed encoding is enabled a value in brackets displays the compres...

Page 35: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 35 6 IP Menu Options 6 1 Remote Control...

Page 36: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 36 KVM console KVM IP Figure 6 1 Telnet console Figure 6 2 Telnet console...

Page 37: ...management is fully conform to function controls in Web Once you have successfully logged into the KVM over IP a command line will be presented and you can enter according management commands Telnet p...

Page 38: ...uter when want to use it and thus save the power energy Settings on target computer In order to be waked up some settings have to be done on the target computer 1 BIOS setting Have the wake up functio...

Page 39: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 39 Make sure Wake on Magic packet is Enable...

Page 40: ...Click on Remote Control Remote Wakeup to bring up the configuration page 2 Click on More entries to add additional controlled target 3 Key in the server description and the server s IP address 4 Clic...

Page 41: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 41 6 2 Virtual Media Below is the host computer screen the computer which connected with IP KVM...

Page 42: ...rocedures 1 You need to create the floppy image file first Please refer to the section Creating a floppy image For this example we use RawWrite software or any other image creator software to create f...

Page 43: ...te the transfer of the chosen image file into the IP KVM module s on board memory 4 After you uploading the image file you will see the information below 5 Open the remote console and you will see a v...

Page 44: ...This drive would be bootable under DOS mode if the motherboard BIOS on the host computer supporting USB BOOTABLE function Notes 1 If using other image creator software the output image extension file...

Page 45: ...he image file On Windows 95 98 and Windows ME do not specify the IP address but the server name NetBIOS Name Share folder name The name of the share to be used Image file name The image file name on t...

Page 46: ...have the right to access Please login as a system administrator or as root on UNIX systems 4 The specified image file is supposed to be accessible from the IP KVM The information above has to be give...

Page 47: ...that shares out 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 Op...

Page 48: ...he selected directory Activate the selected directory as a share Select Share this folder Choose an appropriate name for the share You may also add a short description for this folder input field Comm...

Page 49: ...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 Also looking at the man entry of smb conf is...

Page 50: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 50 3 Open the remote console and you can see the virtual CD as below picture...

Page 51: ...Windows You can get the RawWrite software from the website http www chrysocome net rawwrite Figure 6 7 RawWrite for Windows selection dialog From the menu select the tab Read Enter or choose the name...

Page 52: ...ce dev fd0 and saves the output in the specified output file tmp floppy image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc Creating a CD DVD ISO Image MS Windows To create the image f...

Page 53: ...ection is another possibility to use a virtual disc drive on the remote computer With Drive Redirection you do not have to use an image file but may work with a drive from your local computer on the r...

Page 54: ...of the remote host might contain older data This may confuse the remote host s operating system We recommend using the Drive Redirection with care especially the write support Disable Drive Redirectio...

Page 55: ...anual 55 Figure 6 10 Built in Java Drive Redirection 3 You can either redirect a local drive only available under Windows or redirect an ISO CD DVD image 3 1 If click on Connect Drive Select the drive...

Page 56: ...d the local system try to write data on the same device this will certainly destroy the file system on the drive Please use this only when you exactly know what you are doing Device Authentication The...

Page 57: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 57 3 2 If click on Connect ISO Select the ISO image file and click Open 4 Finally the established Drive Redirection connection will be displayed...

Page 58: ...uld 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 the Drive Redirection Clicking on the Disconnect button wi...

Page 59: ...the boot order or the boot manager LILO GRUB This case was reported for some Windows versions 2000 XP other OS might not be fully excluded This behavior depends on the BIOS version used in that machi...

Page 60: ...assword Figure 6 12 Setting Passwords Change password of currently logged in user Old Password type in current password New Password type in new password Confirm New Password re type new password for...

Page 61: ...selection box role The IP KVM comes with 1 pre configured user account that has fixed permissions The account super has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions IP KVM offe...

Page 62: ...s the button Create The Modify button changes the displayed user settings To delete a user press the button Delete Note The IP KVM is equipped with a host independent processor and memory unit who bot...

Page 63: ...6 4 KVM Settings User Console The following settings are user specific That means the super user can customize these settings for every users separately Changing the settings for one user does not af...

Page 64: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 64 Figure 6 13 User Console Setting...

Page 65: ...Since high compression rates consum more computing power of IP KVM they should not be used while several users are accessing the IP KVM simultaneously The standard color depth is 16 Bit 65536 colors...

Page 66: ...logs off Mouse hotkey Allows to specify a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchronization process if pressed in the Remote Console or is used to leave the single mouse mode Remote Co...

Page 67: ...an additional acceleration setting The IP KVM tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process Fixed mouse speed Use a direct translation of mouse movements betwee...

Page 68: ...zed 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 the vi...

Page 69: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 69 6 5 Device Settings...

Page 70: ...Manual 70 Network The Network Settings panel allows changing network related parameters Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect...

Page 71: ...nging the network settings of the IP KVM might result in losing connection to it In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to acce...

Page 72: ...e part in the service with the Dynamic DNS Server and assign a certain hostname to it He will get a nickname and a password in return to the registration process This account information together with...

Page 73: ...lowed in the Nickname Password You have used this password during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Check time The IP KVM registers itself for initiating the IP address of IP KVM st...

Page 74: ...he administrator machine and keyboard and mouse data back to the host If set to Off no encryption will be used If set to Try the applet tries to make an encrypted connection In case connection establi...

Page 75: ...with the chain rule depicted below The process ordering is important The packet will enter the chain rule 1 first if meet the rule then take action directly otherwise go to chain rule 2 TCP packet No...

Page 76: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 76 Figure 6 21 IP Filter Settings...

Page 77: ...livery is for testing purpose only System administrator should not rely on this default certificate as the secured global access mechanism through Internet However it is possible to generate and insta...

Page 78: ...click on the button Create which will initiate the Certificate Signing Request generation The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the Download CSR button Send the saved CSR stri...

Page 79: ...e This is the network name of the IP KVM once it is installed in the user s network usually the fully qualified domain name It is identical to the name that is used to access the IP KVM with a web bro...

Page 80: ...assword Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate e g revocation of the certificate The minimal length of this password is 4 characters...

Page 81: ...KC2108i KC2116i KC2132i User Manual 81 Serial Port Figure 6 25 Serial Port...

Page 82: ...nt so you have to adjust it again after IP KVM 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 the current UTC time...

Page 83: ...ng destinations Each of those events belongs to an event group which can be activated separately The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the IP KVM To show the log list click o...

Page 84: ...hen you change the NFS settings and press the button Apply the NFS share will be mounted immediately That means the NFS share and the NFS server must be filled with valid sources or you will get an er...

Page 85: ...ware updated by user device 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 t...

Page 86: ...intenance activities on the IP KVM These include viewing its status update firmware view the event log and reset the unit Device Information The Device Status page contains a table with information ab...

Page 87: ...o download the IP KVM data file with specific support information This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc You may send us this information together w...

Page 88: ...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 To display the user activity the la...

Page 89: ...features A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email or which you can download from the supplier web site If the firmware file is compressed file suffix zip then you must...

Page 90: ...n Warning IP KVM will verify firmware checksum before proceed upgrade procedure The mechanism help to prevent false firmware file to damage IP KVM It is crucial to keep a steady power supply during th...

Page 91: ...the currently running firmware and the version number of the uploaded firmware Pressing Update will store the new version and substitute the old one completely 4 After the firmware updated successfull...

Page 92: ...pecific parts of the device This involves resetting keyboard mouse USB video engine or the IP KVM device itself In general the IP KVM requires a reset when implementing a firmware update In the event...

Page 93: ...ing on Reset of Reset Device will reboot the 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 Re...

Page 94: ...ompatible 101 104 keys keyboard can emulate the functions of the Mac keyboard The emulation mappings are listed in the below table PC Keyboard MAC Keyboard Shift Shift Ctrl Ctrl L_Win 1 L_Win 2 L_Win...

Page 95: ...is used in conjunction with other keys The corresponding functions are shown in the below table PC Keyboard Sun Keyboard L_Win L_Alt Stop L_Win F4 Again L_Win L_Ctrl Props L_Win F5 Undo L_Win F1 Fron...

Page 96: ...itch LED Indicator Online 8 green 16 green 32 green Selected 8 orange 16 orange 32 orange Power 1 blue Cascade Display 2 7 Segment orange IP module Remote access connection 1 x RJ 45 Firmware upgradin...

Page 97: ...ed 4 Poor display quality of PC screen Solutions 1 Adjust the definition and brightness 2 Use good quality network cable such as CAT5 cables or upper 3 Shorten the network cable length 4 Lower the dis...

Page 98: ...1 Use the default user super and password pass 2 Please reach to your supplier if you forget your changed password 11 Special combination key such as ALT F2 ALT F3 are intercepted by the console whic...

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