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KLE

 

 

The IP-based  

KVM Link Extender

 

Anytime Anywhere 

 

User Guide 

 
 

Revision 1.2 

 
 

Copyright © 2006 

 

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Страница 1: ...KLE The IP based KVM Link Extender Anytime Anywhere User Guide Revision 1 2 Copyright 2006...

Страница 2: ...the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can...

Страница 3: ...3 1 INSTALL WIN32 VIEWER ON THE CLIENT COMPUTER 24 3 2 INSTALL JAVA VIEWER ON THE CLIENT COMPUTER 24 3 3 IMPORT CERTIFICATES TO KLE VIEWER ON THE CLIENT COMPUTER 25 Import client certificate to Win32...

Страница 4: ...4 10 ALARMS E MAIL NOTIFICATIONS AND SNMP LOGGING SUPPORT 60 4 11 KVMS KEEPING AND ADDING YOUR KVM DATA BASE 64 4 12 LAN TCP IP PORT AND IP SETTINGS 68 4 13 WAN PPP PPP SERVER AND CLIENT 70 4 14 USER...

Страница 5: ...BIOS level up anytime anywhere KLE gives users total control from preboot stage such as the BIOS level CMOS setting up to the GUI applications and daily maintenance routines such as power cycling pow...

Страница 6: ...ne with ultra flexibility for a customized balance between data safety and user convenience On the other hand the robustness and the ease of maintenance of the embedded systems involve zero costs for...

Страница 7: ...ntrol over the remote server from BIOS level up to GUI applications Remote Power On Off support Total transparency of control Ultra security using full 1024 bit PKI Authentication 128 bit SSL encrypti...

Страница 8: ...S accounting support 3 SSL security levels o No authentication No encryption o Server Authentication SSL encryption o Server Client authentication SSL encryption 3 password policies o No Password o On...

Страница 9: ...nd rugged stability The KLE employs a High speed Processor to ensure excellent video quality and fast keyboard mouse response across the Internet even when bandwidth availability is limited LAN WAN Co...

Страница 10: ...KLE User Guide R1 2 Power Control Configuration KLE connected to a Remote Power Control Device PPP connections KLE as PPP server to accept dial in request from a remote PPP client via modem line 6...

Страница 11: ...KLE User Guide R1 2 KLE as PPP client to dial out to ISP for remote clients to access via internet 7...

Страница 12: ...on 100Mbps speed The Link Act LED gives off solid green light when a network link is established and flashes whenever network transmission are perceived on the digital port The Power LED indicates th...

Страница 13: ...make the connection Ethernet Port RJ 45 The Ethernet port or digital port offers anytime anywhere access of KLE and subsequently the conventional KVM Switch es and servers computers connected behind...

Страница 14: ...and monitor connected to the KLE is required connect the keyboard and mouse to the KLE local console ports that is keyboard mouse and monitor port specifically Step 3 a Single Server Mode If you need...

Страница 15: ...switch will in turn be connected to the multiple computers servers KLE configuration Multiple server mode Now that you have set up your local console on KLE you can now configure your connected serve...

Страница 16: ...lick OK Windows 2000 Platform Access Control Panel Mouse On the Mouse Properties tab select the Pointer Options page 1 Adjust the pointer speed slide bar to the exact middle 2 Select the Acceleration...

Страница 17: ...cceleration off and the speed as x 1 could be at the slowest position or the middle position 2 3 More Tips for Server Desktop Configuration There are several aspects that have to be taken into conside...

Страница 18: ...nected KLE However the actual feasible display modes for as specific server desktop will be dependent on its display card Some display modes listed here might not be feasible with some display card Tr...

Страница 19: ...ndwidth demands for their transmission across internet 2 4 Configure KLE Network Settings Step 1 Connect your KLE to the Ethernet LAN The factory default network settings for KLE are as follows IP add...

Страница 20: ...r example if the IP address is 192 168 1 7 and the port base number is 5900 then you should enter https 192 168 1 7 5908 Remember that it s a secure SSL encrypted connection so you should type https i...

Страница 21: ...as follows For example if you choose 5970 as your port base then you have 5970 used for viewer connection 5978 used for secure browser connection Click Submit button and Apply Settings button to valid...

Страница 22: ...in which port_base 5970 is the KLE viewer connection port port_base 8 5978 is the browser SSL connection port port_base 9 5979 is for viewer internal communication etc For example Router internet IP v...

Страница 23: ...certificates may establish a connection to your servers So we strongly recommend that you obtain your own certificates for KLE or go forth to generate them using software like XCA For certificate gen...

Страница 24: ...ikewise try to import the server crt and the serverkey pem You don t have to reboot each time when you finish uploading one certificate You could do one complete reboot at the end when you finish uplo...

Страница 25: ...re s virtually no encryption Security Level 2 offers a secured SSL connection that provides encryption for mouse keyboard and video but uses no PKI authentication Security Level 3 offers a secured SSL...

Страница 26: ...establish the connection Global Password the viewer will prompt you for a global password which is used by all who want to make viewer connections to KLE User Password the viewer will prompt you with...

Страница 27: ...cation Authority They are required only if you select level 3 viewer security root crt client_name p12 client_name is freely chosen 2 Certificate password as you have obtained from your CA It is requi...

Страница 28: ...install exe Install the viewer program on the client computer that will connect to KLE After installation a desktop icon will be created on your client desktop 3 2 Install Java Viewer on the client co...

Страница 29: ...client certificates to the Win32 viewer and Java Viewer on the client computer The KLE is already preinstalled with a default set of certificates You can use the default client certificates provided o...

Страница 30: ...nt computer Note that if you copy certificates to your local hard disk you might need to delete them from your local hard disk after finishing importation so that others won t have access to your cert...

Страница 31: ...ions button on the Connection Details dialog box Win32 Viewer Java Viewer Setting connection options Encoding Internet Video quality is optimized for viewer connection across internet LAN High Video Q...

Страница 32: ...path phrase prompt just enter the user name and password as required Default user specific password User superuser Password superu Or if you are using the Global Password policy setting Default globa...

Страница 33: ...g its port number only when the port number is default to 5900 IP_address only if port number is default to 5900 192 168 1 200 Of course you can always type IP_address port_number 192 168 1 200 5900 H...

Страница 34: ...synchronization hotkey right Ctrl right Ctrl Home to synchronize the two cursors Mouse cursors out of sync Mouse cursors in Sync Local remote cursor resynchronization hotkey RCtrl RCtrl Home Note tha...

Страница 35: ...KLE viewer window can be adjusted by dragging the border of the viewer windows Change the Viewer size to full screen mode Note that only the win32 viewer supports full screen mode The java viewer doe...

Страница 36: ...n mode To exit the full screen mode just hit Ctrl Esc to bring up the local task bar Right click the viewer taskbar icon to bring up Quick Menu then click to deselect the full screen mode to restore i...

Страница 37: ...e R1 2 Scale the viewer window to size On the Connection Options dialog box specify the preferred proportions of the viewer window for example and then check the option Click OK to scale the window to...

Страница 38: ...h offices you can then simultaneously monitor different remote servers distributed over this IP KVM Link Extender infrastructure on a single client desktop Five Win32 viewers on a Windows client deskt...

Страница 39: ...ox Win32 Viewer The Select Computer box allows the user to perform intuitive Click and Switch operation without memorizing the varying port switching hotkey commands of all kinds of KVM Switches possi...

Страница 40: ...uter Box click the Viewer Computer List option on the Quick Menu For the java viewer the Select Computer Box will not appear by default Quick Menu Java Viewer To switch to specific computer just click...

Страница 41: ...Quick Menu of KLE s Win32 Viewer can be evoked by clicking the program icon on the leftmost of the title bar or right clicking anywhere on the title bar For the Java Viewer Just click the Menu options...

Страница 42: ...KLE User Guide R1 2 Select computer Select the remote computer by a drop down combo box View Computer ICONs Open the Select Computer box for computer selection by clicking icons 38...

Страница 43: ...st Screen Fine tune the screen area by pixel shifts Adjust Screen Box Win32 viewer Connection options Open the Connection Options dialog box Connection Options dialog Box Win32 viewer Connection info...

Страница 44: ...he connection of Level 3 security 128 bit SSL encryption and PKI Authentication will not be saved and will be asked for every time when you login under Level 3 security setting Screen Refresh Force up...

Страница 45: ...he biggest support of 1280 x 1024 or the display vertical frequency is beyond the support range in that pixel dimension To yield best video results on the viewer screen display on remote login client...

Страница 46: ...ondition are there ways to increase the response speed A There are several ways to increase the response speed on the viewer screen 1 Under bandwidth limited condition you should select a more economi...

Страница 47: ...to do the troubleshooting job for you Next go to the Apply Settings Page on the Web Management Interface and then hit the Apply Settings button to restart KLE Then wait for at least 10 more seconds f...

Страница 48: ...908 Remember that it s a secure SSL encrypted connection so you should type https instead of the usual http Otherwise the connection will not be established The port number might vary according to its...

Страница 49: ...User privilege KLE Browser Management Access Privilege Feature Page SUPERADMIN ADMIN USER Download Viewers Date Time Video Server Power Control Computers Server Log Video Modes Alarms KVMs LAN TCP IP...

Страница 50: ...s Windows 98 Me NT 2000 XP 2003 Server and the java viewer is truly cross platform for all major Operating Systems including Windows Linux MacOS etc However you should install Java Runtime Environment...

Страница 51: ...appear on the title bar of your KLE Viewer window Keyboard Layout Choose the keyboard layout for KLE according to the real keyboard you ll be using on the remote login client Choosing the correct keyb...

Страница 52: ...ze Hotkey is default to Home key HOME For example to synchronize the remote and the local mouse cursor you have to hit CTLR CTLR Home To find out the key positions on a standard keyboard please click...

Страница 53: ...tting to apply new settings to KLE immediately Current Date and Time Enter the correct date and time here and click Set Current Date and Time button to set current system time on KLE Note that if you...

Страница 54: ...irst try to synchronize with and the secondary NTP server is the backup time server that KLE will synchronize with when the first time server is not available Automatic synchronize with a Time Server...

Страница 55: ...ferent combination of video quality and bandwidth requirements Users can select their preference according to actual video quality preference and network bandwidth availability However there s always...

Страница 56: ...Switch to be attached to the backpanel of KLE Note that you can also add specific models to the available list so that your computer icon could support the port switching hotkeys of any specific KVM...

Страница 57: ...al port Check this option if you want to enable the remote power control over KLE viewer interface Power Control device initialization dialog chat script style Specify a login script for your power co...

Страница 58: ...commands You can use the drop down combo box or use the Previous and the Next button to select KVM port for setting Computer Name Enter a character string 32 characters max Designate the computer name...

Страница 59: ...Alarms e mail Notifications and SNMP Logging Support for Server Alerting Events The delay time between the power off and the power on command is default to 5 seconds Power On Command specifies the po...

Страница 60: ...atistics To record the statistics of the video server and port switching activity by KLE remote users you should check this option to print statistics to the server log file Refresh Click the Refresh...

Страница 61: ...sh frequency Width_in_pixels x Height_in_pixels Refresh_Rate_in_Hz For example 1024 x 768 60Hz is a video mode and 1024 X 768 72 Hz is another video mode Video Setting To modify or add a new display m...

Страница 62: ...s where the vertical synchronization should start To change these parameters you should follow VESA standard specifications in order for the video capture function of KLE to work properly Write New Se...

Страница 63: ...KLE User Guide R1 2 Vsync Start Total Height Screen Height DISPLAYED AREA Hsync Start Screen Total 59...

Страница 64: ...f sending immediate e mail alerts as well as SNMP trap messages SNMP logging when there is blue screen no video or NumLock test failure from a remote computer When KLE s scanning function is enabled i...

Страница 65: ...ng events KLE can respond to No video Blue Screen and NumLock test failure According to the settings you have specified these alarm triggering events can be configured to trigger KLE s immediate respo...

Страница 66: ...to send an SNMP trap message upon specific alarm triggering events If you uncheck the Enable Alarm option you won t trigger any alarm types even if you have checked the Restart Computer and Send an E...

Страница 67: ...o 4 videoMode OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX DisplayString SIZE 0 256 ACCESS read only STATUS deprecated DESCRIPTION The blue screen video resolution trapInfo 5 KLE Traps noVideo TRAP TYPE ENTERPRISE kle VARIABLE...

Страница 68: ...lso the input field where you can enter a new KVM Switch model name and later adding it to the KVM Switch database Number of ports Specify the maximum port capacity of the selected KVM Switch model No...

Страница 69: ...iate for use you then might need to adjust the delay time for optimal performance To obtain the optimal delay time you have to make a few trial port switching with different delay time settings to det...

Страница 70: ...the Select Computex Box 0 1 0 8 d 1000 ESC send out ScrollLock ScrollLock 0 1 0 8 then delay 1000 milliseconds and then send out an Escape key as port switching sequence when clicking 8th icon on the...

Страница 71: ...eyboard drawing diagram that can be accessed via the hyperlink on the right side Also reference the CAUTION warning on the bottom right of this page Figure 4 1 Standard Keyboard Mapping Diagram Save t...

Страница 72: ...t base you choose is exactly the port number that KLE uses for viewer connection and port base 8 is the exact port number used by secure http connection of the browser connection After you have made t...

Страница 73: ...tice is to configure a set of virtual servers on your router so as to map each external access_IP port_number pair to an internal IP port number that is assigned to a specific KLE unit Thus you need o...

Страница 74: ...network connection is not available or just broken down With KLE s high speed serial control interface it could offer excellent bandwidth to PPP connection either when KLE is connected as PPP server...

Страница 75: ...connection request either over a direct serial cable connection or via a dial in modem connection PPP Connection over direct serial cable with KLE as PPP Server To enable KLE as the PPP server you sh...

Страница 76: ...ss will be shown as Unknown Note that this IP address is used for KLE PPP server and is distinct from the one default 192 168 1 200 that is used by KLE on local area network Enable KLE PPP Client for...

Страница 77: ...ABORT Invalid Login ABORT Login incorrect AT F OK AT C3 N3 K3B0N1 OK ATD0860922000 CONNECT PPP Connection KLE Local IP address When the PPP connection is established the KLE local IP address that is u...

Страница 78: ...at Only when you have selected your password policy to be User Password policy will the currently connected users be registered and shown on this page If you are using other password policies such as...

Страница 79: ...the Edit button A Use Edit page appears with the selected user s User ID User Name and User description on it Make necessary editing and enter the user password and confirm it again or maybe modify th...

Страница 80: ...decide to abandon the setting you can always click Cancel to abort and return to the User Management page Delete To delete a user account from the data base just select it from the list and then pres...

Страница 81: ...e RADIUS client i e KLE and the RADIUS server Note that the RADIUS secret or the Shared Secret is a shared text string that is used as a password between the RADIUS client and RADIUS server Remote Aut...

Страница 82: ...u should make sure your LDAP server support SSL and also you have to install a distinct set of certificates ldapcert crt and ldapkey pem onto the KLE by uploading them through the Security page for de...

Страница 83: ...t know you should contact your LDAP server administrator To enable the RADIUS Authentication Enable Remote Authentication Just select RADIUS as the Remote Authentication method and then configure subs...

Страница 84: ...protocol to be either CHAP or PAP RADIUS secret Here you should specify the RADIUS secret or Shared Secret between the RADIUS client i e KLE and the RADIUS server Note that the RADIUS secret or the Sh...

Страница 85: ...ply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately Certificate and Keys root crt server crt serverkey pem ldapcert crt ldapkey pem File path Here you can specify the file path that is directed towar...

Страница 86: ...at a time to KLE and the certificate will begin uploading to KLE After the uploading is completed you can then see the prompt page for reboot PKI Authentication for Level 3 security setting You have t...

Страница 87: ...to make viewer connections are not require to install certificates on their client computers However the viewer connection is encrypted with 128 bit SSL technology to ensure any data contents transmit...

Страница 88: ...setting is enabled as your active password policy There are altogether nine possible combinations of Viewer Security Levels Password Policies that are available for a flexibility to adapt to your secu...

Страница 89: ...Software Upgrade kupdate xx xx xx Generally the KLE upgrade file comes with a file name such as kupdate xx xx xx for example kupdate 17 09 05 The kupdate file is of an accumulative nature that means y...

Страница 90: ...on A running progress indicator bar will be running then to indicate the on going upload process Depending on the upgrade file size and also the bandwidth availability across the network file upload t...

Страница 91: ...ate file tgz and then click the UPLOAD button A running progress indicator bar will be running then to indicate the upload process is running Depending on the configuration file size and also the band...

Страница 92: ...ng the KLE to a restart that works properly with the viewer you can then try to use the Emergency Reboot button here But as a rule of thumb you should try the Apply Settings button first before you tr...

Страница 93: ...Management To log out KLE Web Management Interface just hit the Logout link on the left frame of the KLE Web Management Interface and a prompt box will ask you whether you want to close the browser wi...

Страница 94: ...tted to KLE s database by clicking the Submit button on each setting page However just clicking the Submit button won t have these new settings immediately activated You should Apply Settings so that...

Страница 95: ...he Apply Settings button could works no longer to bring KLE to normal restart for a proper viewer connection If you find the Apply Settings button no longer works to bring KLE to an effective restart...

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