Prima IP User Manual Rev 1.5 2007
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1.
ADVANTAGES AND FEATURES................................................................................. 1
1.1
A
DVANTAGES
................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2
P
RIMARY FEATURES
......................................................................................................................... 3
1.2.1
General features .......................................................................................................................... 3
1.2.2
TCP/IP remote connection........................................................................................................... 3
1.2.3
Thin-client Viewer Program ........................................................................................................ 3
1.2.4
Hi-Speed PPP Connection........................................................................................................... 3
1.2.5
Video server ................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2.6
Power ON-OFF Control Support ................................................................................................ 3
1.2.7
Security ........................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2.8
Alarms and Notifications ............................................................................................................. 4
1.2.9
User Management........................................................................................................................ 4
1.2.10
Global Time Zone Support ...................................................................................................... 4
1.2.11
Maintenance and KVM management ...................................................................................... 4
1.3
S
YSTEM
A
RCHITECTURE
.................................................................................................................. 5
1.3.1
LAN/WAN Configurations ........................................................................................................... 5
1.3.2
Power Control Configuration...................................................................................................... 6
1.3.3
PPP connections.......................................................................................................................... 6
1.4
P
RIMA
IP
E
XTERNAL
V
IEWS
............................................................................................................ 7
1.4.1
Prima IP Front View ................................................................................................................... 7
1.4.2
Prima IP 8 - Front-panel............................................................................................................. 7
1.4.3
Prima IP 16 - Front-panel........................................................................................................... 7
1.4.4
Prima IP Rear View..................................................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER 2.
INSTALLING PRIMA IP ................................................................................................ 9
2.1
C
HECKLIST BEFORE
I
NSTALLATION
................................................................................................. 9
2.2
S
ETTING UP THE
P
HYSICAL
C
ONNECTIONS
.................................................................................... 11
2.3
C
ONFIGURING YOUR
S
ERVERS FOR
C
ONNECTIONS TO
P
RIMA
IP................................................... 13
2.3.1
Turn off mouse acceleration and “Snap to” option................................................................... 13
2.4
M
ORE
T
IPS FOR
S
ERVER
D
ESKTOP
C
ONFIGURATION
..................................................................... 15
2.4.1
Configure Display Resolution on your Server........................................................................... 15
2.4.2
Turn off the Special Transition Effects ...................................................................................... 15
2.4.3
Choose Plain and Solid Server Desktop Backgrounds for your Connected Servers ................. 16
2.5
P
RIMA
IP
N
ETWORK
S
ETTINGS
...................................................................................................... 17
2.5.1
IP Settings.................................................................................................................................. 17
2.5.2
Port Base ................................................................................................................................... 18
2.6
C
ONFIGURING YOUR FIREWALL
/
ROUTER FOR ACCESSING
P
RIMA
IP
ACROSS INTERNET
............... 19
2.7
S
ECURITY
S
ETTINGS
....................................................................................................................... 20
2.7.1
Select a User Password Policy .................................................................................................. 20
2.7.2
Select a Security Level for Viewer Connection.......................................................................... 20
2.7.3
Installing Certificates and Key on PRIMA IP for Security level 3 ............................................ 21
2.7.4
Remote Clients ........................................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 3.
VIEWER CONNECTION ............................................................................................. 25
3.1
I
NSTALLING THE
V
IEWERS ON THE
C
LIENT
C
OMPUTER
................................................................ 25
3.1.1
Win32 Viewer............................................................................................................................. 25
3.1.2
Java Viewer ............................................................................................................................... 25
3.2
I
NSTALLING
C
ERTIFICATES ON THE
C
LIENT
C
OMPUTER
............................................................... 26
3.2.1
Win32 Import Certificate .......................................................................................................... 26
3.2.2
Java-based Import Certificate ................................................................................................... 26
3.3
S
TARTING THE
V
IEWER
C
ONNECTION
........................................................................................... 27
3.3.1
Specifying the Viewer Connection Options ............................................................................... 27
3.3.2
User Name and Password.......................................................................................................... 28