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1. Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 1280 x 1024 Gama Device Power Supply Power Supply External Figure 5 3 Main page 28 93 IP KVM Extender Return to the main page of the KVM 9000 Open the KVM 9000 remote console A Exit from the KVM 9000 front end Table 5 2 Buttons from the front end Warning lf there is no activity for 30 minutes the KVM 9000 will log you out automatically click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen 5 2 2 Logout from the KVM 9000 This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen Please note that an automatic logout will be performed in case there is no activity for 30 minutes 5 3 The Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that KVM 9000 controls 29 93 IP KVM Extender ES ETRE le Sme C3 options a Start I be marc 2 A Ei Consoletann Deskiop size is 1024x 76 Fpa 0 in 0 Gre Out 8 Dis i El 7 a Figure 5 4 Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the KVM 9000 The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP or HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol As default RFB tries to establish a connection to TCP port number 443 Your local network environment has to allow this connection to be made i e your firewall and
2. Bahe a 3uper App ly Reset to defaults Stored value is equal ta the default HTTP Encryption Force HTTPS for Web access KVM Encryption KVM Encryption Of Try Force Group based System Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost M Enable Group based System Access Control Default Action ACCEPT Rule 2 Starting IP Ending IP Group Action 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 All ACCEPT 192 168 123 99 is2 168 123 230 super Ear Append Insert Replace Delete Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default 71 93 IP KVM Extender 6 6 4 Certificate Certificate Signing Request CSR Common name j Organizational unit Po Organization Locality City State Province Country ISO code Email Challenge password 2 Certificate Confirm Challenge password Key length bits Gare Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 28 Certificate Settings The KVM 9000 uses the Secure Socket Layer SSL protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client During the connection establishment the KVM 9000 has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate The default certificate comes with KVM 9000 device upon delivery is for testing purpose only System administrator should not rely on this default certificate as t
3. IFP Power Power Control Settings 2 Serial Port gt Date Time a App Apply Resetio defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 31 Serial Port The KVM 9000 Serial Settings Figure 6 31 allows you to specify what device is connected to the serial port and how to use it Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special function use it only for the initial configuration Modem The KVM 9000 offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to the standard access over the built in Ethernet adapter The modem needs to be connected to the serial interface of the KVM 9000 Logically connecting to the KVM 9000 using a telephone line means nothing else than building up a dedicated point to point connection from your console computer to the KVM 9000 In other words the KVM 9000 acts as an Internet Service Provider ISP to which you can dial in The connection is established using the Point to Point Protocol PPP Before you connect to the KVM 9000 make sure to configure your console computer accordingly For instance on Windows based operating systems you can configure a dial up network connection which defaults to the right settings like PPP The Modem Settings panel allows you to configure the remote access to the KVM 9000 using a modem The meaning of each parameter will be described below The modem settings are part of the serial settings panel 75 93 IP KVM E
4. Warning To use the USB and or PS 2 interface you need a correct cabling between the managed host and the managing device If the managed host has no USB keyboard support in the BIOS and you have connected the USB cable only then you will have no remote keyboard access during the boot process of the host If USB and PS 2 are both connected and you selected Auto as host interface then the card will select USB if available or otherwise falls back to PS 2 To get USB remote keyboard access during the boot process of the host the following conditions must be fulfilled e the host BIOS must have USB keyboard support e the USB cable must be connected or must be selected in the Host interface option PS 2 Keyboard Model Enables a certain keyboard layout You can choose between Generic 101 Key PC for a standard keyboard layout Generic 104 Key PC for a standard keyboard 61 93 IP KVM Extender layout extendend by three additional windows keys Generic 106 Key PC for a japanese keyboard and Apple Macintosh for the Apple Macintosh Keyboard timeout Recommanded as enable for keyboard timeout when host is UNIX or UNIX like OS USB Mouse Type Enables USB mouse type Choose between Windows gt 2000 MacOSX for MS Windows 2000 or Windows XP Mac OSX or Other Operating Systems for MS Windows NT Unix or Unix like OS or OS X In Windows gt 2000 MacOSX mode the remot
5. active test 80 145 25 183 26 min idle test 212 183 10 29 20 min idle test 62 153 241 228 RC exclusive active Figure 6 35 Connected Users Figure 6 35 displays the KVM 9000 activity From left to right the connected user s its IP address from which host the user comes from and its activity status is displayed RC means that the Remote Console is open If the 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 in Chapter 5 To display the user activity the last column contains either the term active for an active user or 30 min idle for an user who is inactive for a certain amount of time 81 93 IP KVM Extender 6 7 2 Even log Prev Next Date Event Description 12 01 2013 11 10 52 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 50 147 established 12 01 2013 11 03 54 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 50 147 12 01 2013 10 55 57 Board Message Device successfully started 10 21 1929 02 06 22 Authentication User super logged in fram IP address 192 168 1 11 10 21 1929 00 28 45 Board Message Device successfully started 10 17 1929 04 27 54 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 11 10 17 1929 02 22 40 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 11 10 17 1929 01 37 57 Authentication User super logged in from IP address
6. establishing an unsecured connection http lt IP address of IP KVM gt When using a secure connection type in https lt IP address of IP KVM gt This will lead you to the KVM 9000 login page as shown in Figure 5 2 Authenticate with Username and Password Username Password Figure 5 2 Login screen The KVM 9000 has a built in super user that has all permissions to administrate your KVM 9000 super factory default pass factory default Table 5 1 Standard user settings 27 93 IP KVM Extender Warning The user super is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the KVM 9000 Warning Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your KVM 9000 for the first time Unchanging of the password for the super user is a severe security risk and might result in unauthorized access to the KVM 9000 and to the host system including all possible consequences Warning Your web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible Navigation Having logged into the KVM 9000 successfully the main page of the KVM 9000 appears see Figure 5 3 This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific information The buttons on the upper side allow you to navigate within the front end see Table 5 2 for details Within the right frame task specific information is displayed that depends on the section you have chosen before
7. for instance in a UNIX shell telnet 192 168 1 22 Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the KVM 9000 This will prompt for username and password in order to log into the device The credentials that need to be entered for authentication are identical to those of the web interface That means the user management of the Telnet interface is entirely controlled with the according functions of the web interface Once you have successfully logged into the KVM 9000 a command line will be presented and you can enter according management commands In general the Telnet interface supports two operation modes the command line mode and the terminal mode The command line mode is used to control or display some parameters In terminal mode the pass through access to serial port 1 is activated if the serial settings were configured accordingly All inputs are redirected to the device on serial port 1 and its answers are displayed on the Telnet interface The following list shows the according command mode command syntax and their usage 41 93 IP KVM Extender help Displays the list of possible commands cls Clears the screen quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client version Displays the release information terminal Starts the terminal passthrough mode for serial port 1 The key sequence esc exit switches back to the command mode 6 2 Remote Power Please refer to Serial Power C
8. in case you have a private internal network your NAT Network Address Translation settings have to be configured accordingly In case the KVM 9000 is connected to your local network environment and your connection to the Internet is available using a proxy server only without NAT being configured the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish the desired connection This is because today s web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol In case of problems please consult your network administrator in order to provide an appropriate networking environment 5 4 Main Window Starting the Remote Console opens an additional window It displays the screen content of your host system The Remote Console will behave exactly in the same way as if you were sitting locally in front of the screen of your remote system That means keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way However be aware of the fact that the remote system will react to keyboard and mouse actions with a slight delay The delay depends on the bandwidth of the link to which you use to connect to the KVM 9000 30 93 IP KVM Extender With respect to the keyboard the very exact remote representation might lead to some confusion as your local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to the remote host system If you use a German administration system and your host system uses a US English keyboard layout for instance special keys on the German k
9. 2 MAC based protocol to allow some configuration software to detect KVM 9000 devices in the network even without IP address and then config network related settings to KVM 9000 LAN Interface Settings The Autodetect will set the ethernet speed to the fastest possible value supported by both endpoints of the link For example if you use a 10M half duplex HUB this speed will be auto selected If this option does not work with some network device HUB switches and routers you can set the Ethernet interface speed of KVM 9000 manually to the values as supported by the network device 6 6 2 Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS Settings O Enable Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS server www dyndns org DNS System Dynamic Hostname eg yourhost dyndns com O Check time HH MM gt Check interval 24h Delete saved external IP Stored value is equal to the default 2 Dynamic DNS Figure 6 25 Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service www dyndns org can be used in the following scenario see Figure 6 26 66 93 IP KVM Extender Dynamic DNS Server 3 Server PS 2 KVM over IP switch Figure 6 26 Dynamic DNS Scenario The KVM 9000 is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router which is dynamically assigned by the provider Since the administrator does not know the IP address assigned by the provider the KVM 9000 connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and register
10. 4 Italian Italy Japanese Japan Spanish Spain Portuguese Portugal J Hebrew israel Russian Russia Finnish Finland Swedish Sweden Norwegian Norway Danish Denmark Figure 5 12 Soft Keyboard Mapping e Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine running the Remote Console Applet Normally the applet determines the correct value automatically However depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings this is not always possible A typical example is a German localized 36 93 IP KVM Extender system that uses an US English keyboard mapping In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting to the right language manually Hotkeys Opens a list of hotkeys defined before Choose one entry the command will be sent to the host system A confirmation dialog can be added that will be displayed before sending the selected command to the remote host Select OK to execute the command on the remote host 2 Confirmation Figure 5 13 Remote Console Confirmation Dialog Encoding These options are used to adjust the encoding level in terms of compression and color depth They are only available unless Transmission Encoding is determined automatically see the Section called Transmission Encoding in Chapter 6 Compression Level you may select a value between 1 and 9 for the desired compression level with level 1 enabling the fastest c
11. 9000 unit s Video Settings You can change some values for instance the brightness and contrast of the picture displayed which may improve the video quality It is also possible to revert to the default settings for all video modes or only the current one Note At first start if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer press the Auto Adjust Button once 11 93 IP KVM Extender 2 Introduction The KVM over IP technology KVM 9000 combines digital remote KVM access via IP networks with comprehensive and integrated system management The KVM 9000 defines a new class of remote KVM access devices that can save your money time Space and equipment The KVM 9000 provides convenient remote KVM access and control via LAN or Internet It captures digitizes and compresses video signal and transmits it with keyboard and mouse signals to and from a remote computer KVM 9000 provides a non intrusive solution for remote access and control Remote access and control software runs on its embedded processors only but not on mission critical servers so that there is no interference with server operation or impact on network performance The KVM 9000 supports console of PS 2 style keyboard mouse and HDDB15 video interfaces The KVM 9000 will automatically detect the current video mode of the console however manual fine tuning is recommended to receive the best video quality 2 1 Feature overview Manage se
12. a pinkish tint lf you are experiencing the remote control screen displaying a pinkish tint with some graphic cards please try adjusting the brightness of the remote console by following steps below 1 Click Video Settings in Options menu of the remote console a lol K Sync Se Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access Scaling d Mouse Handling Local Cursor Video Settings Refresh Video Sot keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys d Encoding d 2 Adjust the Brightness setting until the pinkish tint is reduced or eliminated ideo Settings y x 3 80 ContastRed af 100 Contrast Green af lft 100 ContrastBlue aL rl 100 Clock EN A 1344 Phase AAA E 16 Horizontal Offset 4 295 Vertical Offset Af e 29 Save Changes 1024x 58 B0Hz Lindo Changes Java Applet window Does any software require on servers which connect to the KVM 9000 No the KVM 9000 is a 100 hardware solution No extra software require on servers What operating systems does KVM 9000 support The KVM 9000 supports Windows 2000 XP Vista Server 2003 Unix Unix like OS Sun Solaris Linux Fedora Core 6 and above Mac OSX What browsers does KVM 9000 support The KVM 9000 support 1E7 0 IE8 0 Netscape7 0 Mozilla 3 2 Firefox 3 6 and above Does the KVM 9000 work with other brand s KVM switch Yes the KVM 9000 can work with most standard KVM How many letters the username and pa
13. address In case the KVM 9000 should be accessible from networks other than the local one this IP address must be set to the local network router s IP address Primary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the primary Domain Name Server in dot notation This option may be left empty however the KVM 9000 will not be able to perform name resolution secondary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the secondary Domain Name Server in dot notation It will be used in case the Primary DNS Server cannot be contacted Remote Console And HTTPS port Port number at which the KVM 9000 s Remote Console server and HTTPS server are listening If left empty the default value will be used HTTP port Port number at which the KVM 9000 s HTTP server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Telnet port Port number at which the KVM 9000 s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be used SSH port Port number at which the KVM 9000 SSH Secure SHell server is listening If left empty the default value port 22 will be used Bandwidth limitation The maximum network traffic generated through the KVM 9000 ethernet device Value in Kbit s 65 93 IP KVM Extender Enable Telnet access This enables the Telnet function Enable SSH access This enables the SSH Secure SHell function Disable Setup Protocol Enable this option to exclude the KVM 9000 from the setup protocol Setup protocol is a proprietary layer
14. amp HTTPS port HTTP port TELNET port SSH port 22 Bandwidth Limit kbit s Enable TELNET access O Enable SSH access O Disable Setup Protocol pl LAN Interface Settings Current LAN interface parameters autonegotiation on 100 Mbps full duplex link ok LAN interface speed Autodetect y LAN interface duplex mode Autodetect v todetect v App y Resetto defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 24 Network Settings Warning The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in Table 4 1 Warning Changing the network settings of the KVM 9000 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 access the KVM 9000 64 93 IP KVM Extender IP auto configuration With this option you can control if the KVM 9000 should fetch its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP select dhcp and for BOOTP select bootp accordingly If you choose none then IP auto configuration is disabled Preferred host name Preferred host name to request from DHCP server Whether the DHCP server takes the KVM 9000 suggestion into account or not depends on the server configuration IP address IP address in the usual dot notation Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network Gateway IP
15. and on initial access of your KVM 9000 Existing users Select an existing user for modification Once a user has been selected click the lookup button to see the user information New User name The new user name for the selected account Password The password for the login name It must be at least three characters long Confirm password Confirmation of the password above Email address This is optional Mobile number This information may be optionally provided Role Each user can be a member of a group named a role either an administrator or an regular user Choose the desired role from the selection box To create an user press the button Create The button Modify changes the dis played user settings To delete an user press the button Delete Note The KVM 9000 is equipped with an host independent processor and memory unit which both have a limitation in terms of the processing instructions and memory space To guarantee an acceptable response time we recommend not to exceed the number of 15 users connected to the KVM 9000 at the same time The memory space that is available onto the KVM 9000 mainly depends on the configuration and the usage of the KVM 9000 log file entries etc That s why we recommend not to store more than 150 user profiles 6 5 KVM Settings 57 93 IP KVM Extender 6 5 1 User Console The following settings are user specific That means the super user can custo
16. can t work either Special key combinations e g ALT F2 ALT F3 are intercepted by the console system and not transmitted to the host You have to define a so called Button Key This can be done in the Remote Console settings In the browser the KVM 9000 pages are inconsistent or chaotic Make sure your browser cache settings are feasible Especially make sure the cache settings are not set to something like never check for newer pages Otherwise KVM 9000 pages may be loaded from your browser cache and not from the card Windows XP doesn t awake from standby mode This is possibly a Windows XP problem Try not to move the mouse while XP goes in standby mode Can t upload the signed certificate in MacOS X lf an internal error occurs while uploading the signed certificate either change the extension of the file to txt or add a file helper using the Internet Explorer preferences for this type of file Make sure that the encoding is plain text and the checkbox use for outgoing is checked Another possibility is to use a Mozilla based browser Every time open a dialog box with some buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore Please check if you have an option like Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes enabled in the mouse settings of the operating system This option needs to be disabled 8 FAQs 85 93 IP KVM Extender The color of remote console displaying
17. establish the connection anyhow This should 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 With the Disconnect button a connection via Drive Redirection connection is stopped Exit Hide If the Exit button is pressed the Drive Redirection software is closed If a Drive Redirection connection is active the connection will be closed before the application terminates Using the Hide to Tray button the application is hidden but not terminated completely That means that an active connection will be kept active until it is closed explicitly You can access the software by its tray icon The tray icon also shows whether a connection is established or not A double click on the icon shows the application window or with a right click you may access a small menu Show Dialog al leas Tis Exit da La a 52 93 IP KVM Extender 6 3 3 2 Built in Java Drive Redirection 1 Run Remote Control gt KVM Console 2 Click Floppy icon lal IP KVM Remote Console 1 m los Ctri Alt Delete NE A smR Options TO Ee i Eee gt pio 1024 x 768 60 Hz Please press the Auto Adjust button ae Boe apy My Computer Shea Sudio Bp ay Recycle Bin Paint Earail ERCALIRESUEr D e SOOQlE REMO DESELOD MESSeEnNgEer EJ Wilaja AEE sR Command Prompt 6 ag Start Type to search w
18. via Telnet Using this option it is possible to connect an arbitrary device to the serial port and access it assuming it provides terminal support via Telnet Select the appropriate options for the serial port and use the Telnet Console or a standard Telnet client to connect to the KVM 9000 IP Power Power Control Settings For controlling Serial Power Controller 76 93 IP KVM Extender 6 6 6 Date Time Date Time Settings UTC Offset User specified time Date 12 1 2013 mmyad yyyy Time i 48 5 hh mm ss Synchronize with NTP Server Primary Time server o Secondary Time sewer The NTP Server configuration is obtained automatically For proper function please make sure that the BOO P DHCP server used by this device provides correct time server information Date Time Reseno defauls Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 32 Date Time This link refers to a page where the internal real time clock of the KVM 9000 can be set up see Figure 6 32 You have the possibility to adjust the clock manually or to use a NIP timeserver Without a timeserver your time setting will not be persistent so you have to adjust it again after KVM 9000 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 Because NTP server time is always UTC there is a setting th
19. works only when mouse acceleration is turned off on the remote system 4 2 3 Automatic mouse speed and mouse synchronization The automatic mouse speed mode performs the speed detection during mouse synchronization Whenever the local and remote mouse cursors move synchronously or not there are two ways for re synchronizing local and remote mouse cursors Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but fixed skew Choose the option using the Remote Console options menu or press the mouse synchronization hotkey sequence in case you defined one Intelligent Sync lf the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system use the intelligent resynchronization This method takes more time than the fast one and can be accessed with the appropriate item in the Remote Console option menu The intelligent synchronization requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment function to setup the picture and make sure that there are no window at the top left corner of the remote desktop that are able to change the mouse cursor shape from the normal state The Sync mouse button on top of the Remote Console can behave differently depending on the current state of mouse synchronization Usually pressing this button leads to a fast sync except in situations where the KVM port or the video mode changed recently Note At first start if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the r
20. 192 168 1 11 10 17 1929 00 25 51 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 11 10 15 1929 02 27 12 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 11 10 15 1929 01 29 46 Board Message Device successfully started 10 15 1929 00 44 20 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 11 10 11 1929 09 00 20 Board Message Device successfully started 10 03 1929 08 59 34 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 21 10 03 1929 07 42 51 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 21 closed 10 03 1929 07 27 51 Remote Console Connection to client 192 166 1 21 established 10 03 1929 07 27 45 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 21 closed 10 03 1929 05 50 49 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 21 established 10 03 1929 05 50 19 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 21 10 03 1929 03 32 42 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 20 closed Prev Next 2 Event Log Figure 6 36 Event Log List Figure 6 36 displays the log list including the events that are logged by the KVM 9000 6 7 3 Update Firmware Firmware Upload Firmware File aS Upload sc 2 Update Firmware Figure 6 37 Update Firmware The KVM 9000 is a complete standalone computer The software it runs is called firmware The firmware of the KVM 9000 can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or spe
21. 6 17 USB mass storage option Set this option to disable the mass storage emulation and hide the virtual drive if no image file is currently loaded If unset and no file image will be found it may happen that the host system will hang on boot due to changes in 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 machine To set this option press the button Apply 95 93 IP KVM Extender 6 4 User Management 6 4 1 Change Password Change Password 2 Change Password Figure 6 18 Set password To change your password enter the new password in the upper entry field Retype the password in the field below Click Apply to submit your changes 6 4 2 Users and Groups User Management Existing users select Full user name A Confirm Password A Email address fo O Mobile number Do OS O Enforce user to change password on next login a Users Modi Figure 6 19 Set User The KVM 9000 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 KVM 9000 offers 56 93 IP KVM Extender Upon delivery the account super has the password pass Make sure to change password immediately after you have installed
22. 9000 unit You can find the MAC address labeled on the bottom side of the metal housing KVM 9000 Setup Tool lf this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the setup tool to change the configurations to your needs The setup tool IPSetup can be found on the CD ROM delivered with this package You can follow the procedures described below 7 93 DHCP IP KVM Extender If you have installed the KVM 9000 unit on a network that enables DHCP you can use the IPSetup to find out the KVM 9000 unit s IP 1 Plug Ethernet cable to KVM 9000 unit KVM 9000 will get an IP via DHCP 2 Using IPSetup run IPSetup exe to look for KVM 9000 a Select MAC address which label on bottom of KVM 9000 unit b Click Query Device 2 Device Setup 1 1 0 Device Refresh Devices Device Type Enable WLAN Configuration WLAN Devices only Authentication Super User login Super User password New Super User password Mew password tconfirm Status Found 1 devices 1 network 0 USB Setup the fixed IP and Gateway Network Configuration IP auto configuration None DHCP CO BOOTP IP address Subnet mask Gateway Wireless LAN Configuration a Setup IP auto configuration as None setup IP address Subnet mask b Enter Super user login and password for Authentication default
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24. IP KVM Extender level Ona o E MO E NON E one LevelOne User Manual KVM 9000 IP KVM Extender Ver 1 2 1 93 IP KVM Extender Certificates FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may Cause undesired operation RoHS All contents of this package including products packing materials and documentation comply with RoHS Fe CE 2 93 IP KVM Extender TABLE OF CONTENTS Te PNE QUICK instalation UI usais 5 dl Rackage contenu aaa loaded iaa 5 eZ o AAA Ni II 5 ES IAAI COMNGUTATION seminario OAS 7 Ze MORI CHOW PP Pm O OR EI A Ia 12 2 1 Feat re O VCIVIWissussrisia cece A 12 22 ECMMICAl SDC CICA OWNS iia 13 2 9 y Sem Te qUe Meer AAR eer Ad Rea 14 2 4 When the server iS Up and FUNNING ccccececeeeceeeceeeceeeeceeeceueeeeeeseeseueeneeeseeesaes 14 2 5 When the server ISC AG rss tai ARS 14 ss FAT AWW AS MINS AINA OI cee cee cel cecil a 16 AE ON ONGINI CW oer areas aa ete acetate ea eei sndenuaciademenceen ee 16 3 2 Connecting KVM 9000 switch to the host SySteM ooccccocnccncnccncnccncnnoncnccnoncnnnnnnas 16 3 3 Scenario of connecting KVM 9000 switch to the Multi port KVM Switch system 19 A So A A A Onn enV
25. LS J lt LESS J SLASH BACK SPACE ENTER CAPS LOCK BACK SLASH LSHIFT SHIFT RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL CTRL LALT ALT Table A 1 Key Names SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END 89 93 IP KVM Extender PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPADO NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD NUMPADMUL NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU IP KVM Extender B Video Modes Table B 1 lists the video modes KVM 9000 supports Please don t use other custom video settings besides of these If done so KVM 9000 may not be able to detect them ETC 6 20x0 CN meoo o Table B 1 Video mode 90 93 IP KVM Extender C User Role Permissions Table C 1 lists the user role permissions granted for three user role groups Superuser Administrator and User Remote Control Remote X X e O ES Remote Control Telnet X X X Ir O User Management Change X X X e AY User Management Users a S o KVM Settings X X AAA Km Settings Video OR Devi Setings JO Maintenance Device X X X ms A Maintenance Eventlog Maintenance Update X AA ee a Maintenance Unit Reset Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse IAN E mm Vonen Table C 1 Use
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27. P KVM how to get the tools Disable Drive Redirection C Force read only connections Apply If enabled the Drive Redirection is switched off Force read only connections lf enabled the Write Support for the Drive Redirection is switched off It is not possible to write on a redirected device Click Apply to submit your changes There are two methods of Drive Redirections 1 External Drive Redirection Utility 2 Built in Java Drive Redirection function in Remote Console 6 3 3 1 Driver Redirection Utility Installation Please follow the Drive Redirection Setup Wizard step by step to install the driver from the attached CD ROM Drive Redirection Setup je xf Drive Redirection Setup jaj xf Welcome to the Drive Redirection Setup Wizard Choose Components E oo Choose which features of Drive Redirection you want to install E This wizard will guide you through the installation of Drive Redirection It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system Files without having to reboot your computer Click Next to continue Cancel Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue Select the type of install Or select the optional Drive Redirection components you wish to ShortCuts install StartMenu Des
28. a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered In this case all pressed keys should be released in reversed sequence The minus sign builds single separate key presses and releases The star inserts a pause with duration of 100 milliseconds 60 93 IP KVM Extender 6 5 2 Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse Settings Host Interface active PS 2 To use the USB and or PS 2 interface you need a correct cabling between the managed host and the managing device If the managed host has no USB keyboard support in the BIOS and you have connected the USB cable only then you will have no remote keyboard access during the boot process of the host If USB and PS 2 are both connected and you selected Auto as host interface then the card will choose USB if available or otherwise falls back to PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Model Generic 101 104 Key PC w Key release timeout enabled Timeout after 0 msec Enable key release timeout if you experience duplicated keystrokes during poor network performance USB Mouse Type Windows gt 2000 MacOS X w Mouse speed Auto Fixed scaling Absolute mouse scaling for MAC server emm Garni Figure 6 22 Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is connected to You can choose between Auto for automatic detection USB for an USB mouse and PS 2 for a PS 2 mouse
29. a serial line interface host side This connector is compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given in Table 4 2 When configuring with a serial terminal e g Hyper Terminal reset the KVM 9000 and immediately press the ESC key You will see some device information and a gt prompt Enter config press Enter key and wait for a few seconds for the configuration questions to appear Bits second 115200 Data bits a Stop bits Flow Control Table 4 2 Serial line parameters As you proceed the following questions will appear on the screen To accept the default values shown in square brackets below press Enter key IP auto configuration none dhcp bootp IP 192 168 1 22 Net mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 for none 0 0 0 0 22 93 IP KVM Extender IP auto configuration With this option you can specify whether the KVM 9000 should get its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP enter dhcp and for BOOTP enter bootp If you do not specify any of these the IP auto configuration is disabled and subsequently you will be asked for the following network settings IP address The IP address the KVM 9000 This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled Net mask The net mask of the connected IP subnet This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled Gate
30. and 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 factory default Username is super and the default Password is pass gt Click Connect to redirect drive Warning 1 Drive Redirection is only possible with Windows 2000 and above versions 2 The Drive Redirection works on a low SCSI level and the SCSI protocol cannot recognize partitions therefore the whole drive selected will be shared instead of any particular partition 3 While connecting to a legacy KVM switch please select PS 2 mouse for Keyboard Mouse setting from webpage Otherwise you will not be able to use Hot key 91 93 IP KVM Extender Navigation Buttons Connect Disconnect To establish the drive redirection please press the Connect button once If all the settings are correct the status bar displays that the connection has been established the Connect button is disabled and the Disconnect button is enabled On an error the status line shows the error message The drive redirection software tries to lock the local drive before it is redirected That means that it tries to prevent the local operating system from accessing the drive as long as it is redirected This may also fail especially if a file on the drive is currently open In the case of a locking failure you will be prompted if you want to
31. arge filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized 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 video input signal All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers When connecting the device directly to legacy Sun computer with composite sync as the video output it may be possible that KVM 9000 don t recognize the composite sync automatically To support signal transmission from a Sun machine enable this option If not enabled the picture of the remote console will not be visible To set the options click on the button Apply 63 93 IP KVM Extender 6 6 Device Settings 6 6 1 Network The Network Settings panel as shown in Figure 6 24 allows changing network related parameters Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect Network Basic Settings IP auto configuration DHCP w Preferred host name DHCP only IP address 192 168 50 139 Subnet mask 255 255 255 Primary DNS server IP address 168 95 192 a Network Secondary DNS server IP address 168 95 1 Network Miscellaneous Settings Remote Console
32. aris and Linux To create a floppy image file copy the contents of a floppy to a file You can use the following command dd if dev fdo of tmp floppy image dd reads the entire disc from the device dev fd0 and saves the output in the specified output file tmp floppy image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc MS Windows You can use the tool Raw Write for Windows It is included on the CD ROM shipped with KVM 9000 A Row Wribe Mal ES Rai bor od o ee AN A ME A wintlan ba oh Wie bigi Fipo dia E hs A Wite Reed About Help Support Use thes lab lo weenie en mage lo floppy de Image lie P erseniisis iresdos unshel FO88 tea Humber of copies Zz a Figure 6 12 RawWrite for Windows selection dialog From the menu select the tab Read Enter or choose the name of the file in which you would like to save the floppy content Click on the button Copy to initiate the image creation process For related tools you may have a look at www fdos org CD ROM ISO Images UNIX and UNIX like OS To create an image file make use of dd This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Solaris and Linux 46 93 IP KVM Extender To create a CDROM image file copy the contents of the CDROM to a file You can use the following command dd if dev cdrom of tmp cdrom image dd reads the enti
33. at allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time Warning There is currently no way to adjust the daylight saving time automatically So you have to set up the UTC offset twice a year properly to the local rules of your country 77 93 6 6 7 Event Log 2 Event Log Event Log Targets List Logging Enabled Entries shown per page 2 Clear internal log CO NFS Logging Enabled NFS Log File 02 C SMTP Logging Enabled SMTP Server O Receiver Email Address O O Sender Email Address OE CO SNMP Logging Enabled Destination P O ls Community O O Click here to view the IP KVM Switch SNMP MIB Event Log Assignments Event List Board Message gt Security Remote Console Host Control Authentication sl Apply us Resettodefaulisis Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 33 Event Log IP KVM Extender Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations see Figure 6 33 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 KVM 9000 To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page In the Event Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page Furthermore you can clear the log file here List logging enabled Th
34. cess or logs off A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line See Figure 5 7 a Figure 5 7 Remote Console Exclusive Mode 32 93 IP KVM Extender e Scaling Allow you to scale down the Remote Console You can still use both mouse and keyboard however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details When you designate 25 50 or100 scaling the size of Remote Console window is calculated according to the remote host video setting with scaling algorithm execution When you designate Scale to fit the remote video displaying is scaled to fit the size of Remote Console window lal El W SYNE hie Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access Screenshot to clipboard 20 scaling 40 Mouse Handling d e 100 Local cursor d Scale to fit Video Settings Refresh video soft Keyboard d Local Keyboard d Hotkeys d Figure 5 8 Remote Console Options Menu Scaling e Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse cursors Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but fixed skew Intelligent Sync Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system Warning This method takes more time than the fast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment function to setup the picture e Local Cursor Offers a
35. cial features 82 93 IP KVM Extender 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 unzip it before you can proceed Under the Windows operating system you may use WinZip from http www winzip com for decompression Other operating systems might provide a program called unzip Before you can start updating the firmware of your KVM 9000 the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the KVM 9000 Updating the firmware is a three stage process e Firstly the new firmware file is uploaded onto the KVM 9000 In order to do that you need to select the file on your local system using the button Browse of the Upload Firmware panel Once the firmware file has been uploaded it is checked whether it is a valid firmware file and whether there were any transmission errors In case of any error the Upload Firmware function will be aborted e Secondly if everything went well you see the Update Firmware panel The panel shows you the version number of the currently running firmware and the version number of the uploaded firmware Pressing the button Update will store the new version and substitute the old one completely Warning This process is not reversible and might take some minutes Make sure the KVM 9000 s power supply will n
36. d Certificate KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol RFB is used by the Remote Console to transmit both the screen data to the 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 establishment fails for any reason an unencrypted connection will be used If set to Force the applet tries to make an encrypted connection with certificate An error will be reported in case connection establishment fails Group based System Access Control This is the IP filtering function it keeps unauthorized hosts from accessing to the KVM 9000 by specifying IP filtering rules It is important to fully understand what an IP filter is If you don t fully understand this you will get unexpected results against your original plan HTTP Encryption C Force HTTPS for Web access KYM Encryption KVM Encryption Off O Try Force Group based System Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost C Enable Group based System Access Control Default Action 2421 Dynamic DNS Rule Starting IP Ending IP Group Action Security 1 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 All ACCEPT E E o CTD emne em Stored value is equal to the default Chain rule The Chain rule determines whether the access from the hosts is allowed or not It ca
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38. e Console Button Keys Key Definition Help Mame Button Key 1 confim Cil AltDelere Figure 6 21 User Console Settings Part 2 Remote Console Type Specifies which Remote Console Viewer to use Default Java VM Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser This may be the Microsoft JVM for the Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configured this way Use of the Sun JVM may also be forced see below Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use the JVM of Sun Microsystems The JVM in the browser is used to run the code for the Remote Console window which is actually a Java Applet If you check this box for the first time on your administration system and the appropriate Java plug in is not already installed on your system it will be downloaded and installed automatically However in order to make the installation possible you still need to answer the according dialogs with yes The download volume is around 11 Mbytes The advantage of downloading Sun s JVM lays in providing 59 93 IP KVM Extender a stable and identical Java Virtual Machine across different platforms The Remote Console software is optimized for this JVM versions and offers wider range of functionality when run in SUN s JVM Please make sure that you are installing Sun JVM 1 4 2 or above to your client system Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode Sets the ini
39. e common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the KVM 9000 To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page Since the KVM 9000 s system memory is used to save all the information the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1 000 events Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one automatically 78 93 IP KVM Extender Warning lf the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart the KVM 9000 all logging information is saved permanently and is available after the KVM 9000 has been started If the KVM 9000 loses power or a hard reset is performed all logging data will be lost To avoid this use one of the following log methods NFS Logging enabled Define a NFS server where a directory or a static link have to be exported to write all logging data to a file that is located there To write logging data from more than one KVM 9000 devices to only one NFS share you have to define a file name that is unique for each device When 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 error message SMTP Logging enabled With this option the KVM 9000 is able to send Emails to an address given by the Email address text field in the Event Log Settings These mails contain the same description strin
40. e l amp mC Lee Console Norm Desktop size is 1 024 x 768 Fps 0 In O Bis Out 8 Bis i se fx Drive Redirection Not connected Drive Redirection disconnected Ctrl Alt Delete PEAS A be Ele R Sync 3 Options HA 024 x 768 60 Hz Please press the Auto Adjust butto ice E My Computer Sosa Studio ecycie Din Paint z 12 Ed E mail ERCESOR cader 12 Cajal EREAL DESKLOD Minis Master LS Command Prompt El sa Start Type to search A ger mC Le e Console Norm Desktop size is 1 024 x 768 Fps 1 In 530 Bis Out 10 Bis i Ra 53 93 IP KVM Extender 3 Click Connect Drive or Connect ISO FA KYM IP Remote Console 60 248 192 229 Drive Redirection Not connected Drive Connect Drive ConnectiSoO o Drive Redirection disconnected Otri Alt Delete EE R syne N Options 4 Select a drive to redirect if Connect Drive Selecta drive to redirect A Removable A iRemovable 54 93 IP KVM Extender 5 Select a ISO image to redirect if Connect ISO Choose ISO image to redirect En Recent k E 3 Rata Send To a PUTTY END Local ettings as intiname ols 3 My Documents 8 LuBesult __ NetHood e NTUSER PrintHood ntuser dat 83 1 Ein AAAA Th FRA EE Riva A 6 3 4 Options Virtual Media Options C Disable USB Mass Storage if no image is loaded Apply Figure
41. e mouse is always synchronized with the local mouse Mouse Speed e Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on host use an additional acceleration setting The KVM 9000 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 between the local and the remote pointer You may also set a fixed scaling which determines the pixel amount of the remote mouse pointer movement when the local mouse pointer is moved by one pixel This option is used to manually control the remote mouse speed and only works when the mouse settings on the host are linear This means mouse acceleration of OS should be disabled and the intelligent mouse synchronization of KVM 9000 is not functioning under this setting Absolute mouse scaling for MAC server Use this option for MAC server To set the options click on the button Apply 62 93 IP KVM Extender 6 5 3 Video Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers Ei FAN Stored value is equal to the default e Video Figure 6 23 Video Settings Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the KVM 9000 reacts to small changes in the video input signal Turning on the noise filter can help reduce video flickering that is often caused by distortions as well as lowering unnecessary bandwidth consumption A l
42. e to Tray 7 redirectable drives Found Figure 6 16 Drive Redirection dialog Drive to redirect Device This is the address either the DNS name or the IP address of the KVM 9000 you would like to connect to 50 93 IP KVM Extender Drive The local drive you want to share with the remote computer which could be Floppy disc CD ROMs USB Sticks and hard drives Port This is the network port By default KVM 9000 uses the remote console port 443 here You may change this value if you have changed the remote console port in your KVM 9000 s network settings Secure Connection Enable this box to establish a secure connection via SSL This will maximize the security but may reduce the connection speed Select the drive you would like to redirect All available devices drive letters are shown here Please note that the whole drive is shared with the remote computer not only one partition If you have a hard disc with more than one partition all drive letters that belong to this disc will be redirected The Refresh button may be used to regenerate the list of drive letters especially for an USB stick Warning Please be cautious that if Allow Write Support is selected all data on the shred media might be destroyed Write Support This feature may be enabled here Write support means that the remote computer is allowed to write on your local drive As you can imagine this is very dangerous If both the remote
43. ecifying to which department within an organization the KVM 9000 belongs Organization The name of the organization to which the KVM 9000 belongs Locality City The city where the organization is located State Province The state or province where the organization is located Country ISO code The country where the organization is located This is the two letter ISO code e g DE for Germany or US for the USA Note the country code has to be entered in CAPITAL LETTERS Challenge Password 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 Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the KVM 9000 and its security Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits 1024 Bits are supposed to be sufficient for most cases Longer keys may result in slower response time of the KVM 9000 during connection establishment 74 93 IP KVM Extender 6 6 5 Serial Port Serial Port Settings Configuration login Modem Serial line speed bits s Modem init string Modem server IP address 19216831 Modem client IP address 19216832 Passthrough access to serial port 1 via Telnet SSH Speed Data bits Parit Bits Handshake T520 4 16 2 aene Y L1 S av S
44. emote mouse pointer press the Auto Adjust Button once 4 2 4 Host system mouse settings The host s operating system knows various settings from the mouse driver Warning The following limitations do not apply in case of USB and Mouse Type Windows gt 2000 MacOSX While the KVM 9000 works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the local with the remote mouse pointer there are the following limitations which may prevent this synchronization from working properly Special Mouse Driver There are mouse drivers that influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers If this happens make sure you do not use a special vendor specific mouse driver on your host system 24 93 IP KVM Extender Windows XP Mouse Settings Windows XP knows a setting named improve mouse acceleration which has to be deactivated Active Desktop lf the Active Desktop feature of Microsoft Windows is enabled do not use a plain background Instead use some kind of wallpaper As an alternative you could also disable the Active Desktop completely Navigate your mouse pointer into the upper left corner of the applet screen and move it slightly forth and back Thus the mouse will be resynchronized If re synchronizing fails disable the mouse acceleration and repeat the procedure 4 2 5 Single and Double Mouse Mode The information above applies to the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse poin
45. evice device device device security host host console several console console auth auth In contrast to the internal log file on the KVM 9000 the size of the NFS log file is not limited Every log event will be appended to the end of the file so it grows continuously and you may have to delete it or move it away from time to time 6 7 Maintenance 6 7 1 Device Information Device Information Device Information Product Name IP KYM Switch Serial Number 07070600001 Board ID 0209019744D2CCB4 Device IP Address 192 168 50 159 Device MAC Address 00 11 6B 40 55 EA Firmware Version 04 02 00 Firmware Build Number 5910 Firmware Description Standard Edition Hardware Revision 0x0E View the datafile for support Connected Users super 192 168 500 147 RC active Figure 6 34 Device Information Device Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this KVM 9000 and it s current firmware and allows you to reset the card You may have a look at Figure 6 34 for an example 80 93 IP KVM Extender The Data file for support allows you to download the KVM 9000 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 with a support request It will help us to locate and solve your reported problem Connected Users test 62 238 0 39
46. eyboard will not work as expected Instead the keys will result in their US English counterpart You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen with its optimal size That means it will adapt its size to the size of the remote screen initially and after the screen resolution of the remote screen has been changed However you can always resize the Remote Console window in your local window system as usual Warning In difference to the 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 focus 5 4 1 Remote Console Control Bar The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar Using its elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and adjust the local Remote Console settings description for each control follows Figure 5 5 Remote Console Control Bar Ctrl Alt Delete Special button key to send the Control Alt Delete key combination to the remote system see also section 6 4 1 for defining new button keys Auto Adjust button H lf the video display is of bad quality or distorted in some way press this button and wait a few seconds while the KVM 9000 tries to detect the video mode of VGA port to the co
47. fferent chances to happen Hard disk failure 50 ll Power cable detached power supply failure 28 Ill CPU Controller main board failure 10 IV CPU fan failure 8 V RAM failure 4 14 93 IP KVM Extender Using KVM 9000 administrators can determine which kind of serious hardware failure has occurred See table 2 1 Type of failure Detected by Hard disk failure Console screen CMOS set up information Power cable detached power supply Server remains in power off state after power failure on command has been given CPU Controller main board failure Power supply is on but there is no video output CPU fan failure By server specific management software RAM failure Boot Sequence on boot console Table 2 1 Host system failures and how they are detected 15 93 IP KVM Extender 3 Hardware installation 3 1 Operation Overview Figure 3 1 shows the connections of KVM 9000 switch to its host to peripheral devices to the power source and to the local area network single port IP KVM l F gt i p J NZ IP Network Administrator Figure 3 1 a KVM 9000 switch usage scenario Single port IP KVM KVM 8 16 PS 2 IP Network KVM Switch A dd d Pd Se p 4 7 Administrator Figure 3 1 b KVM 9000 switch usage scenario KVM 9000 switch redirects local keyboard mouse and video data to a remote administration console All data i
48. gs as the internal log file and the mail subject is filled with the event group of the occurred log event In order to use this log destination you have to specify a SMTP server that has to be reachable from the KVM 9000 device and that needs no authentication at all lt serverip gt lt port gt SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the KVM 9000 sends a SNMP trap to a specified destination IP address every time a log event occurs If the receiver requires a community string you can set it in the appropriate text field Most of the event traps only contain one descriptive string with all information about the log event Only authentication and host power events have an own trap class that consists of several fields with detailed information about the occurred event To receive this SNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be used Here is a example of all gerenated event and its event group Device succesfully started device Board Reset performed by user device Firmware upload failed device No firmware file uploaded device Uploaded firmware file discarded device 79 93 Firmware validation failed Firmware file uploaded by user Firmware updated by user Internal log file cleared by user security Violation Host Power Host Reset Connection to Remote Console failed reason Connection to client established Connection to client closed Login failed Login succeed Warning IP KVM Extender d
49. h the Dynamic DNS Server Spaces are not allowed in the Nickname Password You have used this password during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Check time The KVM 9000 registers itself for initiating the IP address of KVM 9000 stored in the Dynamic DNS server at this time Check interval This is the interval for reporting again to the Dynamic DNS server for updating the IP address associated with the Domain Name of the KVM 9000 Warning The KVM 9000 has its own independent real time clock Make sure the time setting of the KVM 9000 is correct see the Section called Date And Time 6 6 3 Security HTTP Encryption C Force HTTPS for Web access KYM Encryption KVM Encryption Off O Try Force Group based System Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost C Enable Group based System Access Control Default Action SOVEPT Rule Starting IP Ending IP Group Action 1 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 All ACCEPT ii Ge Ge GD escudo Stored value is equal to the default Security Figure 6 27 Device Security 68 93 IP KVM Extender Force HTTPS lf this option is enabled access to the web front end is only possible using an HTTPS connection The KVM 9000 will not listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections In case you want to create your own SSL certificate that is used to identify the KVM 9000 refer to the Section calle
50. he desired color depth You may select between 8 or 16 bit for Video Optimized compression level 0 or between 1 and 8 bit for compression level 1 to 9 The higher the color depth the more video information has to be captured and to be transferred E A Syne NR Options Monitor Only as Exclusive Access Scaling b Mouse Handling gt Local Cursor b Video Settings Refresh Video soft Keyboard P Local Keyboard gt Hotkeys b Compression Color Depth Piv 16 Bit Hicolor Lossy 8 Bit 4 Bit 4 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 256 Colors 16 Colors Grayscale Grayscale Black White Figure 5 14 Encoding Color depth 38 93 IP KVM Extender Note If displaying motion pictures on a connection with low speed you may achieve an improvement regarding the video transfer rate by lowering the color depth and disabling the option Video Optimized As a general result the data rate is reduced less bits per color Furthermore the KVM 9000 will not have to do any video compression In total this will lead to less transfer time of the motion picture 5 4 2 Remote Console Status Line Status line Shows both console and the connection state The size of the remote screen is displayed Figure 5 15 was taken from a Remote Console with a resolution of 800x600 pixels The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL means a secure connection Conso
51. he secured global access mechanism through Internet However it is possible to generate and install a new base64 X 509 certificate that is unique for a particular KVM 9000 In order to do that the KVM 9000 is able to generate a new cryptographic key and the associated Certificate Signing Request CSR that needs to be certified by a certification authority CA A certification authority verifies that you are the person who you claim you are and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you The following steps are necessary to create and install a SSL certificate for the KVM 9000 e Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure 6 28 You need to fill out a number of fields that are explained below Once this is done 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 see Figure 6 29 e Send the saved CSR string to a CA for certification You will get the new certificate from the CA after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process depending on the CA 72 93 IP KVM Extender e Upload the certificate to the KVM 9000 using the Upload button as shown in Figure 6 29 Certificate Signing Request CSR The following CSR is pending countryName TW statebrProvinceName taipei localityHame taipei organizationName test org organizationalU
52. hile this option is selected Reset this Mode Reset mode specific settings Clock Phase and Position to the factory made defaults Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory made defaults Save changes Save changes permanently Undo Changes Restore last settings e Refresh Video Click to run this menu item for retrieving the whole video again from the controlled host and displayed on Remote Console In normal situation only changed parts of video will be packed and sent from KVM 9000 for saving 35 93 IP KVM Extender network bandwidth This function is mainly used for troubleshooting purpose where some old video fragments are displayed as not updated in time for some reason for example noise filter for VGA is setting too large e Soft Keyboard Figure 5 11 Soft Keyboard Opens up the Menu for the Soft Keyboard e Show Pops up the Soft Keyboard The Soft Keyboard is necessary in case your host system runs a completely different language and country mapping than your administration machine e Mapping Used for choosing the specific language and country mapping of the Soft Keyboard Options 1 Monitor Only J Exclusive Access 4 Readability Filter Scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor JChat Window Soft Keyboard I Local Keyboard Hotkeys 4 Shaw Mapping English United States English United Kingdom J German Germany German Switzerland French France
53. isites The KVM 9000 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 HTTP HTTPS Full access is provided by the embedded web server The KVM 9000 environment can be entirely managed using a standard web browser You can access the KVM 9000 using the insecure HTTP protocol or using the encrypted HTTPS protocol Whenever possible use HTTPS Telnet A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to the KVM 9000 s serial port via a terminal mode The primary interface of the KVM 9000 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 KVM 9000 using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself For an insecure connection to the KVM 9000 we can recommend the following browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or higher on Windows 2000 XP Vista and windows 7 Netsca
54. ktop C Quicklaunch Description Space required 1 0MB Position your mouse over a component to see Es description Nullsoft Install System v2 01 lt Back Cancel 49 93 IP KVM Extender lala ETE Choose Install Location in i Choose the Folder in which to install Drive Redirection f 4 Completing the Drive Redirection Setup Wizard Setup will install Drive Redirection in the Following folder To install in a different folder click Drive Redirection has been installed on your computer Browse and select another Folder Click Install to start the installation Click Finish to close this wizard Browse a Folder Space required 1 0MB Space available 5 2GB Nullsoft Install System y2 01 Cancel Figure 6 15 Drive Redirection Setup Drive Redirection Settings gt Start Drive Redirection O Drive Redirection 1 2 1 Connection Parameters Device fiz 168 123 226 Drive la Refresh Port 443 Enable write Support WARNING This might destroy all data on the shared media Mote The whole drive is redirected here IF you redirect a local hard disk with more than one partition all partitions of the drive will be available on the remote computer Virtual Drive and Device Authentication Virtual Drive Drive 1 Some devices use only Drive 1 Username super Password ier Connect MSCOmmect henge Medium Exit Hid
55. le Norm Desktop size is 1024 x 768 In 0 Bis Out 0 B s Figure 5 15 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 compressed transfer rate Figure 5 16 Status line transfer rate For more information about Monitor Only and Exclusive Access settings see related sections 39 93 IP KVM Extender 6 Menu Options 6 1 Remote Control 6 1 1 KVM Console Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 1280 x 1024 Si Device Power Supply Power Supply External Figure 6 1 KVM Console To open the KVM console either click on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the button Refresh 40 93 IP KVM Extender 6 1 2 Telnet Console Telnet Console AP EYN Switch Terminal Server e 2000 2002 TA 0nsole Telnet Console loss i Figure 6 2 Telnet Console The KVM 9000 firmware features a Telnet server that enables a user to connect via a standard Telnet client In case the Telnet program is using a VT 100 VT 102 or VT 220 terminal or an according emulation it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the KVM 9000 host machine is using a text mode screen resolution Connecting to the KVM 9000 is done as usual and as required by the Telnet client
56. list of different cursor shapes to choose from for the local mouse pointer The selected shape will be saved for the current user and activated the next time 33 93 IP KVM Extender this user opens the Remote Console The number of available shapes depends on the Java Virtual Machine a version of 1 4 2 or above offers the full list Seles TT E Pp ore cme Monitor Only Exclusive Access Screenshot to clipboard Scaling d Mouse Handling d Transparent Local Cursor w Default Video Settings Big Refresh Video Pixel Sot Keyboard d Crosshair Local Keyboard d Hotkeys d Figure 5 9 Remote Console Options Menu Cursor e Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the KVM 9000 video settings KVM 9000 features two different dialogs which for adjusting the video settings Video Settings through the HTML Frontend To enable local video port select this option This option decides if the local video output of KVM 9000 is active and passing through the incoming signal from the host system The option Noise Filter defines how KVM 9000 reacts to small changes in the video input signal Turning on the noise filter can help reduce video flickering that is often caused by distortions as well as lowering unnecessary bandwidth consumption A large filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately A small filter displays all change
57. mize these settings for every users separately Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users Remote Console Settings for User The settings on this page are user specific Changes you make here will affect the selected user only Transmission Encoding Automatic Detection O Pre configured Network speed LAN ugh color Manually Compression U none Color depth 16 bit high col Remote Console Type Default Java YM Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin If you do not have the Java Browser Plugin already installed on your system this option will cause downloading of around 11 MByte Plugin code The Plugin will enable extended Remote Console functionality Figure 6 20 User Console Settings Part 1 User select box This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect You may change the settings of other users if you have the required privileges Transmission Encoding The Transmission Encoding setting allows changing the image encoding algorithm that is used to transmit the video data to the Remote Console window lt is possible to optimize the speed of the remote screen processing depending on the number of users working at the same time and the network bandwidth of the connection line Modem ISDN DSL LAN etc Automatic detection The encoding and the compression level is determi
58. movable disks and harddisks with the remote system LD RUIM image e Drive Redirection C Disable Drive Redirection Force read only connections A Reseo deals Stored value is egual to the default Figure 6 14 Options of Drive Redirection Please note that Drive Redirection works on a level which is far below the operating system That means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is aware that the drive is currently redirected actually This may lead to inconsistent data as soon as one of the operating systems either from the local machine or from the remote host is writing data on the device If write support is enabled the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the redirected device On the other hand if the local operating system writes data to the redirected device the drive cache of the operating system of the remote host might contain older data This may confuse the remote host s operating system We recommend to use the Drive Redirection with care especially the write support 48 93 Active Image IP KVM Extender No disk emulation set Drive Redirection Disable Drive Redirection Urive Redirection allows you to share your local drive floppy CD ROM removable disks and harddisks with the remote system To use this feature you need the Drive Redirection Tool or the EM Vision Viewer on your client machine Please ask the vendor of I
59. n and password for Authentication default super pass c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated it ll show Successfully configured device Otherwise it ll show Permission Denied Device Metwork Configuration Device MAC address 00 11 656 40 55 EA IP auto configuration None DHCP CO BOOTF Refresh Devices IP address Device Type Subnet mask Enable WLAN Configuration LAN Devices only Gateway Authentication Information Super User login super ice f uper User login 1 Successfully configured device SEE Super User password New Super User password New password confirm Status Ready 21 93 IP KVM Extender Authentication To adjust the authentication settings enter your login as a Super user and change your password Super user login Enter the login name of the super user The initial value is super All characters are in lower case Super user password Enter the current password for the super user This initial value is pass All characters are in lower case New super user password Enter the new password for the super user New password confirm Re type the new password for the super user for confirmation To close the window and accept the changes press the OK button otherwise press the Cancel button 4 1 1 Initial configuration via serial console For using serial terminal the KVM 9000 has
60. n be one of these two values ACCEPT access allowed DROP access not allowed 69 93 IP KVM Extender The rule can be configured to apply to a particular Group level All User Super Administrator When the KVM 9000 receives a TCP packet it will process the packet 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 Rule 1 Yes gt Action 1 No y Rule 2 Ye Action 2 No Rule Yes gt Action 3 No Rule n Yes Action 4 No Default Rule Yes Action 5 Check the Enable Group based System Access Control to edit the rules Users can add a new IP filtering rule by setting the properties at adding line by Append or Insert User can remove a rule by Remove or Delete 70 93 IP KVM Extender HTTP Encryption Force HTTPS for Web access KVM Encryption KVM Encryption Of Try Force Group based System Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost 4 Enable Group based System Access Control Default Action ACCEPT Rule Starting IP Ending IP Group Action 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 All ACCEPT A ja 168 123 99 ja 168 123 230 oo ACCEPT Append Insert Replace
61. ned automatically from the available bandwidth and the current content of the video image Pre configured The pre configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of compression and colour depth for the indicated network speed Manually Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the 58 93 IP KVM Extender KVM 9000 and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth Since high compression rates consum more computing power of KVM 9000 they should not be used while several users are accessing the KVM 9000 simultaneously The standard color depth is 16 Bit 65536 colors The other color depths are intended for slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data Therefore compression level 0 no compression uses only 16 Bit color depth At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit 16 colors and 2 Bit 4 gray scales are recommended for typical desktop interfaces Photo like pictures have best results with 4 Bit 16 gray scales 1 Bit color depth black white should only be used for extremely slow network connections Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings C Start in Monitor Mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode Mouse Hotkey Hotkey Helpi AlHFL2 Used for fast mouse synchronization in Double Mouse mode and to free the grabbed mouse in Single Mouse mode Remot
62. nfigured correctly Therefore administrative permissions are required As a regular user you may not have these permissions You should either login as a system administrator or as root on UNIX systems or ask your system administrator for help to complete this task Windows 2000 XP Open the Explorer navigate to the directory or share and press the right mouse button to open the context menu 44 93 IP KVM Extender Figure 6 10 Explorer context menu Select Sharing to open the configuration dialog Figure 6 11 Share configuration dialog Adjust the settings for the selected directory e Activate the selected directory as a share Select Sharing this folder e Choose an appropriate name for the share You may also add a short description for this folder input field Comment e If necessary adjust the permissions button permissions e Click OK to set the options for this share UNIX and UNIX like OS Sun Solaris and Linux If you like to access the share via SAMBA SAMBA has to be set up properly 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 45 93 IP KVM Extender Creating an Image Floppy Images UNIX and UNIX like OS To create an image file make use of dd This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Sol
63. nitName test commonKN ame test emailiAddress test test com Download Delete i i Certificate Upload SSL Certificate File Browsa Upload Figure 6 29 SSL Certificate Upload RIIE CERTIFICATE KDQUEST PERATA ELA CEBO FED SAN Ag Tiree A TEPMADO IEA OIE ANTI E er ASE MA A UE EA ATEN ADA TEAS ADECCO GE ATI Lae Toon A Selig hk OS AE AAO ie Teg EA A TU UA Lp Ora ihe Ree rere E PE o THE Jal er PRE a Pe A PL ee A a dd E A EA ANDO be Be le AND ce bei A A De A ec AR Din eS TOT A MA eT ee RT 1 Be ER ees a eae ee eT oe Lin 14 tes LTR eee Lae eo ee Te ge eH Te Ext CERTIFICATIE RESENT Figure 6 30 CSR string After completing these three steps the KVM 9000 has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients Warning If you destroy the CSR on the KVM 9000 there is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps as described above Common name This is the network name of the KVM 9000 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 73 93 IP KVM Extender access the KVM 9000 with a web browser without the http prefix In case the name given here and the actual network name differ the browser will pop up a security warning when the KVM 9000 is accessed using HTTPS Organizational unit This field is used for sp
64. nstallation guide LevelOne IP KVM Extender KVM 9000 redirects local keyboard mouse and video data to a remote administration console All data is transmitted via IP IP KVM Extender can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well Besides KVM 9000 Is a KVM switch which can also be used with a local console 1 1 Package contents Base unit Single port KVM 9000 User s manual Installation software and User Manual on CD ROM AC to DC Power Adapter Rack Mount Kit 1 SET Null modem cable 1 2 Installation Host keyboard Reset Host VGA Power USB Host mouse Host side Console side LAN Console VGA Console mouse Serial Port Console keyboard Figure 1 1 The connectors of single port KVM 9000 switch host and console side Rack Mount kit installation The KVM 9000 switch includes mounting bracket for installation in 19 inch racks 5 93 IP KVM Extender Hardware installation z AN USA Cable Ct a 8 Ph Haat Posy tesa Mouse Monitor e E TAS Serial Powe a mo Option ON etwork gt y Internet IF Network Local Console Please perform the following steps 6 93 oP Ol eer IM a IP KVM Extender Power down your computer and KVM 9000 switch Connect the power supply to KVM 9000 switch Connect the monitor to the KVM 9000 switch console side Connect the keyboard to the KVM 9000 switch console side Connect
65. ntrolled host and adjust itself for the best possible video quality la SYC Sync mouse Activates 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 host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on the host 31 93 IP KVM Extender Single Double mouse mode MS Switches between the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible and the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1 4 2 or higher Options Options To open the Options menu click on the button Options E K Sync os Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access Screenshot ta clipboard Scaling d Mouse Handling d Local Cursor Video Settings Refresh wideo soft Keyboard Local Keyboard d Hotkeys d Figure 5 6 Remote Console Options Menu A short description of the options follows e Monitor Only Toggles the Monitor only filter on or off If the filter is switched on no remote console interaction is possible and monitoring is possible e Exclusive Access lf a user has the appropriate permission he or she can force the Remote Consoles of all other users to close No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive ac
66. ompression and level 9 the best compression The most suitable compression level should always be seen as a compromise between the network bandwidth that is available on your video picture to be transferred and on the number of changes between two single video pictures We recommend to use a higher compression level if the network bandwidth is low The higher the compression level the more time is needed to pack and unpack the video data on either side of the connection The compression quality depends on the video picture itself e g the number of the colors or the diversity of pixels The lower the compression quality the more data have to be sent and the longer it may take to transfer the whole video picture If level O is chosen the video compression is disabled completely The option Video Optimized has its advantages if transferring high quality motion pictures In this case the video compression is disabled completely and all video data is transferred via network as full quality video snippets Therefore a high amount of bandwidth is required to ensure the quality of 37 93 the video picture el KY Syne dos Option root T Frije Monitor Only ee Exclusive Access Scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor j Video Settings Refresh Video sofiKevboard P Local Keyboard o Hotkeys E _Predetned gt ET Aa Video Optimized p Lassy 1 fastest Figure 5 14 Encoding Compression IP KVM Extender Color Depth set t
67. ontroller User Manual for details The serial power equipment is option 6 3 Virtual Media 6 3 1 Floppy Disk Active Image No disk emulation set Floppy Image Upload This option allows you to upload a binary image e g example img with a maximum size of 1 44MB to the IP KVM Switch This image will be emulated to the host as USB device Floppy Image Fe E se SDIOAG pecs e Floppy Disk Figure 6 6 Virtual Floppy Area Upload a Floppy Image A certain floppy image can be built up in two steps 42 93 IP KVM Extender e Click Browse button and select the image file Floppy Image Upload This option allows you to upload a binary image e g example ing with a maximum size of 144MB to the IP RWT This image will be emulated to the host as USE device Flappy Image File Upload Figure 6 7 Select Image File The maximum image size is limited to 1 44MB For larger image please see section 6 3 2 e Click Upload button to upload the chosen image file into the KVM 9000 s onboard memory This image file is kept in the onboard memory of the KVM 9000 until the end of the current session as you logged out or initiated a reboot of the KVM 9000 6 3 2 CD ROM Image Use Image on Windows Share SAMBA To include an image from a Windows share select CD ROM from the submenu Active Image No disk emulation set Image on Windows Share This option all
68. orts simultaneously depending on how you want to access KVM 9000 switch INTERNET Note Before attempting to connect anything to the KVM 9000 switch or your computers please ensure that all your computers and devices are power off 18 93 IP KVM Extender 3 3 Scenario of connecting KVM 9000 switch to the Multi port KVM Switch system Client P Network LAN Client 5 single port IP KVM Console side E RE a Host side eed A ad ad df se 8 Port KVM Switch a 8 computers 19 93 IP KVM Extender 4 Configuration 4 1 Initial Configuration lf DHCP mode is enabled IP auto configuration DHCP the KVM 9000 will try to contact a DHCP server in the subnet to which it is physically connected If a DHCP server is found it may provide a valid IP address gateway address and net mask Before you connect the device to your local subnet be sure to complete the corresponding configuration of your DHCP server It is recommended to configure a fixed IP assignment to the MAC address of the KVM 9000 You can find the MAC address labeled on the bottom side of the metal housing lf DHCP mode is disabled IP auto configuration None the factory default IP settings are as below IP address 192 168 1 22 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Table 4 1 Initial Network Configurations KVM 9000 Setup Tool If this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the
69. ot be interrupted during the update process because this may cause an unusable card Thirdly after the firmware has been stored the panel will request you to reset the KVM 9000 manually Half a minute after the reset the KVM 9000 will run with the new firmware version and should be accessible However you are requested to login once again Warning The three stage firmware update process and complete consistency check are making a mistake in updating the firmware almost impossible However only experienced staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update Make sure the KVM 9000 s power supply will not be interrupted 83 93 IP KVM Extender 6 7 4 Unit Reset Reset Keyboard Mouse PS 2 scl Reset USB esc Reset Video Engine Reset Device Sm This may take up to a minute Figure 6 38 Unit Reset This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device This involves the both keyboard and mouse the video engine and the KVM 9000 itself Resetting the card itself is mainly needed to activate a newly updated firmware It will close all current connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console Unit Reset The whole process will take about half a minute Resetting sub devices e g video engine will take some seconds only and does not result in closing connections To reset a certain KVM 9000 functionality click on the button Reset as displayed in Figure 6 38 No
70. ows you to share a CD ROM image over a Windows Share with a maximum size of 800MB This image will be emulated to the host as USB device Share host MY share name a Path to image es User optional Password optional Del 2 CD ROM Image Figure 6 8 Selecting CD ROM 43 93 IP KVM Extender Active Image No disk emulation set Image on Windows Share share host po share folder name fo Image file name po User name po Password po 5et Figure 6 9 Select Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the image properly Share host The server name or its IP address Share folder name The name of the share folder to be used Image file name The name of the image file on the share folder User name If necessary specify the user name for the share named in advance If unspecified and a guest account is activated this guest account information will be used as your login Password If necessary specify the password for the given user name To register the specified file image and its location click on the button Set The specified image file is Supposed to be accessible from the KVM 9000 The information above has to be given from the point of view of the KVM 9000 It is important to specify correct IP addresses and device names Otherwise KVM 9000 may not be able to access the referenced image file Furthermore the specified share has to be co
71. pe Navigator 7 0 or Mozilla 1 6 on Windows 2000 XP Vista windows 7 Unix Linux and UNIX like Operating Systems In order to access the remote host system using a securely encrypted connection you need a browser that supports the HIT TPS protocol Strong security is only assured by using a key length of 256 Bit Some of the old browsers do not have a strong 256 Bit encryption algorithm Using the Internet Explorer open the menu entry and Info to read about the key length that is currently activated The dialog box contains a link that leads you to information on how to upgrade your browser to a state of the art encryption scheme Figure 5 1 shows the dialog box presented by the Internet Explorer 6 0 26 93 IP KVM Extender E About Internet Explorer l x lr a t Explor Version 6 0 2500 1106 Cipher Strength 126 bit Product ID 55736 520 6329726 04981 Update Versions 5P1 823353 Figure 5 1 The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers generally support strong encryption on default 5 2 Login into the KVM 9000 and logout 5 2 1 Login into the KVM 9000 Launch your web browser Direct it to the address of your KVM 9000 which you configured during the installation process The address used might be an IP address or a domain name in the case where you have given your KVM 9000 a symbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the URL field of your browser when
72. peB Reset button 1 SSS O OO Power DC 5V 2 5A Adapter Console Side Weight Dimension mm 13 93 IP KVM Extender 2 3 System requirement Hardware lem Description O O Local host side One PC or server or the console port of KVM switch unit Remote Console side One PC or Multiple PCs are linked into the network Software lem poo Description _____________ Local host side No additional software necessary Remote Console side Java Runtime Environment version 1 4 2 or above 2 Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or above or Netscape or Mozilla or Safari 2 4 When the server is up and running The KVM 9000 gives you a full control over the remote server The Management Console allows you to access the remote server s graphics keyboard and mouse and to send special commands to the server You can also perform periodic maintenance of the server Using the Console Redirection Service you are able to do the following Reboot the system Il Watch the boot process lll Boot the system from a separate partition to load the diagnostic environment IV Run special diagnostic programs 2 5 When the server is dead Obviously fixing hardware defects is not possible through a remote management device Nevertheless KVM 9000 gives the administrator valuable information about the type of a hardware failure Serious hardware failures can be categorized into five different categories with di
73. r Role Permissions D KVM 9000 port table C Por Protocol pose HTTP overtcP Web 547 Web CD ROM Image Samba Service Floppy disk Samba Service 91 93 IP KVM Extender E Bandwidth Consumption The preconfigured network speed selection simply results in a different Compression and Color Depth configuration in order to match the different bandwidth limitations of the network type UMTS ISDN etc The following suggested network bandwidth planning table for KVM 9000 installation is from the test results with 3D Labyrinth screen saver at Resolution 800x600 the worst case consuming the highest network bandwidth Compression Color Used Comment a ee a e Video Optimized Video Optimized 8 bit 3 0 3 3 MB s uncompressed synchronized video A A ameter Video Optimized Video Optimized 16 bit 4 3 5 0 MB s uncompressed synchronized video neon Le ee ene tere LAN high color 0 no compression DSL 2 abt fmo 140 kb s slower video because of compression UMTS 80 100 kb s slower video because of compression V 90 GSM Modem 9 best compression tbt hi 3kb s_ black amp white video 92 93 F Cable diagrams PS 2 Cable Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male A a _ AT to PS 2 keyboard adapter Optional Din 5 pins Male to Mini Din 6 pin Female O VGA Cable HDDB15 Male to Male CAT5 5E 6 Straight Through UTP STP Cable Straight through RJ45 color coding EIA TIA 568
74. re disc from the device dev cdrom and saves the output in the specified output file tmp cdrom image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc MS Windows To create the image file use your favorite CD imaging tool Copy the whole contents of the disc into one single image file on your hard disk For example with Nero you choose Copy and Backup Then navigate to the Copy Disc section Select the CD ROM or DVD drive you would like to create an image from Specify the filename of the image and save the CD ROM content in that file Favorites A a Make Data Disc ea Back up Files i aa O Make Audio CD a Wee ED cor 0 Figure 6 13 Nero selection dialog 47 93 IP KVM Extender 6 3 3 Drive redirection The Drive Redirection 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 remote machine The drive is hereby shared over a TCP network connection Devices such as floppy drives hard discs CD ROMs and other removable devices like USB sticks can be redirected It is even possible to enable a write support so that for the remote machine it is possible to write data to your local disc home Active Image No disk emulation set Drive Redirection Drive Redirection allows you to share your local drive floppy CD ROM re
75. rvers around the world KVM keyboard video and mouse access over IP and analogous telephone line modem needed Full control under any OS in BIOS mode during boot at Blue Screens No additional software necessary on servers Can be used with most standard KVM 256 bit SSL encryption of all transmitted data and Certificate management Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture Serial over LAN Remote serial power control via web Video Resolution up to Local console 1920 x 1440 Remote console 1600 x 1200 High color depth 16 bits High performance mouse tracking and synchronization Automatic adjustment of data rate to transmission line Drive redirection function on the remote console control bar Remote mass storage control Can be controlled over all java enabled Browsers Firmware update via web interface Port to connect a user console for direct analogous access to KVM switch 4 9 0 ee Oo Oo o 4 4 12 93 IP KVM Extender 2 2 Technical specifications Telephone line modem needed Management Interface Web Utility Telnet Serial Port VGA Resolution Local 1920 x 1440 Windows Unix Unix like OS Sun Solaris Linux Mac OSX A Netscape or Mozilla or Safari DHCP Bootp Fix IP DDNS supported 10 100 Ethernet Management Interface Eventlog Event log NFS SMTP SNMP trap Hardware Host Side Keyboard PS 2 Mini Din i i OA Connect to PC or KVM switch uss USB 207
76. s instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if display content is not really changing depending on the quality of the video input signal All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations 34 93 IP KVM Extender Video Seitings through the remote console ES Fideo Setting Brightness Contrast Red Contrast Green a Contrast Blue al Clock ET Phase a Horizontal Offset 4 Vertical Offset Reset this Mode Reset All Modes Save Changes 1024768 60Hz Undo Changes y y gt y y E y pul Figure 5 10 Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture Contrast Controls the contrast of the picture Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a video line and depends on the video mode Different video card types may require different values here The default settings in conjuction with the auto adjustment procedure should be adequate for all common configurations If the picture quality is still bad after auto adjustment you may try to change this setting together with the sampling phase to achieve a better quality Phase Defines the phase for video sampling used to control the display quality together with the setting for sampling clock Horizontal Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in horizontal direction while this option is selected Vertical Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in vertical direction w
77. s its IP address there The administrator may contact this server as well and pick up the same IP address belonging to his card The administrator has to register an KVM 9000 that is supposed to take 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 the hostname is needed in order to determine the IP address of the registered KVM 9000 You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS e Make sure that the LAN interface of the KVM 9000 is properly configured e Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog as shown in Figure 6 25 e Enable Dynamic DNS and change the settings according to your needs see below Enable Dynamic DNS This enables the Dynamic DNS service This requires a configured DNS server IP address Dynamic DNS server This is the server name where KVM 9000 registers itself in regular intervals Currently this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now DNS System Choose Dynamic for free DNS service Custom for your own domain Hostname 67 93 IP KVM Extender This is the hostname of the KVM 9000 that is provided by the Dynamic DNS Server use the whole name including the domain e g testserver dyndns org not just the actual hostname Username You have registered this username during your manual registration wit
78. s to administrate your KVM 9000 After login the system will prompt for changing the default username and password to user specific settings Change Password Old Password New Password Confirm Mew Password Operation completed successfully Change Password Control servers via Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system The Remote Console will behave exactly the same way as if you were sitting directly in front of the screen of your remote system That means that both the keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way Open the console by selecting the preview picture on the main site of the HIML front end Figure 1 2 shows the top of the Remote Console Figure 1 2 Top part of the Remote Console There are some options to choose from and the important ones are the following Auto Adjust button E If the video displayed is of bad quality or distorted in some way press this button and wait a few seconds while KVM 9000 unit tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality IN SYC Sync Mouse 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 host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on the host 10 93 IP KVM Extender Video Settings in Options Menu This opens a new window with elements to control the KVM
79. s transmitted with the TCP IP protocol family KVM 9000 switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well Attaching one or several KVM 9000 switches to a KVM switch matrix allows accessing multiple servers on a single remote console 3 2 Connecting KVM 9000 switch to the host system In order to connect the KVM 9000 switch of the host system performs the following steps Step 1 Connect the power supply on KVM 9000 switch So 16 93 IP KVM Extender Step 2 Connect the monitor to the KVM 9000 switch console side a Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the KVM 9000 switch console side Step 4 Connect the mouse to the KVM 9000 switch console side i ee a ii Step 5 Connect a VGA cable 15 pin HDDB Male Male with the Male side to both of the PC and the host of the KVM 9000 switch EE a Step 6 Connect one end to the PS 2 mouse port on the computer and the other end to the host PS 2 mouse port on the KVM 9000 switch 17 93 IP KVM Extender Step 7 Connect one end to PS 2 keyboard port on the computer and the other end to the host PS 2 keyboard port on the KVM 9000 switch eee TR o on Step 8 Option Connect the type A connector of USB A B cable to the USB port of the host system while using remote mass storage control USB type A plug of USB A B cable to the computer Step 9 Connect Ethernet and or modem or both communication p
80. setup tool to change the configurations to your needs The setup tool IPSetup can be found on the CD ROM delivered with this package You can follow the procedures described below DHCP If you have installed the KVM 9000 on a network that enables DHCP you can use the IPSetup to find out the KVM 9000 s IP 1 Plug Ethernet cable to KVM 9000 KVM 9000 will get an IP via DHCP 2 Using IPSetup run PSetup exe to look for KVM 9000 a Select MAC address which label on bottom of KVM 9000 b Click Query Device Notes BOOTP a static configuration protocol uses a table that maps IP addresses to physical addresses DHCP an extension to BOOTP that dynamically assigns configuration information DHCP is backward compatible with BOOTP 20 93 IP KVM Extender beh Device Setup 1 1 0 Device Network Configuration Device MAC address foo 1 6B 00 55 E 4 IP auto configuration None DHCP BOOTP Refresh Devices IP address i Device Type Subnet mask Enable WLAN Configuration WLAN Devices only Gateway Authentication Wireless LAN Configuration Super User login Wireless LON ESSIE Super User password Enable WEP encryption Mew Super User password WLAN WEF Eey Mew password tconfirm Status Found 1 devices 1 network 0 USB Setup fixed IP a Setup IP auto configuration as None setup IP address Subnet mask and Gateway b Enter Super user logi
81. ssword can be set on KVM 9000 The KVM 9000 accepts 32 letters of username and password 86 93 IP KVM Extender How many concurrent user of KVM 9000 The KVM 9000 accepts 15 concurrent users How many bits of connection encrypted of KVM 9000 The KVM 9000 provides AES 256 bits connection encrypted Local mouse and remote mouse didn t sync after doing mouse Intelligent Sync Please don t put window on left up corner of remote console of KVM 9000 Intelligent Sync has to re calculate the coordinate of mouse from left up corner on remote console 87 93 IP KVM Extender 9 Addendum A Key Codes Table A 1 shows the key codes used to defines keystrokes or hotkeys for several functions Please note that these key codes do not represent necessarily key characters that are used on international keyboards They name a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping The layout for this keyboard is shown in Figure A 1 However most modifier keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are on an identical position no matter what language mapping you are using Some of the keys have aliases also means they can be named by 2 key codes Separated by comma in the table DEE CR wb Tale feel fl Is hswin le lt 6 2 xan Figure A 1 English US Keyboard Layout used for key codes 88 93 Key and aliases 0 9 A Z TILDE MINUS EQUA
82. super pass c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated it ll show Successfully configured device Otherwise it ll show Permission Denied 8 93 IP KVM Extender a te Device Setup 1 1 0 e E Device Network Configuration Device MAC address 00 11 65 A0 55 EA IF auto configuration 2 Mone DHCP C BOOTP IF address Device Type Subnet mask Enable WLAN eae WLAN Devices ey l Gateway AA Authentication Information Super User login i EEEE Super User password New Super User password New password iconfirm Status Ready Install JVM on Client system The KVM 9000 unit can be accessed with a standard JAVA enabled web browser You must install Java Runtime Environment version 6 update 5 and above to your client system Note At a minimum you must have IE7 0 IE8 0 Netscape7 0 Mozilla 3 2 Firefox 3 6 and above installed on your client computer Connect the KVM 9000 unit via Web Browser Using the HTTP protocol or a secure encrypted connection via HTTPS and entering the IP address of the KVM 9000 unit into your web browser to connect to the KVM 9000 unit This will lead you to the KVM 9000 login page as shown in figure below il Authenticate with Username and Password Y f i Username Password The factory default settings are 9 93 IP KVM Extender Username super Password pass The super user has all permission
83. te Only the super user is allowed to reset the KVM 9000 7 Troubleshooting The remote mouse doesn t work or is not synchronous Make sure the mouse settings in KVM 9000 match the mouse model There are some circumstances where the mouse synchronization process could behave incorrectly refer to Sections 5 4 1 6 5 22 for further explanation The video quality is bad or the picture is grainy Try to correct the brightness and contrast settings see Sections 5 4 1 6 5 3 until they 84 93 IP KVM Extender are out of a range where the picture looks grainy Use the auto adjustment feature to correct a flickering video Login on VM 9000 fails Was the correct combination of user and password given On delivery the user super has the password pass Moreover your browser must be configured to accept cookies The Remote Console window can t connect to KVM 9000 Possibly a firewall prevents access to the Remote Console Make sure the TCP port numbers 443 or 80 are open for incoming TCP connection establishments No connection can be established to KVM 9000 Check whether the network connection is working in general ping the IP address of KVM 9000 If not check network hardware Is KVM 9000 powered on Check whether the IP address of KVM 9000 and all other IP related settings are correct Also verify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN like routers etc is correctly configured Without a ping functioning KVM 9000
84. ters are visible and need to be synchronized The KVM 9000 also features another mode the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible Activate this mode in the open Remote Console and click into the window area The local mouse pointer will be hidden and the remote one can be controlled directly To leave this mode it is necessary to define a mouse hotkey in the Remote Console Settings Panel Press this key to free the captured local mouse pointer 4 2 6 Recommended Mouse Settings For the different operating systems we can give the following advice MS Windows 2000 2003 Professional and Server and XP all versions In general we recommend the usage of a mouse via USB Choose USB without Mouse Sync For a PS 2 mouse choose Auto Mouse Speed For XP disable the option enhance pointer precision in the Control Panel SUN Solaris Adjust the mouse settings either via xset m 1 or use the CDE Control Panel to set the mouse to 1 1 no acceleration As an alternative you may also use the Single Mouse Mode MAC OS X We recommend using the Single Mouse Mode 4 2 7 Video Modes The KVM 9000 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 the KVM 9000 may not be able to detect them We recommend using any of the standard VESA video modes instead 25 93 IP KVM Extender 5 Usage 5 1 Prerequ
85. the mouse to the KVM 9000 switch console side Connect a VGA cable 15 pin HDDB Male Male with the Male side to both of the host computer KVM and the host port of the KVM 9000 switch Connect one purple end of 3 to 3 cable to the PS 2 mouse port on the host computer KVM and the other end of 3 to 3 cable to the host PS 2 mouse port on the KVM 9000 Switch Connect one green end of 3 to 3 cable to PS 2 keyboard port on the host computer KVM and the other end of 3 to 3 cable to the host PS 2 keyboard port on the KVM 9000 switch Optional Connect the type A connector of USB A B cable to the host computer while using remote mass storage control 10 Connect Ethernet to LAN port and or modem to serial port depending on how you want to access KVM 9000 switch 11 Power on the computer 1 3 Initial IP configuration In factory default DHCP mode is disabled IP auto configuration None and the IP settings are as below IP address 192 168 1 22 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway lf DHCP mode is enabled IP auto configuration DHCP the KVM 9000 will try to contact a DHCP server in the subnet to which it is physically connected If a DHCP server is found it may provide a valid IP address gateway address and net mask Before you connect the device to your local subnet be sure to complete the corresponding configuration of your DHCP server It is recommended to configure a fixed IP assignment to the MAC address of the KVM
86. tial value for the monitor mode By default the monitor mode is off In case you switch it on the Remote Console window will be started in a read only mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode Enables the exclusive access mode immediately at Remote Console startup This forces the Remote Consoles of all other users to close No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access or 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 Console Button Keys Button Keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that cannot be generated locally The reason for this might be a missing key or the fact that the local operating system of the Remote Console is unconditionally catching this keystroke already Typical examples are Control Alt Delete on Windows and DOS what is always caught or Control Backspace on Unix or Unix like OS for terminating the X Server The syntax to define a new Button Key is as follows confirm lt keycode gt lt keycode gt confirm requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host keycode is the key to be sent Multiple key codes can be concatenated with a plus or a minus sign The plus sign builds key combinations all keys will be pressed until
87. way address The IP address of the default router for the connected IP subnet If you do not have a default router enter 0 0 0 0 This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled 4 2 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration Between the KVM 9000 and the host there are two interfaces available for transmitting keyboard and mouse data USB and PS 2 The correct operation of the remote mouse depends on several settings which will be discussed in the following subsections 4 2 1 KVM 9000 keyboard settings The KVM 9000 settings for the host s keyboard type have to be corrected in order to make the remote keyboard work properly Check the settings in the KVM 9000 Web front end See section 6 5 2 for details 4 2 2 Remote Mouse Settings A common seen problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors The KVM 9000 addresses this situation with an intelligent synchronization algorithm There are two mouse modes available on the KVM 9000 Auto mouse speed The automatic mouse speed mode tries to detect the speed and acceleration settings of the host system automatically See the section below for a more detailed explanation Fixed mouse speed This mode just translates the mouse movements from the Remote Console in a way that one pixel move will result in n pixel moves on the remote system This 23 93 IP KVM Extender parameter n is adjustable with the scaling Please note that this
88. xtender Serial line speed The speed the KVM 9000 is communicating with the modem Most of all modems available today will support the default value of 115200 bps In case you are using an old modem and discovering problems try to lower this speed Modem Init String The initialization string used by the KVM 9000 to initialize the modem The default value will work with all modern standard modems directly connected to a telephone line In case you have a special modem or the modem is connected to a local telephone switch that requires a special dial sequence in order to establish a connection to the public telephone network you can change this setting by giving a new string Refer to the modem s manual about the AT command syntax Modem server IP address This IP address will be assigned to the KVM 9000 itself during the PPP handshake Since it is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering with the IP settings of the KVM 9000 and your console computer The default value will work in most cases Modem client IP address This IP address will be assigned to your console computer during the PPP handshake Since it is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering with the IP settings of the KVM 9000 and your console computer The default value will work in most cases Passthrough access to serial port

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