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KVM IP-BOX IP - 101 User Manual

1. Stored value is equal to the default 78 104 IP 101 5 5 4 Certificate Certificate Signing Request CSR Common name Organizational unit Organization Locality city State Province Country 50 code Email Challenge password Confirm Challenge password Key length bits 1024 Stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 23 Certificate Settings The IP 101 uses the Secure Socket Layer SSL protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client During the connection establishment the IP 101 has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate The default certificate comes with IP 101 device upon delivery is for testing purpose only System administrator should not rely on this default certificate as the secured global access mechanism through Internet However it is possible to generate and install a new base64 X 509 certificate that is unique for a particular IP 101 In order to do that the IP 101 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 IP 101 e Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure You nee
2. 26 104 IP 101 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 IP 101 With respect to the keyboard the very exact remote representation might lead to some confusion as your local keyboard changes 1ts 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 keyboard 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 1ts 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 4 3 2 Control Bar of Remote Console The upper part of the Remote Console window con
3. Floppy image uploaded successfully Se iia qe Floppy Image Image Name DO Vloppy Reactivate Download Discard Floppy image Upload Floppy Image File a o You must remove the current virtual disk to install a floppy image 6 Open the remote console and you will see a virtual Floppy drive 1s created on the host computer that connect to IP 101 43 104 IP 101 F My Computer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Gea amp J Search gt Folders gt x E e Total Size Hard Disk Drives EN CC Local Disk 10 0 GB 7 00 GB DATA D Local Disk 44 5 GB 30 2 GB Devices with Removable Storage Ha Floppy 4 4 344 Inch Floppy Disk JA DVD Drive E CD Drive b 31 Floppy B0 31 Inch Floppy Disk You may create a floppy image size up to 1 44Mb This drive would be in read only mode and would not allow you to write any information on this drive but copying only This drive would be bootable under DOS mode if the motherboard BIOS on the host computer supporting USB BOOTABLE function Notes 1 Ifusing other image creator software the output image extension file name has to be img e g floppy vir img 2 The uploaded image file will be kept in the onboard memory of the IP 101 until the end of the current session as you logged out or initiated a reboot of the IP 101 5 2 2 CD ROM Image Use Image on Windows Share SAMBA To include an image from a Wind
4. F Hard Disk G Hard Disk Z Hard Disk 56 104 IP 101 5 Select a ISO image to redirect if Connect ISO 5 2 4 Options Virtual Media Options Disable USB Mass Storage if no image is loaded a Cesena stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 11 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 5 2 4 1 Creating an Image 5 2 4 1 1 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 Solaris 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 fd0 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 inc
5. IP 101 Connect cables to the Host and Console devices as the figure depicts above Leave the Serial interface open for now After applying power to the unit it d take about 60 seconds to complete the bootup process and then enter normal running state Please perform the following steps OY IN A A ee 10 2 8 Power down your computer and IP 101 Connect the power supply to IP 101 Connect the monitor to the IP 101 console side Connect the keyboard to the IP 101 console side Connect the mouse to the IP 101 console side Connect a VGA cable HD 15 Male Male with the Male side to both of the host computer K VM and the host port of the IP 101 Connect one purple end of 3 in 1 cable to the PS 2 keyboard port on the host computer K VM and the other end of 3 in 1 cable to the host PS 2 mouse port on the IP 101 Connect one green end of 3 in 1 cable to PS 2 mouse port on the host computer K VM and the other end of 3 in 1 cable to the host PS 2 keyboard port on the IP 101 Optional Connect the type A connector of USB A Mini cable to the host computer while using remote mass storage control Connect Ethernet to LAN port and or modem to serial port depending on how you want to access to the IP 101 Cable Connections with Multi port KVM Switch Instead of connecting to a computer the IP 101 host side can be connected to a multi port KVM Switch system In installation procedures are as for stand alone computer exce
6. Monitor Only Exclusive Access Screenshot to clipboard Readability Filter Scaling Mouse Handling Fast sync Alt F 12 Local Curs or AS Intelligent Sync Chat Window Single Mouse Mode Soft Keyboard r Double Mouse Mode Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding b 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 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 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 30 104 IP 101 Figure 4 6 Remote Console Options Menu Cursor e Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the IP 101 video settings IP 101 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 1f the local video output of IP 101 1s active and passing through the incoming signal from the host system The option Noise F
7. e Mapping Used for choosing the specific language and country mapping of the Soft Keyboard DER English United States options English United Kingdom German Germany Monitor Only German Switzerland Exclusive Access French France screenshot to clipboard Italian Italy Readability Filter Japanese Japan walin a 2 a Scaling Spanish Spain Mouse Handling d Portuguese Portugal Local Cursor d Hebrew Israel l Chat Window Russian Russia Soft Keyboard gd Show _ Finnish Finland Local Keyboard ME swedish Sweden otke d Hotkeys Norwegian Norway Encoding Danish Denmark French Belgium Dutch Belgium Figure 4 9 Soft Keyboard Mapping 33 104 IP 101 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 autom atically However depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings this 1s not always possible A typical example is a German localized system that uses an US English keyboard mapping In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting to the right language manually e 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 a dded that will be displayed before sendin g the selected command to the remote host Select OK to execute the command on the remote
8. 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 1s supposed to be accessible from the IP 101 The information above has to be given from the point of view of the IP 101 It is important to specify correct IP addresses and device names Otherwise IP 101 may not be able to access the referenced image file Furthermore the specified share has to be configured correctly Therefore administrative permissions are required As a regular user you may not have these perm issions 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 MS Windows Open the Explorer navigate to the directory or share and press the right mouse button to open the context menu Copy Cresta Shorkek Delete Rename Propertics Figure 5 5 Explorer context menu Select Sharing to open the configuration dialog 47 104 IP 101 f maue Properties jx General Shaing Security 3 yo Toucan shane this folder among other users on your reload Toensble shearing for ihr folder cick Share this falder h To set permission hor hon useri sores His folde over the reint cick Permissions To configuie setings hor OF ihe
9. Address Translation An Internet standard that enables a LAN to use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a second set of addresses for external traffic This enables a company to shield internal addresses from the public Internet NES Network File System A protocol that allows file sharing across a network Users can view store and update files on a remote computer You can use NFS to mount all or a portion of a file system Users can access the portion mounted with the same privileges as the user s access to each file NIS Network Information System System developed by Sun Microsystems for distributing system data such as user and host names among computers on a network NMS Network Management System NMS acts as a central server requesting and receiving SNMP type information from any computer using SNMP 103 104 IP 101 NTP Network Time Protocol A protocol used to synchronize time on networked computers and equipment PAP Password Authentication Protocol A method of user authentication in which the username and password are transmitted over a network and compared to a table of name password pairs PPP Point to Point Protocol A protocol for creating and running IP and other network protocols over a serial link RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service An authentication and accounting protocol Enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate dia
10. DHCP server It is recommended to configure a fixed IP assignment to the MAC address of the IP 101 You can find the MAC address labeled on the bottom side of the metal housing There is a Network Setup Software tool PSetup for setting up the network configuration IP address Subnet mask DHCP etc It 1s useful when you want to change the network settings or you can not access to the unit due to not knowing the network settings of the unit In this case you can view or change the settings via this utility IP 101 Setup Tool If this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the setup tool to change the configurations to your needs The setup tool PSetup can be found on the CD ROM delivered with this package You can follow the procedures described below DHCP If you have installed the IP 101 on a network that enables DHCP you can use the PSetup to find out the IP 101 s IP 1 Plug Ethernet cable to IP 101 IP 101 will get an IP via DHCP 2 Using PSetup to look for IP 101 a Click Refresh Devices button to detect connected devices b Select MAC address of the IP 101 in Device MAC address box You can find the MAC address labeled on the bottom side of I BOX MAC address is detected as connection from computer and IP 101 1s valid through USB or network c If wireless connection is implemented tick Enable Wireless Connection d Click Query Device to find the IP configuration on the right p
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12. Primary DNS server IP address secondary ONS server IP address Network Miscellaneous Settings Remote Console amp HTTPS port 443 f gt HTTP port 30 gt TELNET port 3 gt SSH port 22 Bandwidth Limit kbit s Enable TELNET access Enable SSH access Disable Setup Protocol LAN Interface Settings Current LAN interface parameters autonegotiation on 100 Mbps full duplex link ok LAN interface speed Antodetect v LAM interface duplex mode Antodetect v y Stored value is equal to the detault Figure 5 18 Netw ork Settings Warning Changing the network settings of the IP 101 might result in losing co nnection 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 IP 101 71 104 IP 101 IP auto configuration With this option you can control 1f the IP 101 should fetch 1ts 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 IP 101 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
13. 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 remote mouse 1s 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 IP 101 tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process e 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 IP 101 1s not functioning under this setting e Absolute mouse scaling for MAC server Use this option for MAC server To set the options click on the button Apply 68 104 IP 101 5 4 3 Video Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter normal Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 17 Video Settings Miscellaneous Video Settings e Noise filter This option defines how the IP 101 reacts to small changes in the video input signal Turning on the noise filt
14. host ii Confirmation Figure 4 10 Remote Console Confirmation Dialog e 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 compression 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 1t may take to transfer the whole video picture If level 0 1s chosen the video compression is disabled completely 34 104 IP 101 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 netwo
15. in IP 101 match the mouse model There are some circumstances where the mouse synchronization process could behave incorrectly refer to Sections 5 4 1 amp 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 amp 6 5 3 until they are out of a range where the picture looks grainy Use the auto adjustment feature to correct a flickering video Login on IP 101 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 IP 101 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 IP 101 Check whether the network connection is working in general ping the IP address of IP 101 If not check network hardware Is IP 101 powered on Check whether the IP address of IP 101 and all other IP related settings are correct Also ve rify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN like routers etc is correctly configured Without a ping functioning IP 101 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 Th
16. in from IP address 59 120 210 87 10122007 00 05 41 Remote Console Connection to chent 59 120 210 87 closed 10122007 00 05 20 Remote Console Connection to chent 59 120 210 87 established 10 12 2007 00 04 39 Authentication User demo logged in from IP address 59 120 210 87 1011 2007 10 22 00 Remote Console Connection to client 220 135 171 106 closed 1011 2007 10 17 11 Remote Console Connection to client 220 135 171 106 established 1011 2007 10 16 46 Authentication User demo logged in from IP address 220 135 171 106 1011 2007 08 31 28 Remote Console Connection to client 60 250 63 98 closed 1011 2007 06 30 15 Remote Console Connection to client 60 250 63 98 established 10 11 2007 08 29 56 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 60 250 63 98 10 11 2007 08 29 16 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 60 250 63 98 10 11 2007 07 06 54 Remote Console Connection to client 60 250 63 98 closed 10 11 2007 07 00 15 Remote Console Connection to client 60 250 63 98 established 10 11 2007 07 00 02 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 60 250 63 98 10 11 2007 06 59 30 Remote Console Connection to client 60 250 63 98 closed 1011 2007 06 55 26 Remote Console Connection to client 60 250 63 98 established 1011 2007 06 55 20 Remote Console Connection to client 60 250 63 95 closed Prev Next Figure 5 31 Event Log List 89 104 IP 101 The figure above displays the log list including th
17. server access The IP 101 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 IP 101 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 1s no interference with server operation or impact on network performance 1 2 Main Feature Manage servers around the world Rack mountable KVM keyboard video and mouse access over IP or analogous telephone line modem needed Full control under any OS in BIOS mode during boot at Blue Screens No additional software necessary on servers SSL Certificate management m 256 bit SSL encryption of all transmitted data Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture High performance mouse tracking and synchronization Automatic adjustment of data rate to transmission line Remote mass storage control and redirection Can be remote controlled over java enabled Browsers Firmware update via web interface Port to connect a user console for direct analogous access to KVM switch Can be used with most standard KVM 8 104 IP 101 2 Installation and Start up 2 1 Package Check List The IP 101 package consists of followings items Ix The single port IP 101
18. this setting together with the sampling phase to achieve a better quality Phase Defines the phase for video sam pling used to control th e 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 while this option 1s 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 32 104 IP 101 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 IP 101 for saving network bandwidth This function is mainly used for troubleshooting purpose wher e some old video frag ments are displayed as not updated in time for some reason for example noise filter for VGA 1s settin g too large e Soft Keyboard Figure 4 8 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 com pletely different language and country mapping than your adm inistration machine
19. where you have given your IP 101 a sy mbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the URL field of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http lt IP address of IP 101 gt When using a secure connection type 1n https lt IP address of IP 101 gt This will lead you to the IP 101 login page as shown below Authenticate with Login and Password Username super Password Les The IP 101 has a built in super user that has all permissions to administrate your IP 101 super factory default pass factory default 23 104 IP 101 Warning The user super is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the IP 101 Warning Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your IP 101 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 IP 101 and to the host system including all possible consequences Warning Y our web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible Navigation Having logged into the IP 101 successfully the main page of the IP 101 appears 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 Within the right frame task specific information 1s displayed that depends on the section you have chosen bef
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21. Cursor Video Settings Refresh Video soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding xj 4 ll ContrastRed rf 100 Contrast Greer af ft 100 Contrast Blue f rf 100 Clock YA 1344 Phase NA A Y 16 Horizontal Offset 4 rf 295 Vertical Offset af rl 29 Save Changes 10248768 BOHzZ Undo Changes Java Applet Window 2 Does any software require on servers which connect to the IP 101 No the IP 101 is a 100 hardware solution No extra software require on servers What operating systems does IP 101 support The IP 101 supports Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 XP and above Unix Unix like Operating System Sun Solaris Linux and Mac OSX What browsers does IP 101 support 95 104 IP 101 If 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 The IP 101 support Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or higher Netscape 7 0 and IP 101 Mozilla 1 6 Does the IP 101 work with other brand s KVM switch Yes the IP 101 can work with most standard KVM How many letters the username and password can be set on IP 101 The IP 101 accepts 32 letters of username and password How many concurrent user of P 101 The IP 101 accepts 15 concurrent users How many bits of connection encrypted of IP 101 The IP 101 provides AES 256 bits connection encrypted Local m
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23. Gateway IP address In case the IP 101 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 IP 101 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 IP 101 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 IP 101 s HTTP server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Telnet port Port number at which the IP 101 s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be used SSH port Port number at which the IP 101 SSH Secure SHell server 1s listening to If left empty the default value port 22 will be used 72 104 IP 101 Bandwidth limitation The maximum network traffic generated through the IP 101 ethernet device Value in Kbit s 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 IP 101 from the setup protocol Setup protocol is a proprietary la
24. Go Bookmarks Tools Help a X ES i E 50 A E http 192 168 5 158 home asp Active Image No disk emulation set a Floppy Disk Floppy Image Upload This option allows you to upload a binary image e g example img with a maximum size of 144MB to the OPMA M3 This image will be emulated to the host as USB device Virtual Drive Drive 1 v Floppy Image File Figure 5 3 Virtual Media Floppy Disk 1 You need to create the floppy to an image file first 2 For this example we use RawWrite software or any other image creator software to create floppy image Please use licensed software for this purpose 42 104 IP 101 A Raw Write E EJ Raw write for windows hitto Uranus ih sin edu au Inline Wither by John Mew bigin Floppy drive En i Read Labs lalo AS NT BE 1 Click Read column Use this tab to read an image file from a floppy disk Image file d floppy 2 Choose the image file saving path 3 Click Read Windows WT 5 1 budd number 600 3 You can find a image file saved at desire destination after you created it with RawWrite 4 Open the browser to log into the IP 101 Click Virtual Media gt Floppy Disk Click the Browse button to choose the image file Active Image Ho disk emulation set Floppy Image Upload Floppy Image File Jd loppy Browse Upload _ 5 After you uploading the image file you will see the information below
25. KVM IP BOX IP 101 User Manual 2009 05 11 IP 101 Certifications FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation 1s 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 CE This equipment is in compliance with the requirements of the following regulations EN 55022 CLASS B RoHS All contents of this package including products packing materials and documentation comply with RoHS Fe CE Z 2 104 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 22 2 3 2 4 2D 2 6 Ze 2 8 2 9 3 1 32 3 3 4 1 4 2 4 3 5 1 IP 101 Contents Product OV CIVICW aa td 8 THA OCC HON 525 5254 A o aN 8 Mato Estats 8 Installation and Start UD cesses sick cdedeaiscciececeweresetacesyesdcdadaeaaceivsacaweuetesiaiuayeddetesdeaacsavsecaeoueyeivees 9 PACK ace Check 18 0 iicln cores notes asa a eee eats 9 Panel VOW epee A ene eee a Tenet eT Sete Ren CeN ae ere 9 System Tegu eme NE Ai 9 Hard Wat e COC E o 9 SOON IE E TE eee 10 When he Scryer 1s up and TONNINE dr 10 When the Server 1S CA acc tia 10 Rack MOMIAS AA dis 10 Cable Connections Stand alone na 11 Cable Connections with Multi port KVM Switch oooooooononccccccccoconononononononononononnos 12 EED Indicators BUON ads didos 14 CONTISUTAC ON DP EA E E E E E E E E E E E E
26. NUMPAD NUMPADMUL NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU 97 104 IP 101 B Video Modes Table below lists the video modes IP 101 supports Please don t use other custom video settings besides of these If done so IP 110 may not be able to detect them 800 x 600 1152 x 870 75 1280 x 960 C User Role Permissions Table below lists the user role permissions granted for three user role groups Superuser Administrator and User FumetionUser Administrator Superuser __ Remote Control KVM_ KX Remote Control Remote Power X S Remote Control Telnet Console xx Y Virtual Media X d l User Management Change XX X Password User Management Users Oo o o o oa A ai KVM Settings User Console x w o Misc Setting xx 2 KVM Settings Keyboard Mouse x Jo o oS y KVM Settings Video Device Settings Maintenance Device Information Maintenance Event Log A Maintenance Update Firmware Y Maintenance Unit Reset Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Device 98 104 IP 101 D IP 101 TCP port number C o AE We Drive Redirection 162 SNMPoverTCP SNMP trap reception port SNMP source port 443 RFBoverTCP_ Remote Keyboard and Mouse data443 99 104 IP 101 E Bandwidth Consumption The preconfigured network speed selection simply results in a different Compression and Col
27. UnMk XSOCAwEAAa AWMBOGCSqGS Ib 3D0EJBzEHEwUxMj MONTANBekqhk iG9w0B QQF AAOBsOBd60ZDH6h f lID4ACDa3k20QU0h0lycehlosw4AM rS rniud5al YTIGI5 EMUUNA100T ryu kU7Z VNF j BDzm3 8ROMzMVvmZp 3uehBaD ywBXQmNToGBU1 Onl f 596mp1J 7W7dUJ aZYEgL Tejw5Y emD IJkMiya sg e0Dr 6H13kDT2g Figure 5 25 CSR string After completing these three steps the IP 101 has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients Warning If you destroy the CSR on the IP 101 there 1s no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps as described above 80 104 IP 101 Common name This is the network name of the IP 101 once it is installed in the user s network usually the fully qualified domain name It 1s identical to the name that is used to access the IP 101 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 IP 101 is accessed using HTTPS Organizational unit This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the IP 101 belongs Organization The name of the organization to which the IP 101 belongs Locality City The city where the organization is located State P rovince The state or province where the organization 1s located Country ISO code The country where the organization is located This is the two letter ISO code e
28. 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 pl y a Exit 54 104 IP 101 5 2 3 2 Built in Java Drive Redirection 1 Run Remote Control gt KVM Console 2 Click Floppy icon IP EKYM Remote Console 192 168 123 228 Ctrl Alt Delete start Type to search M Console Norm Desktop size is 1 024 x 768 Fps 0 In 0 Bis Out 8 Bis Figure 5 10 Built in Java Drive Redirection 55 104 IP 101 ioj xi Drive Redirection Drive Not connected Drive Redirection disconnected Ctrl Alt Delete zz de sync Options TS 1024 x 768 60 Hz Please press the Auto Adjust button My Computer Sneglt Studio Recycle Bil A E Mail EREADRESOEr SOOCIe EREAD DESELOD MESSENQEr AIOE meee 25 Start MN Type to search a OF al UDS Console Norm Desktop size is 1 024 768 Fps 1 In 530 Bis Out 10 Bis 3 S Drive Redirection Drive Connect Orive Connectlis Lisconnect Mot connected Drive Redirection disconnected 4 Select a drive to redirect if Connect Drive x Selecta drive to redi X Refresh List Refresh List A Removable Enable Write support C Hard Disk D Hard Disk ox _Cancel E CD ROM
29. access bo ihr shared loker cick Caching Figure 5 6 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 5 2 3 Drive redirection The Drive Redirection is another possibility to use a virtual disc drive on the remote com puter 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 1s 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 48 104 IP 101 Active Image No disk emulation set Drive Redirection Drive Redirection allows you to share your local drive Moppy CO ROM remova
30. aintain your IP 101 using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself For secure connection to the IP 101 we recommend the following browsers versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or higher Netscape Navigator 7 0 or Mozilla 1 6 or higher In order to access the remote host system using a securely encrypted connection you need a browser that supports the HTTPS protocol Strong security is only assured by using a key length of 128 Bit Some of the old browsers do not have a strong 128 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 below shows the dialog box presented by the Internet Explorer 6 0 22 104 IP 101 3 About Internet Explorer x version 6 0 2600 1106 Cipher Strength 126 bit Product 1D 55736 520 6329726 04991 Update Versions 5P1 Q8253553 Figure 4 1 The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers generally support strong encryption on default 4 2 Login into the IP 101 and logout 4 2 1 Login into the IP 101 Launch your web browser Direct 1t to the address of your IP 101 which you configured during the installation process The address used might be an IP address or a dom ain name in the case
31. and on most systems can only be used by system processes or by programs executed by privileged users Table below shows some of the well known port numbers For more details please visit the IANA website http www 1ana org assignments port numbers Port Protocol TCP UDP Number O A FTP File Transfer Protocol TCP 22 SSH Secure Shell TCP 23 Telnet TOP SMTP Simple Mail Transfer TCP Protocol TCP UCP Protocol 49 TACACS TACACSt UDP ss ONS A UDP 68 BOOTP client up Ceo e w com O 79 Finger E e II E 0 O A NNTP Network News Transfer TCP Protocol CUE A 44 HTTPS TCP Q 102 104 IP 101 H Protocol Glossary BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol Similar to DHCP but for smaller networks Automatically assigns the IP address for a specific duration of time CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol A secure protocol for connecting to a system it is more secure than the PAP DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Internet protocol for automating the configuration of computers that use TCP IP DNS Domain Name Servers A system that allows a network name server to translate text host names into numeric IP addresses Kerberos A network authentication protocol that provides strong authentication for client server applications by using secret key cryptography LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol A protocol for accessing directory information NAT Network
32. ane 15 104 IP 101 Notes m 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 a Device Setup 1 1 0 00 00 50 0164 AE F MEE CA aa a OV Tito core Leal ESSI g emane w ER Eme ton Setup fixed IP a Setup IP auto configuration as None setup IP address and Subnet mask b Enter Super user login and password for Authentication default super pass c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated 1t 11 show Successfully configured device Otherwise it ll show Permission Denied 16 104 IP 101 l a Device Setup 1 1 0 00 00 5D 01 64 4E F gi e e 132160123220 O OOO azs maem o IMEI Enable WE Eat uot 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 1s 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 pre
33. artitions and emulate whatever 50 104 IP 101 number of partitions on host computer You may also emulate a DVD Drive with the same procedure However this DVD Drive Does NOT support Bootable function like Floppy and CD Rom emulation There are two methods of Drive Redirections l External Drive Redirection Utility 2 Built in Java Drive Redirection function in Remote Console 5 2 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 Drive Redirection Setup Sei xf k Choose Components Welcome to the Drive Redirection Choose which features of Drive Redirection you want to install E Setup Wizard 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 instali z 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 Or select the optional Drive Redirection computer components you wish to E ShortCuts install Click Next to continue X StartMenu V Desktop E Quicklaunch Description Space required 1 0MB Position your mouse over a component to see its description Nullsoft Instal
34. ate are logged to a selection of logging destinations Each of those events belongs to an event group which can be activated separately The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the IP 101 To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page In the Event Log Settings you can 85 104 IP 101 choose how many log entries are shown on each page Furthermore you can clear the log file here List logging enabled The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the IP 101 To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page Since the IP 101 s system memory 1s 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 Warning If the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart the IP 101 all logging information is saved permanently and is available after the IP 101 has been started If the IP 101 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 1s located there To write logging data from more than one IP 101 devices to only one NES share you have to define a file name that is uniq
35. ble disks and harddisks with the remote system C Disable Drive Redirection Force read only connections Stored value is e Reset to wet qual to the default Figure 5 7 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 1s enabled the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the redirected device On the other hand 1f 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 Disable Drive Redirection If enabled the Drive Redirection is switched off Force read only connections If 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 Operation Procedures 1 Please install Drive Redirection Software on remote computer first then run Drive Rediection application and fill in informati
36. 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 1s the IP filtering function 1t keeps unauthorized hosts from accessing to the IP 101 by specifying IP filtering rules It 1s 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 76 104 IP 101 Chain rule The Chain rule determines whether the access from the hosts is allowed or not It can be one of these two values ACCEPT access allowed DROP access not allowed The rule can be configured to apply to a particular Group level All User Super Administrator When the IP 101 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 Ye Action 1 Yes gt Action 2 Yes gt Acti
37. ct 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 1f 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 It 1s 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 determined 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 IP 101 and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth Since high compression rates consum more computing power of IP 101 they should not be used while several users are accessing the P 101 simultaneously The standard color depth 1s 16 Bit 65536 colors The other color depths are intended for slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data T
38. d failed device No firmware file uploaded device Uploaded firmware file discarded device Firmware validation failed device Firmware file uploaded by user device Firmware updated by user device Internal log file cleared by user device Security Violation security Host Power host Host Reset host Connection to Remote Console failed reason console several Connection to client established console Connection to client closed console Login failed auth Login succeed auth Warning In contrast to the internal log file on the IP 101 the size of the NES log file 1s not limited Every log event will be appended to the end of the file so 1t grows continuously and you may have to delete 1t or move 1t away from time to time 87 104 5 6 Maintenance 5 6 1 Device Information Device Summary Device Information Product Name AS AAO B0000 Obo399 201 994339594 b 59 120 210 91 00 00 50 00 00 02 04 02 00 b051 Firmware Description beta 0x15 Serial Number Board ID Device IP Address Device MAC Address Firmware Version Firmware Build Number Hardware Revision View the datafile for support Connected Users super 59 124 247 60 active Figure 5 29 Device Information IP 101 This section contains a summary with various information about this IP 101 and it s current firmware and allows you to reset the card The Data fil
39. d to fill out a number of fields that are explained below Once this 1s done click on the button Create which will initiate the Certificate S igning Request generation The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the Download CSR button 79 104 IP 101 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 e Upload the certificate to the IP 101 using the Upload button as shown in Figure below Certificate Signing Request CSR The following CSR is pending countryName TW stateOrProvinceName taipei localit yName taipei organizationName test org organizationalUnitName Test commonN ame test email ddress testtest com Download Delete i re m l Certificate Upload SSL Certificate File Browse _ Upload Figure 5 24 SSL Certificate Upload BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST IIB1DCCATOCAQAwf ELMAKGA1UEBhMCYF cxDzANBgNVBAgTBnRhaXB aTEPMA0G 1UEBxMGdGF pcGVpMREwDwYDVQQKEwhOZENO IG9yZzENMAsGA1 UEC xMEdG zdDEN sGA1UEAxMEdGV zdDEcMBoGCS8qG8 Ib3DOEJ ARYNdGVzdEBUZXNOLmNvbTCBnzANn ekqhk iG9wOBAQEFAAOB j QAwg kCg YEAu 93 rT ObudMVKs AY2 zSLp5GynDnJ wide p4wk0 rgqunwzs g6Cmb5I M e2T33UN acRJ yx 7KiX l s t 9 434kuKRvZy t 7HE 10012 xy1F78EvFRum0Ru YV0e9xdZ9Wa5Z5hgqx90eLLYgcxDk8P06 BDMg4j 9u d r
40. defects is not possible through a remote management device Nevertheless P 101 gives the administrator valuable information about the type of a hardware failure Serious hardware failures can be categorized into five different categories with different chances to happen I Hard disk failure 50 II Power cable detached power supply failure 28 Ill CPU Controller main board failure 10 IV CPU fan failure 8 V RAM failure 4 Using IP 101 administrators can determine which kind of serious hardware failure has occurred 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 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 2 6 Rack Mounting In addition to desk top placement the IP 101 can be mounted on 19 1U rack 1 Screw the mounting brackets into the sides of the unit 2 Slide the unit into the rack and secure it to the rack 10 104 IP 101 2 7 Cable Connections stand alone The figure below depicts the installation connection Host keyboard Mouse Monitor HOST SIDE r USB Cable Option CONSOLE SIDE or Serial Power o Option gt Lorrr e A Me Internet k IP Network 11 104
41. e events that are logged by the IP 101 5 6 3 Update Firmware Firmware Upload Browse Firmware File Figure 5 32 Update Firmware The IP 101 1s a complete standalone computer The software 1t runs 1s called firmware The firmware of the IP 101 can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features A new firmware update 1s 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 z1p 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 IP 101 the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the IP 101 Updating the firmware is a three stage process e Firstly the new firmware file is uploaded onto the IP 101 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 Secondly if everything went well you see the Update Firmware panel The panel shows you the version
42. e for support allows you to download the IP 101 data file with specific support information This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial 88 104 IP 101 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 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 5 30 Connected Users Figure above displays the IP 101 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 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 5 6 2 Even log Event Log Prev Next Date Event Description 1012 2007 07 26 07 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 220 135 171 106 1012 2007 00 07 54 Remote Console Connection to client 59 120 210 87 closed 1012 2007 00 06 19 Remote Console Connection to client 59 120 210 87 established 10 12 2007 00 05 57 Authentication User super logged
43. e 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 initial 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 confir m lt keycode gt lt keycode gt confirm requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key stroke
44. ed in the Nickname Password You have used this password during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Check time The IP 101 registers itself for initiating the IP address of IP 101 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 IP 101 Warning The IP 101 has its own independent real time clock Make sure the time setting of the IP 101 is correct see the Section Date And Time 75 104 IP 101 5 5 3 Security 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 Enable Group based System Access Control Default Action i Rule Starting IP Ending IP Group Action 1 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 All ACCEPT Stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 21 Device Security Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front end is only possible using an HTTPS connection The IP 101 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 IP 101 refer to the Section called Certificate KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol RFB is used by the Remote Console to transmit
45. efault Figure 5 27 Date Time This link refers to a page where the internal real time clock of the IP 101 can be set up You have the possibility to adjust the clock manually or to use a NTP timeserver Without a timeserver your time setting will not be persistent so you have to adjust it again after IP 101 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 that allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time Warning There is cur rently no w ay to adjust the dayligh t saving time autom atically So you have to set up the UTC offset twice a year properly to the local rules of your country 84 104 IP 101 5 5 7 Event Log Event Log Targets List Logging Enabled Entries shown per page 20 Clear internal log Glear NFS Logging Enabled MFS Server NFS Share MFS Log File gt C SMTP Logging Enabled SMTP Server Recelver Email Address sender Email Address SNMP Logging Enabled Destination IP Community id Click here to view the KVM IP SNMP MIB Event Log Assignments Event List Board Message Security Remote Console a Host Control Authentication MA Gass stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 28 Event Log Important events like a login failure or a firmware upd
46. entry on the left or Click to open of the console picture on the right 5 1 2 Telnet Console Telnet Console IP KYW Terminal Server c 2000 2002 Login A Figure 5 2 Telnet Console 39 104 IP 101 The IP 101 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 IP 101 host machine is using a text mode screen resolution Connecting to the IP 101 is done as usual and as required by the Telnet client for instance in a UNIX shell telnet 192 168 0 70 Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the IP 101 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 IP 101 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 settin
47. er 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 changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even 1f 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 e Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers When connecting the device directly to legacy Sun computer with composite sync as the video output 1t may be possible that IP 101 don t recognize the composite sync automatically To support signal transm ission 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 69 104 IP 101 5 5 Device Settings Device Settings 5 5 1 Network The Network Settings panel allows changing network related parameters Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect 70 104 IP 101 Network Basic Settings IP auto configuration None Preferred host name DHCP only IP address 11 168 019 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway IP address 192 168 0 1
48. for Keyboard Mouse setting from webpage Otherwise you will not be able to use Hot key 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 1s 53 104 IP 101 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 1s 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 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 1s 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 1s closed explicitly
49. 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 Em ail The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the IP 101 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 P 101 during connection establishment 81 104 IP 101 5 5 5 Serial Port serial Port Settings O Configuration login Modem Serial line speed 115200 hitos Modem init string ATZHOOQE ATLOMO E SAT OF Modern server IP address 1 2 168 3 1 Modern client IP address 192 168 3 2 O Passthrough access to serial port 1 via Telnet SSH speed Data bits Parity Stop Bits Handshake Gare Mo Resetto defaults Figure 5 26 Serial Port The IP 101 Serial Settings 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 1t only for the initial configuration Modem The IP 101 offers remote access using a telephone line in add
50. gs 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 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 40 104 IP 101 52 Virtual Media Virtual Media Before go ahead with this setup both remote user computer and local computer the one connected with I BOX would have to have Operating System Win2000 XP or above This function would not work on other platforms at this moment Before using Virtual Media please connect the USB cable from IP 101 to host computer After connecting the USB cable you can see a Removable Disk on the host computer Below is the host computer screen the computer which connected with IPKVM FP My Computer Edit View Favorites Tools Help Total Size Hard Disk Drives EN C Local Disk e DATA 0 Local Disk Devices with Removable Storage 24344 Floppy AD 314 Inch Floppy Disk Gb DVD Drive Er CD Drive ee eee Removable Disk 41 104 IP 101 5 2 1 Floppy Disk Home Mozilla Firefox File Edit View
51. herefore 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 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 1f it is configured this way Use of the Sun JVM may also be forced see below 65 104 IP 101 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 1s 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 1s not already installed on your system 1t 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 1s around 11 Mbytes The advantage of downloading Sun s JVM lays in providing a stable and identical Java Virtual Machine across different platforms The Remote Console software is optimized for this JVM versions and offers wider rang
52. identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate The default certificate comes with IP 101 device upon delivery is for testing purpose only System administrator should not rely on this default certificate as the secured global access mechanism through Internet However it is possible to generate and install a new base64 X 509 certificate that is unique for a particular IP 101 In order to do that the IP 101 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 IP 101 e Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure You need to fill out a number of fields that are explained below Once this 1s done click on the button Create which will ini itiate the Certificate S igning Request generation The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the Download CSR button 79 104 IP 101 5 5 6 Date Time Date Time Settings UTC Offset User specified time Date 12 24 A mmiddiyy yy Time 1 1 030 1 32 hhkmmss O Synchronize with NTP Server Primary Time server secondary Time server Stored value is equal to the d
53. ilter defines how IP 101 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 changes 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 31 104 IP 101 Video Settings through the remote console Brightness a Contrast Red al Contrast Green a Contrast Blue a 4 Clock a Phase a Horizontal Offset al Vertical Offset Reset this Mode Reset All Modes Save Changes 1024x768 60Hz Lindo Changes Ra hd RA BA bad BA Ed EA Figure 4 7 Video Settings Panel Brightn ess 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 adjustm ent procedure should be adequate for all common configurations If the picture quality 1s still bad after auto adjustment you may try to change
54. in n pixel moves on the remote system This parameter n 1s adjustable with the scaling Please note that this works only when mouse acceleration 1s turned off on the remote system 3 3 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 Syne If 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 19 104 IP 101 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 situatio
55. is can be done in the Remote Console settings In the browser the IP 101 pages are inconsistent or chaotic Make sure your browser cache settings are feasible Especially make sure the cache settings are not set to so mething like never check for newe r pages Otherwise IP 101 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 If an internal error occurs while uploading the signed certificate either change the 93 104 10 IP 101 extension of the file to txt or add a f ile helper using the Internet Explo rer preferences for this type of file Make sure that the encoding is plain text and the checkbox use for outgoing is checked Another possibility 1s to use a Mozilla based browser Every time I 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 94 104 8 FAQs l The color of remote console displaying a pinkish tint a Click Video Settings in Options menu of the remote console Monitor Only Exclusive ACCESS Scaling d Mouse Handling Local
56. is 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 1s 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 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 Click Connect to redirect drive Warning Drive Redirection is only possible with Windows 2000 or above versions The Drive Redirection w orks on a low SCSI le vel and the SC SI protocol cannot recognize partitions theref ore the whole drive selected will be shared instead of any particular partition While connecting to a legacy KVM switch please select PS 2 mouse
57. ition to the standard access over the built in Ethernet adapter The modem needs to be connected to the serial interface of the IP 101 Logically connecting to the IP 101 using a telephone line means nothing else than building up a dedicated point to point connection from your console computer to the IP 101 In other words the IP 101 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 IP 101 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 IP 101 using a modem The meaning of each parameter will be described below The modem settings are part of the serial settings panel 82 104 IP 101 5 5 4 Certificate Certificate Signing Request CSR Common name Organizational unit Organization Locality city State Province Country 50 code Email Challenge password Confirm Challenge password Key length bits 1024 Stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 23 Certificate Settings The IP 101 uses the Secure Socket Layer SSL protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client During the connection establishment the IP 101 has to expose its
58. ized compression level 0 or between and 8 bit for compression level to 9 The higher the color depth the more video information has to be captured and to be transferred Monitor Only Exclusive Access Screenshot to clipboard Readability Filter Scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor Chat Window Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys d w 16 Bit Hicolor 8 Bit 256 Colors Predefined 4 Bit 16 Colors t Compression 4 Bit Grayscale AA 2 Bit Grayscale 1 Bit Black White Figure 4 14 Encoding Color depth 36 104 IP 101 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 OPMA module will not have to do any video compression In total this will lead to less transfer time of the motion picture 4 3 3 Status Line of Remote Console Status line Shows both console and the connection state The size of the remote screen 1s displayed Figure belowwas 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 Console Norm Desktop size is 1024 x 768 In 0 Bis Out 0 Bi
59. l System v2 01 lt Back Cancel Drive Redirection Setup i lol x Drive Redirection Setup m xf Choose Install Location Choose the folder in which to install Drive Redirection E 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 Destination Folder Browse Space required 1 0MB Space available 5 2GB Nullsoft Install System v2 01 cea Figure 5 8 Drive Redirection Setup 51 104 IP 101 Drive Redirection Settings O Drive Redirecton 1 2 1 192 168 123 228 Divel E aper MECOTTTELL mangde Medii Figure 5 9 Drive Redirection dialog Drive Redirection Utility Device This is the address either the DNS name or the IP address of the IP 101 you would like to connect to 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 IP 101 uses the remote console port 443 here You may change this value if you have changed the remote console port in your IP 101 s network settings Secure Connection 52 104 IP 101 Enable this box to establish a secure connection via SSL Th
60. l in users and their access permissions A company stores user profiles in a central database that all remote servers can share SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol A protocol that system administrators use to monitor networks and connected devices and to respond to queries from other network hosts SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol TCP IP protocol for sending email between servers SSL Secure Sockets Layer A protocol that provides authentication and encryption services between a web server and a web browser SSH Secure Shell A secure transport protocol based on public key cryptography TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System A method of authentication used in UNIX networks It allows a remote access server to communicate with an authentication server to determine whether the user has access to the network Telnet A terminal protocol that provides an easy to use method of creating terminal connections to a network host 104 104
61. le and to the Remote Console 91 104 IP 101 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 IP 101 functionality click on the button Reset Note Only the super user 1s allowed to reset the IP 101 6 Technical Specifications Model No Target Device Connection Local Access Connection Remote Access Connection Network Connection Firmware Upgrade Port Max Video Resolution OS Compatibility Browser Compatibility IP Setting Management Interface Event Log Housing Material Power adaptor Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Weight gram Size mm IP 101 1 x Keyboard PS 2 Mini Din 6 Pin 1 x Mouse PS 2 Mini Din 6 Pin 1 x VGA HD 15 1 x USB 2 0 Type A receptacle 1 x PS 2 Keyboard Mini Din 6 Pin 1 x PS 2 Mouse Mini Din 6 Pin 1 x VGA HD 15 1 x RJ 45 10 100 Ethernet telephone line modem needed 1 x Serial DB9 Pin Local 1600 x 1200 Remote 1280 x 1024 MS Windows family Unix Sum Solaris Linux Mac OSX IE 6 0 Netscape 7 0 Mozilla 1 6 or above DHCP Bootp Fixed IP DDNS supported Web Utility Telnet Serial port NFS SMTP SNMP trap Metal input 12V 1 25A 0 50 20 60 C 485g 110 L x 121 W x 41 H 92 104 IP 101 7 Troubleshooting l The remote mouse doesn t work or is not synchronous Make sure the mouse settings
62. luded on the CD ROM shipped with IP 101 57 104 IP 101 4 Raw Write Rawwirite for windows hitto Uranus ih swin edu au Inline Written By John Newbigin Floppy drive E WA Write Head About Help Support Use this tab to read an image file from a floppy disk Image file dAfoppy El Windows NT 5 1 buld number 600 Figure 5 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 5 2 4 1 2 CD ROM ISO Images UNIX and UNIX like OS To create an image file make use of dd This 1s one of the original UNIX utilities and 1s included in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Solaris and Linux 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 entire 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 58 104 IP 101 For example with Nero you choose Copy and Backu
63. ministrator may contact this server as well and pick up the same IP address belonging to his card The administrator has to register an IP 101 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 IP 101 You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS e Make sure that the LAN interface of the IP 101 is properly configured e Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog as shown in Figure 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 IP 101 registers itself in regular intervals Currently this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now DNS System 74 104 IP 101 Choose Dynamic for free DNS service Custom for your own domain Hostname This 1s the hostname of the IP 101 that 1s 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 with the Dynamic DNS Server Spaces are not allow
64. modes When running X11 on the host system please do not use any custom mode lines with special video modes If you do the IP 101 may not be able to detect them We recommend using any of the standard VESA video modes instead 21 104 IP 101 4 Usage 4 1 Prerequisites The IP 101 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 1s provided by the embedded web server The IP 101 environment can be entirely managed using a standard web browser You can access the IP 101 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 IP 101 s serial port via a terminal mode The primary interface of the IP 101 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 m
65. nd Double Mouse Mode The information above applies to the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized The IP 101 also features another mode the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible Activate this mode 20 104 IP 101 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 3 3 6 Recommended Mouse Settings For the different operating systems we can give the following advice MS Windows 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 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 3 3 7 Video Modes The IP 101 recognizes a limited number of common video
66. ns where the KVM port or the video mode changed recently Note At first start 1f the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer press the Auto Adjust Button once 3 3 4 Host system mouse settings The host s operating system knows various settings from the mouse driver Note The following limitations do not apply in case of USB and Mouse Type Windows gt 2000 MacOSX While the IP 101 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 Windows XP Mouse Settings Windows XP knows a setting named improve mouse acceleration which has to be deactivated Active Desktop If 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 3 3 5 Single a
67. 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 90 104 IP 101 Warning This process 1s not reversible and might take some minutes Make sure the IP 101 s power supply will not 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 IP 101 manually Half a minute after the reset the IP 101 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 IP 101 s power supply will not be interrupted 5 6 4 Unit Reset Reset Keyboard Mouse USB y Reset USB Reset Video Engine Reset Device This may take up to a minute Figure 5 33 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 IP 101 itself Resetting the card itself is mainly needed to activate a newly updated firmware It will close all current connections to the administration conso
68. ofiles KVM Settings 62 104 IP 101 5 4 1 User Console The following settings are user specific That means the super user can customize these settings for every users separately Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users 63 104 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 Pre configured Network speed Video Optimized high color e O Manually Compression Color depth Remote Console Type Default Java VM 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 Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode Mouse Hotkey Hotkey Help Al F12 Used for fast mouse synchronization in Double Mouse mode and to free the grabbed mouse In Single Mouse mode Remote Console Button Keys Key Definition Help Marne Button Key 1 confirm Ctrl Alt Delete p Moresentres Stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 15 User Console Setting 64 104 IP 101 IP 101 User sele
69. on 3 Yes gt Action 4 Default Rule Yes gt Action 5 Figure 5 22 Chain Rules of IP Filtering 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 77 104 IP 101 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 ne Starting IP Ending IP Group Action 0 0 0 0 255 205 255 20 All ACCEPT jisa 168 125 94 jisa 168 123 230 Ez gt ACCEPT gt Append Insert Replace o Super Apply Resel lo defaults Stored value is equal to the default HTTP Encryption Force HTTPS for Web access KVM Encryption KM Encryption Of Try Force Group based System Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost I Enable Group based System Access Control Default Action ACCEPT Rule Starting IP Ending IP Group Action 0 0 0 0 205 455 255 255 All ACCEPT 7 190 168 123 jisa 168 123 230 super ACCEPT gt ACCEPT _ Append Insert Replace Delete D Apply Reset to defaults
70. on accordingly 49 104 IP 101 Drive Redirection E E Connection Parameters 1 Type the IP o Y address of IP 101 Port v Secure Connection i 2 Choose Enable write Support WARMING This might destroy all data on the shared media the hard drive on 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 remote be available on the remote computer computer Device Authentication you share 3 Type the username and password of 1P 101 PA 4 redirectable drive Found 4 Click Connect to create virtual drive on host computer 2 Open the remote and you can see the virtual hard drive as below picture E My computer OO OOOO O inii View Favorites Tools Help a Fi ps Search gt Folders by gtr px KE EEE Total Size Ce Hard Disk Drives al EN OC Local Disk 10 0 G6 7 560 G6 e DATA Dr Local Disk 44 5 GB 30 2 GB SYSTEM F Local Disk 453 5 Gb 1 9 GB Local Disk 29 0 56 4 0 GB Virtual Drive Devices with Removable Storage has been PPP 344 Flo A 31 Inch Flo Disk ee oe diosa Floppy A ich Floppy go DYD Drive Er CO Drive gt Please note that Virtual Drive creation is by Device manner not by Partition Which means it looks for I O in BIOS and sends the corresponding signal to host computer This way you are sending the entire hard drive may consist of X numbers of p
71. or 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 IP 101 installation is from the test results with 3D Labyrinth screen saver at Resolution 800x600 the worst case consuming the highest network bandwidth Compressi a E Depth most bandwidth needed v i Ba ideo Optimized Video Optimized 16 bit 4 3 5 0 MB s uncompressed synchronized video data high color most bandwidth needed ISDN 128k 6 abit 0 30kb colors GPRS HSCSD_ 8 bit 5 kb s gray scale GSM Modem 9 best compression 1 3 kb s black amp white video 100 104 IP 101 F Cable Connectors PS 2 Cable Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male M M PE PE O AT to PS 2 keyboard adapter Optional Din 5 pins Male to Mini Din 6 pin Female A U VGA Cable HD 15 Male to Male CATS 5E 6 Straight Through UTP STP Cable Straight through RJ45 color coding EIA TIA 568B as a Fe O SA eco pel S ee VE MUN i i I iii 101 104 IP 101 G Well Known TCP UDP Port Numbers Port numbers are divided into three ranges Well Known Ports Registered Ports and Dynamic and or Private Ports Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023 Registered Ports are those from 1024 through 49151 Dynamic and or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535 Well Known Ports are assigned by IANA
72. ore y t Home Mozilla Firefox File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help a i E 5 E http 192 168 5 186 home asp e E dE Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 800 x 600 _ Refresh 24 104 IP 101 The Buttons of the front end Home Return to main page of IP 101 access page Console Open the IP 101 remote console Logout Exit from the IP 101 front end Warning If there is no activity for 30 minutes the IP 101 will log you out automatically A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen Remote Console Preview Click on Click to open to start the remote console redirection Click on Refresh to refresh the picture Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 800 x 600 Refresh 4 2 2 Login out from the IP 101 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 25 104 4 3 IP 101 The Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that IP 101 controls The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the IP 101 The protocol that 1s run over this connection 1s neither HTTP or HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol As default RFB tries to establish a connection to TCP port number 443 Yo
73. ouse and remote mouse didn t sync after doing mouse Intelligent Sync Please don t put window on left up corner of remote console of IP 101 Intelligent Sync has to re calculate the coordinate of mouse from left up corner on remote console 96 104 IP 101 9 Addendum A Key Codes Table below 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 below 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 MAR Ti Key and aliases 0 9 AZ TILDE MINUS EQUALS SLASH BACK SPACE ENTER CAPS LOCK BACK SLASH LSHIFT SHIFT RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL CTRL LALT ALT SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE ESC Fl F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPADO NUMPADI1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS NUMPAD PLUS
74. ows share select CD ROM from the submenu 44 104 IP 101 Active Image No disk emulation set Image on Windows Share This option allows you to share a CO 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 share name Path to image User optional Password optional Figure 5 4 Virtual Media CD ROM Image Operation Procedures Please run Nero or any CD imaging tool to create CD ROM ISO image 2 Please create a folder and share this folder Please make sure password has to be setup with the authorized user during Sharing gt Permission settings 3 Copy the CD ROM ISO image file to this sharing folder Please fill in the sharing information as below picture Image file unset successfully Active ima qe Ho disk emulation set Image on Windows Share Fill in the IP address of ohare host 59 120 205 56 sharing remote computer Share folder name laaa Image file name limage iso Liser name Please fill in the Sharing Password Folder Permission username Set and password 45 104 IP 101 5 Image file set successfully Image file set successfully Active Image CD ROM Image Share Host 59 120 206 565 Share folder name aaa Image file name image iso User name fae not displayed e Edt _ Vie
75. p 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 Ap Make Data Disc e Make Audio CD Make Video CD Copy Disc Figure 5 13 Nero selection dialog 59 104 5 3 User Management User Management 5 3 1 Change Password Change Password Apply Figure 5 14 Setting Password Change password of currently logged in user Old Password type in current password New Password type in new password Confirm New Password re type new password for verification Click Apply to submit your changes 60 104 IP 101 IP 101 5 3 2 Users and Groups User Management Existing users New User name Full user name Password Contirm Password Email address Mobile number Enforce user to change password on next login There are three kinds of levels of user accounts Super Has all possible rights to configure the device Administrator Has partial rights to change configuration apart from critical settings m User Has permission to access basic function of open Remote Console You can choose the desired level from the selection box role The IP 101 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 func
76. pt that the host signals are connected to the Local Console of the KVM Switch The figure below depicts the installation connection 12 104 IP 101 Multi Port KVM Switch connect to Local Console Host keyboard Mouse Monitor USB Cable Option HOST SIDE CONSOLE SIDE Internet IP Network Local Console Figure 2 3 Cable Connections with a Multi port KVM Switch 13 104 IP 101 2 9 LED Indicators Button LED Indication Power GREEN on when power applied Ethernet Link Act 10 100Mbps Orange Ethernet data in activity connection LAN Green 100BaseT Ethernet connection established Blinking ON when data in activity and link connected Link RED blinking when data in activity RESET button on the rear panel press the button to reboot the IP 101 unit 14 104 IP 101 3 Configuration 3 1 Initial IP Configuration via Network The Factory default settings for the IP 101 unit are as below DHCP Disable Default IP address 192 168 0 70 Default Net Mask 255 255 255 0 If DHCP mode is enabled IP auto configuration DHCP the IP 101 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
77. rk as full quality video snippets Therefore a high amount of bandwidth is required to ensure the quality of the video picture Es fe Options Monitor Only f Exclusive Access Video Opiimized Screenshot io clipboard 0 none Readability Filter 1 fastesi scaling d 2 Mouse Hancling d 3 Local Cursor 4 Chat Window zz soft Keyboard Predefined 6 Local Keyboard a Compression ii Hotkeys t ColorDepth amp Lossy 9 best Figure 4 11 Encoding Compression The next two options allow you to set the compression level to a predefined level OR to set a level for lossy compression This compresses well but leads to a degradation in image quality ala es Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access screenshot to clipboard Video Optimized Hicolor Readability Filter Video Optimized scaling I LAN Hicolor Mouse Handling I LAN Local Cursor d DSL Chat Window UMTS Soft Keyboard ISDN Local Keyboard Fr Compression Modem Hotkeys H Color Depth GPRS Figure 4 12 Predefined Compression 35 104 Options Monitor Orly Exclusive Access Readability Filter scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor Chat Window Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding screenshot to clipboard IP 101 t Predefined t Compression Color Depth Lossy Figure 4 13 Lossy Compression Color Depth set the desired color depth You may select between 8 or 16 bit for Video Optim
78. s Figure 4 15 Status line Furthermore both the incoming In and the outgoing Out network traffic are visible in kb s If compressed encoding 1s enabled a value in brackets displays the compressed transfer rate In 0 Bis Out 0 Bis Figure 4 16 Status line transfer rate For more information about Monitor Only and Exclusive Access settings see related sections 37 104 IP 101 5 Menu Options 5 1 Remote Control The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that IP 101 controls The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the P 101 Starting the Remote Console opens a new window displays screen movement of host system with its size automatically adjusted to optimum Keyboard and mouse are redirected to control the host system simultaneously A slight delay may present depending on the bandwidth of network 38 104 IP 101 5 1 1 KVM Console Remote Console 192 168 5 186 Seles Ctri Alt Delete A syne N Options My Documents Mew Text Docum wr a My Computer Mew Text Document txt om y a y My Network Internet Places Explorer y Recycle Bin saj G Console Norm Desktop size is 800 x 600 EEZEJ Fps 0 In 0 B s Out 0 B s SS Figure 5 1 KVM Console To open the KVM console either click on the icon Console or Remote Control gt KVM Console of the menu
79. s 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 a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered In this case all pressed keys should be 66 104 IP 101 released in reversed sequence The minus sign builds single separate key presses and releases The star inserts a pause with duration of 100 milliseconds 5 4 2 Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse Settings Host Interface Auto active USE To use the USS andor PS 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 USB and Pave are both connected and you selected Auto as host interface then the card will choose USB if available or otherwise falls back to Pole Keyboard Model Generic 104 Key PO Key release timeout C enabled Timeout after msec Enable key release timeout if you experience duplicated keystrokes during poor network performance USB Mouse Type Windows gt 2000 Mac OS A ae Mouse speed Auto Fixed scaling Absolute mouse scaling for MAC server Figure 5 16 Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain in
80. ss the OK button otherwise press the Cancel button 17 104 3 2 IP 101 Configuration Setup via Serial Console For using serial terminal the IP 101 has a serial line interface host side This connector 1s compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given in Table below Parameter V alue Data bits 8 ParityNo Flow Control When configuring with a serial terminal e g Hyper Terminal reset the IP 101 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 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 0 70 Net mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 for none 0 0 0 0 IP auto configuration With this option you can specify whether the IP 101 should get 1ts 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 1s disabled and subsequently you will be asked for the following network settings IP address The IP address the IP 101 This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled Ne
81. t mask The net mask of the connected IP subnet This option 1s only available 1f IP auto configuration 1s disabled Gateway 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 18 104 IP 101 3 3 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration Between the IP 101 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 3 3 1 IP 101 keyboard settings The IP 101 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 IP 101 Web front end See section 6 5 2 for details 3 3 2 Remote Mouse Settings A common seen problem with KVM devices 1s the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors The IP 101 addresses this situation with an intelligent synchronization algorithm There are two mouse modes available on the IP 101 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
82. tains a control bar Using its elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and adjust the local Remote Console settings A description for each control follows z gt sync Me Options Figure 4 2 Remote Console Control Bar Ctri 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 If the video display is of bad quality or distorted in some way press this button and wait a few seconds while the IP 101 tries to detect the video mode of VGA port to the controlled host and adjust itself for the best possible video quality 27 104 IP 101 la Sync Sync mouse Activates the mouse synchronization process Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cursor This 1s especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on the host Bi Switches between the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible Single Double mouse mode 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 10 x E Monitor Only Exclusive Access Scaling Mo
83. terface 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 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 67 104 IP 101 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 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 1s UNIX or UNIX like OS USB Mouse Type Enables USB mouse type Choose between Windows gt 2000 MacOSX for MS Windows 2000 or Windows
84. tions IP 101 offers Upon delivery the account super has the password pass Make sure to change password immediately after you have installed and on initial access of your IP 101 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 61 104 5 4 IP 101 Email address This 1s optional Mobile number This information may be optionally provided Role Each user can be a member of a group named a role there kinds can be shose from super administrator or an regular user To create an user press the button Create The Modify button changes the displayed user settings To delete an user press the button Delete Note The IP 101 1s 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 IP 101 at the same time The memory space that 1s available onto the IP 101 mainly depends on the configuration and the usage of the IP 101 log file entries etc That s why we recommend not to store more than 150 user pr
85. ue for each device When you change the NES settings and press the button Apply the NFS share will be mounted immediately That means the NFS share and the NES server must be filled with valid sources or you will get an error message SMTP Loggmg enabled With this option the IP 101 1s 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 strings as the internal log file and the mail subject 1s 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 IP 101 device and that needs no authentication at all lt serverip gt lt port gt SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the IP 101 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 1t 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 86 104 IP 101 Device succesfully started device Board Reset performed by user device Firmware uploa
86. unit Ix Quick Start Guide Ix CD ROM software utilities and User s manual Ix Power Adapter DC 12V 1 25A Ix 1 2M RS 232 cable Ix 1 2M USB A to Mini cable lx 1 2M 3 in 1 KVM cable Ix Rack Mount Kit Brackets and screws 2 2 Panel Views lt Font View gt Figure 2 1 Panel Views 2 3 System requirement Hardware Item Description gt Z o S O Local host side One PC or Server or the console port of KVM switch Local console side One PS 2 Keyboard one PS 2 Mouse and one monitor Remote Console side One PC or Multiple PCs are linked into the network 9 104 IP 101 Software Item Description Local host side No additional software necessary Remote Console side 1 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 IP 101 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 I Reboot the system II Watch the boot process III 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
87. ur local network environment has to allow this connection to be made 1 e your firewall and in case you have a private internal network your NAT Network Address Translation settings have to be configured accordingly In case the IP 101 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 4 3 1 Main Window of Remote Console To open the KVM console either click on the icon Console or Remote Control gt KVM Console of the menu entry on the left or Click to open of the console picture on the right Remote Console 192 168 5 186 o gt My Documents New Text Docum mr a My Computer Mew Text Document txt im fi CS My Network Internet Places Explorer Ly Recycle Bin Bsr DE mB zoom Console Norm Desktop size is 800 x 600 Fps 0 In 0 B s Out 0 B s 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
88. ure 5 16 Figure 5 17 Figure 5 18 IP 101 Figures AS e O o seats 9 Cable Connections standalone iii 11 Cable Connections with a Multi port KVM SwitcCh ooooooooooooonccccccccccnononononononnos 13 The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length ooooooonoommmmm 23 Remote Console Commo Bat to ba 27 Remote Console Options Ment ssri a aa a etter el 28 Remote Console Exclusive Mode eiii 29 Remote Console Options Menu Scaling occccccccccnnncnnnonnonnnnnonncnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 29 Remote Console Options Menu Curs O10 atada interes ieee 31 WIGCO ENE PA a oia lc dla 32 SOM RCV DOAN AAA E atceaaiiostwansdadea visalicneaeeip owen 33 DOM Keyboard VLAD PIO is 33 Remote Console Contirmation Didlog ns 34 Encodina Compresso ays ties ates adie dci dica 35 Predelined C OMPPES Maa idda 35 Es AA uo O o Oo A 36 Encodino Color dt 36 A 37 Status ING Transit 37 EVM C OS ONG a ai 39 TEL CONS Ol eran en cece e 39 Vital Media OP DS a Saunt a eases 42 Virtual Media CD ROM IMage ooocnncnnnnnnccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnss 45 Explorer COMEC enseri TT ET A TA 47 Share Cong ira non dia aan 48 Optrons or Drive ReGgiree Ons ias 49 Dive Redirection SUD E 51 Drive Re direction malos iaa 32 B ultan Java Drive Re direcion 55 USB Mass tora e OPIO ii 3 RawWrite for Windows selection dialog ccccccccncnnonnnonononnnonnccnnncnnnnnnnnnonononnnnananos 58 IN
89. use Handling LocalCursor Video settings Refresh Video Sof keyboard FF Local Keyboard Hotkeys k Encoding Figure 4 3 Remote Console Options Menu A short description of the options as 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 28 104 IP 101 If 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 access or logs off A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line Fi Figure 4 4 Remote Console Exclusive Mode 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 Scaling Figure 4 5 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 29 104 IP 101 RA Options
90. ve Tools Help a An I i Search gt Folders ies w ip gt aaa PEE Jas NO PST Total Size Hard Disk Drives a EM Cs Local Disk 10 0 GE 7 58 Gb DATA Dr Local Disk 44 5 GB 30 2 GB Devices with Removable Storage 3 Floppy A 3 4 Inch Floppy Disk pa Ene eA CD Drive CD Drive 6 52 ME O bytes Note the output image extension file name has to be iso e g CD Rom _vir 1so You may create an ISO image size up to 650Mb This drive would be in read only mode and would not allow you to write any information on this drive but copying only This drive would be bootable under DOS mode if the motherboard BIOS on the host computer supports USB BOOTABLE function For emulating DVD Drive please use Drive Redirection function Note The above information has to be given from the point of view of IP 101 with correct IP address and device name Administrative permission is required as regular user may not have the right to access Please login as a system administrator or as root on UNIX systems 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 46 104 IP 101 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
91. yer 2 MAC based protocol to allow some confi guration software to detect IP 101 devices in the network even without IP address and then config network related settings to IP 101 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 IP 101 manually to the values as supported by the network device 5 5 2 Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS Settings C Enable Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS server www dyndns org UNS System Hostname feg yourhast dyndns com Username Password Check time HH hh i Check interval Delete saved external IF stored value is equal to the default Figure 5 19 Dynamic DNS 73 104 IP 101 A freely available Dynamic DNS service www dyndns org can be used in the following scenario INTERNET l m am A Dynamic DNS Server PNAD DSL DSL Router Server Figure 5 20 Dynamic DNS Scenario The IP 101 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 IP 101 connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registers its IP address there The ad

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