Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 255-80-6030 Raritan Engineering
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Rev. D July 2005 255-80-6030 I. Prepare Devices and Network for Remote Operation Congratulations on your purchase of Domin i on KX, the industry ’s most fully featured digital KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) switch. Before connecting the Dominion KX, configure each dev ice, whic h you intend to access via Dominion KX, with the following parameters.
Windows XP / Windows 2003 Disable “Enhanced pointer precision”, and set the mouse motion speed exactl y to the middle speed setting. These options are loc ated in Control Panel > Mouse > Pointer Options. Disable transition effects in Control P anel > Display > Appearance > Effects.
II. Attach Local User Console and Set IP Address In this step, you will connect the console used for accessing servers directly at the rack, and use this console to set Dominion KX’s IP address. 1. Attach the included AC power cord to the Dominion KX unit, and p lug into an AC power outlet.
ALTERNA TIVE: As an alternative method of performing initial configuration, y ou may connect to Dominion KX directly via Ethernet from your wo rkstation, skipping steps 4 - 8 above.
VI. Remotely Access and Control Connected Servers Familiarize yourself with the features of Raritan Remote Client (RRC). After logging on to your un it with the default username/password (admin / raritan), use the RRC Nav igator found on the left-hand side of the RRC windo w to select and connect to a port.
USING WEB BROWSER 1. On any workstation with network connectivity to your Dominion K X, and with Java Runtime Environment 1.4.x (or later) installed, launch a Web browser and enter the URL, http:// I P-ADDRESS /admin , where IP-ADDRESS is the IP address that you designated in Step II-7 earlier.
VII. Maximize Remote KVM Performance Dominion KX’s dynamic video compressi on algorithms maintain us abi lity of KVM consoles under varying band width environments. Dominion KX can optim ize its output not just fo r the corporate LAN, but also for lower-bandwidth WAN and dial-up connections.
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