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Single Port IP KVM IKVM-1000 User ’ s Guide.
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i T A BLE OF C ONTENTS C H A P TE R 1 IN T RODUC T IO N ......................................................................... .1 1.1 F e ature s ......................................................................................................
1 Chap t er 1 Introduct i on W i th the inn o v a tive I P-b a sed techn o lo g y , PLANE T has turned t h e co n ven t i on al KVM switches i n to n et w o rk ing devices. T he IKVM- 1 000 cap t ures, di g i t izes a n d c o m presses video s ig n al , then t r ans m its it with ke y b oard a nd m ouse sig n al s throu g h I P ne t wor k .
2 Host Connectors (all female type) PS/2 keyboard port PS/2 mouse port DB-15 VGA port VGA Resolu t ion Local console: 1920 x 1440 Remote console: 1280 x 1024 Client S oft w are M icrosoft Java V M , S.
3 Chap t er 2 Hardware Installati o n 2.1 Operation Overview T he IKVM-10 0 0 sup p orts t wo o p eration sce n arios. I t can d irect l y co n nect t o o n e server or t o a KVM s w itc h m atrix f or all o win g m ultiple servers access on a sin g le re m ote console.
4 For usin g th e Re m ote Con s ole wi n d o w o f y our m anag e d host s y s t e m , the br o w ser m u st c o m e w ith a Java R u nti m e E n viron m ent versio n 1.
5 7. Con n ect o n e e nd t o t h e PS/2 ke y b oard port on t he c o m puter, and th e ot h er end t o t h e p urpl e PS/2 c on nector o n th e HOS T side o f IKVM-1 0 00. 8. You can also use a n USB cable ( t y pe A to t y pe B) t o connect the co m puter and t he U SB port on I KVM-10 0 0.
6 Chap t er 3 Initial Co n figu r ation 3.1 Default Se t tings T he co mm unicatio n inter fa ces o f IKVM-1 0 0 0 are all base d o n T CP/IP . I t co m es with the de f ault set t ings as bel o w . Para m eter Value IP a uto c o n f igura t ion DHCP IP-A d dress 192 .
7 IKVM-1 0 00 d irect l y . T he U SB c o nnec t ivi t y o n l y su p p o rted in w ind o w s 200 0 /XP/server 2 0 03 a nd t he resp o nse ti m e o f USB connec t io n w o u ld be lo n ger than LA N con n ecti o n. 2. Insert th e b u ndled C D-ROM i n to t he CD-R O M driv e t o i n i t iat e th e au t orun pro- gra m .
8 T he de f ault su p er user p ass w ord is “ pass ” . It is reco m m ended to ch a nge the su- per user p ass w or d as soo n as y o u g et t h is d e vice.
9 T his is the net m as k o f the con n ected I P su b net . T his option is o n ly av a ila b le i f IP a u to con f i g u r ati o n is disa b l e d. Gate w a y (0 . 0.0 . 0 for non e ) [0.0.0 . 0]: T his is the IP a ddress o f the de f a u lt rou t er f or the connect e d IP su b net.
10 T he f ast s y nchro n izatio n is use d t o correct a te m pora r y , bu t f ixe d s k e w . C h oose t h e op t ion u sing the R e m ote Console o pti o ns m enu or press the m ouse s y n c hr o niza t io n hot ke y s eq u ence i f y o u a lrea d y de f ine d o n e.
11 Navig a te y our m ouse p o in t er in t o t h e u p per le f t corne r o f the a pplet screen and m ove it sli g ht l y f orth and b ac k . T hus the m ouse will b e re s y nchro n ized. I f re- s y nc h ronizi n g f ails, dis a bl e th e m ouse accel- erati o n a nd r e pea t th e pro c edure.
12 Chap t er 4 Remote Usage 4.1 Pre r equisi t e T he IKVM-10 0 0 f eatures a n e m bedde d o p erating s y st e m and ap p lic a ti o ns o ff ering a varie t y o f sta n dar d ized in t er f aces. T his chapter w ill d escribe b o th t hese in t er f aces, and t h e w a y to use t h e m i n a m ore detail e d m anner.
13 assured b y using a ke y l en gth o f 1 2 8 Bit. So m e o f the old br o w sers do not h a ve a strong 1 2 8 Bit enc r y p ti o n a lgorith m . Using t he I nter n et Explorer , op e n t h e m enu ent r y “ ? ” a nd “ In fo ” to r e ad a bo u t t h e ke y len g th t hat is current l y activat e d.
14 Password pass ( f acto r y de f ault) Warning: Pleas e m a k e sure t o ch a ng e t h e s u per user pas s w or d i m m ediat e l y a f t e r y o u h a ve inst a ll e d a nd ac c essed y o ur IKVM- 1 000 f o r the f irst ti m e.
15 4.3 The Remo t e Console Clic k ing on t he ic o n op e ns an ad d i t io n al R e m ote Console w ind o w. T he Re m ote Cons o l e w ind o w is a Java Ap p le t t ha t tri e s to esta b lis h it s o w n T CP connection t o the IKVM- 1 000.
16 4.3. 1 Remot e Consol e Control Bar T he up p er p art o f th e R e m ote Console wi n d o w co n tain s a contr o l bar . Usi n g it s ele m ents y ou can see t h e state o f the Re m ote Console a n d in f l u ence the lo c al Re m ote Console set t ings.
17 Pressing this but t on t o ac t ivate t he m ouse s y nchr o niza t io n process. C h oose t his option i n order to s y nchr o nize t he loc a l wit h th e r e m ote m ouse cursor. T his is especi a l l y necessa r y w h e n usi n g accelera t e d m ouse setti n gs o n t he hos t s y st e m .
18 A cha n ge in t he access m ode is also vi s ible in t h e sta t us line. • Sca l ing All o w y ou t o scal e do w n t he R e m ote Con s ol e . Yo u can still us e b ot h m ous e and ke y boa r d, h o wever the scali n g algori t h m w ill not preserve all dis p l a y det a ils.
19 shapes de p ends o n th e J a v a Virtu a l Mac h ine ; a version o f 1. 2 or hi g her o ff ers the f ull list. • Video Settings Opens a pa n el f or cha n gi n g th e IKVM- 1 00 0 vid e o set t ings. Bri g ht n ess--Controls t h e b r igh t ness o f the picture.
20 Phase--De f i n es the p has e f or video sa m pli n g, use d to control the d ispl a y qu a li t y t oge t her with t he se t tin g f or s a m plin g cloc k . Horizon t al Positi o n--Use t he le f t an d ri g ht b utt o ns t o m ove th e p icture i n horizon t al direc t io n w h il e t h is op t io n is selected.
21 Opens a lis t o f hot ke y s def ined pr e vious l y . Ch o ose o ne e nt r y , t h e co m m an d will b e sent to t he h ost s y s t e m . A con f ir m ation dial o g can be a d ded t hat will b e dis p l a y e d be f ore se n di n g t h e selecte d co m m and to t he r e m ote host.
22 Chap t er 5 Advanced Configu r ation T his chapter descri b es all o pti o ns on the web in t er f ace o f IKVM - 10 0 0. 5.1 Remote C o ntrol 5.1. 1 KVM Cons o le Clic k ing o n t h is op t i o n o p e n s an a d di t i o nal Re m ote C o nsole wi n d o w .
23 Displ a y s t he list o f possibl e co mm ands cls Clears t h e screen quit Exits t h e current sessi o n a nd d isconnects f ro m the client v ersion Displ a y s t he r e lease in f or m ati o n terminal Starts the ter m inal p assthrough m ode f or serial port.
24 onb o ard m e m o r y o f th e IKVM-1 0 00 un t il t he end o f the current sessi o n, u ntil y ou l o gg e d o ut, or i n itiate d a reb o ot o f th e IKVM- 1 00 0. Creat e a Flop p y Image UNIX and UN I X-lik e OS T o create an i m age f ile, m a k e use of “ dd ” .
25 5.2. 2 CD-ROM Image Use I m age on Windo w s Share (S A MB A ) T o include an i m age f r o m a W indo w s shar e , select “ CD-ROM I m age ” f r o m the sub m enu. T he f oll o w ing in f or m ation h as to b e g iven t o m ount th e i m age prope r l y : Shar e host: the se r ver n a m e, or its IP address.
26 Further m ore, the speci f ie d share has to be con f igu r ed correctl y . T here f ore, ad m inistrative per m issions are req u ired . As a re g ular user y o u m a y no t h a v e these p er m issions.
27 UNIX and UN I X-lik e OS ( U NIX, Sol a ris , Linu x ) I f y o u li k e to access t h e s h are vi a SA M BA, SAMBA h as to b e set up prope r l y .
28 5.2. 3 Dri v e Redirectio n T o use this f eature, y o u n e ed to inst a ll KVM Vi s ion Vi e w er o n the c li e nt m achin e. T he KVM Vision Vi e w er c a n be f ou n d in the bu n dl e d CD-ROM. Please f oll o w t h e KVM Visi o n Vi e wer Setu p W i z ard step b y st e p t o ins t all th e so f t w ar e .
29 3. Fill in t he in f or m ation: Device Na m e: E n ter a na m e to y o ur d e vice. Ne t w or k Address: Enter a n IP a ddress th e IKVM- 1 00 0 uses.
30 Dri v e Red i rection Settin g s 1. Move t h e cursor to t he n e w d e vice t hat has b een cre at ed. 2. Clic k on “ Device ” t hen s e l e ct “ Drive R e direc t ion ” a nd “ Redirect loc al drive ” .
31 4. Clic k O k , the n e w d e vic e i c on will b e cha n ged as b e l o w , 5.2. 4 O p tions Set t h is op t ion t o dis a ble the m ass storage e m ulatio n (and hide t h e vir t u a l drive ) i f no i m age f il e is curren t l y load e d.
32 5.3 User Man a gement 5.3. 1 Change Pas s w ord T o change y o ur pas s w ord, enter t h e n e w pas s w ord in the u p per e nt r y f i e ld. R e t y p e the p assword in t h e f il e d b e l o w . Clic k “ Apply ” t o sub m it y o ur c h an g es.
33 Select a user f r o m “ Existin g users ” list, t hen c lic k “ Dele te ” but t on. T he spe c i f ied user will b e re m oved f ro m t he list i m m ediat e l y . 5.4 KVM Setti n gs 5.4. 1 User Cons o le T he f oll o w ing set t i n gs are u ser speci f ic.
34 Pre-con f igur e d T he pre-con f igured settin g s deliver t h e best result b e cause o f opti m i z e d a djust m ent o f co m pression a n d colour dep t h f or th e in d icat e d n et w or k speed. Ma n ual l y All o w s t o a djust b oth co m pression r a te an d t h e c o l o ur de p t h in d ivi d ual l y .
35 JVM i f it is con f igured t his w a y . Use o f the Sun JVM m a y als o be f orced. Su n M icro s y s t e m s Java B ro w ser Plu g in Instructs th e web br o w ser o f y ou r a d m inistrati o n s y s t e m to u se the JVM o f Sun Micro s y s tem s.
36 M ouse hotk e y All o w s to s p eci f y a h ot ke y c o m bina t ion which starts eit h er the m ous e s y nchro n ization p r ocess i f pressed i n t h e Re m ote C on sole, or is us e d t o le a ve the s in g le m ouse m o de.
37 releas e d i n reversed s eq uence . So t h e m inus sign build s sin g le , separat e ke y presses a nd -releases . T he star ins e rts a p a use wit h duration o f 100 m illisecon d s. 5.4. 2 Ke y board/Mous e Host Interfa c e En a bles a cert a in in t er f ace the m ouse is c o nnect e d to .
38 • T he USB c a ble m ust be c o nnect e d or m ust be select e d in the Hos t inter f ace o p ti o n PS / 2 K e yboard M odel En a bles a cert a i n ke y boa r d l a y o ut .
39 5.4. 3 Video • Noise filt e r T his option de f ine s h o w th e I KVM-10 0 0 r e acts t o s m all ch a nges i n t h e video i n put sign a l. A larg e f ilter set t ing ne e ds less n e t w or k.
40 Warning: the i n itial I P c o n f iguration is usu a l l y d on e di r ectl y at t he host s y ste m using the i n itial c o n f igura t i o n proce d ure. C ha n gi n g t h e ne t w or k settings o f the IKVM-1 0 00 m ight res u lt in losing c o nnec t io n to it.
41 In case t he I KVM- 1 000 sh ould b e accessi b le f ro m ne t w or k s other than th e loc a l one , t h is IP address m ust be set t o t he loc a l n e t w ork router's IP address. Pri m ary D N S Ser v er IP A ddress IP a ddress o f the pri m a r y Do m ain Na m e Server i n dot n ota t i o n.
42 5.5. 2 D y namic DNS A f ree l y a v a il a ble D y na m ic DNS se r vic e ( d y n dns.o r g) can be used in the f oll o wi n g scenario. T he IKVM - 10 0 0 is reac ha ble via t h e I P a d dress o f the D SL r o uter, which is d y n a m icall y assi g ne d b y t h e pr o vider .
43 T he ad m inistrator has t o r e gister an IKVM- 1 00 0 t h at is sup p osed to t a k e part i n t he service wi t h t he D y n a m ic DNS Se r ver an d assi g n a certai n host n a m e to it. He will get a nic k na m e and a p assword in retur n to t he r e gist r ati o n process.
44 T his is the in t erv a l f or re p ortin g a g ain t o t h e D y na m ic DNS se r ve r b y t he I KVM-1 0 00. Warning: the I KVM-1 0 00 h as its o wn ind e pe n den t real ti m e cloc k . M a k e sure the t i m e setting o f the I KVM-10 0 0 is correct.
45 5.5. 4 Certificate T he IKVM- 1 000 uses the Secure Soc k et L a y er (SS L ) protocol f or a n y enc r y p t ed ne t w or k traf f ic bet w e en i t sel f and a connect e d client. Du r ing t h e connec t i on establish m ent the I KVM- 1 000 h as to ex p ose its iden t i t y to a c li e nt u s in g a c r y p togr a p h ic certi f icat e .
46 Req u est g e nera t io n . T he C SR ca n b e d o wnloa d ed t o y o ur ad m inistration m achi n e with the “ Do w n lo a d C SR ” b utto n . • Se n d the s a ved C SR to a CA f or certi f ication.
47 T his f ield is used f or s pe ci f y in g t o w h ich de p art m e nt wit h i n a n orga n ization t he I KVM-1 00 0 b e lo n gs. Organization T he na m e o f the orga n ization t o w h ich t h e IKVM - 10 00 belongs. Locali t y / C i t y T he ci t y w h ere t he or g a n izati o n is loca t ed.
48 5.5. 5 Seri a l P o rt T he IKVM- 1 000 Serial Set t ings a ll o w s y ou to speci f y what d evice is con n ected to the serial port a nd h o w t o u se it. Configuration or co n sol e login Use the Se r ial Por t o n l y f or the initi a l con f i g uration.
49 con f igure a dial- u p ne t wo r k connectio n , w hich de f aults to the rig h t setti n gs li k e PPP. T he Mode m Set t ings p a n el a ll o w s y o u t o con f i g ure th e re m ote access to th e IKVM- 1 00 0 using a m ode m . T he m e a ni n g o f eac h para m eter will b e descri be d b e l o w .
50 Pa s sthrough a c ce s s to s eria l port v ia T elnet Usin g t h is o p ti o n, i t is possibl e t o con n ect a n arbitra r y device to th e serial port a nd access it ( a ss u m ing it provi d es ter m inal su p port) vi a T elnet.
51 5.5. 7 E v ent Log I m portant eve n ts li k e a lo g in f ailure or a f ir m w are up d ate are log g ed to a s e lectio n o f log g in g des t ina t i o ns. Each o f those events b elongs t o an event gro u p, w h ich c an be ac t ivate d separa t e l y .
52 T he c o m m on w a y to log e vents is to use t h e in t ern a l log list o f the I KVM-1 0 00. T o sh o w the l o g list, clic k on “ Event L og ” o n the “ Maint en ance ” pa g e. In the Event L og Set t ings y ou c a n choos e h o w m a n y l o g ent r ies are sh o w n on e ach pa g e .
53 1000 d e vice and tha t needs no a uth e ntic a tion at a l l (<serverip>:<por t >). SN M P Logging enabled I f this is activa t ed , th e I KVM-10 0 0 se n ds a S N MP tr a p t o a s p eci f ie d desti n ation I P a d dress, e ve r y ti m e a log event o ccurs.
54 T his section c o nt a ins a s u m m a r y wi t h various in f or m ation a b out thi s IKVM-1 0 00 a nd it ’ s curre n t f ir m w are. T he Data f ile f or su p port all o w s y o u to d o w n l o ad th e I KVM-10 0 0 d at a f il e wit h speci f ic su p por t in fo r m ation .
55 5.6. 2 E v en log T his page d ispl a y s t he lo g list incl u ding t h e e v e nts t hat are l o gg e d b y t h e IKVM- 100 0 . 5.6. 3 Update F irm w a r e T he IKVM- 1 000 is a co m plete sta n dalone co m puter. T he so f t w are it r u ns is calle d the f ir m w are.
56 Be f ore y o u ca n star t u p datin g th e f ir m w are o f y o u r IKVM - 10 0 0, t h e n e w unco m pressed f ir m w are f ile h as t o b e accessi b le o n th e s y ste m tha t y o u us e f or connecting t o t h e I KVM-1 0 00.
57 5.6. 4 Unit Reset T his section a ll o w s y o u t o reset speci f ic parts o f t h e d evice. T his i n v o lves th e bo th ke y b o ard a n d m ouse, the video e n g ine a nd t he I KVM-10 0 0 its e l f . Resetti n g t he device itsel f is m ain l y n e e d ed to activa t e a n e wl y u pd ated f ir m w are.
58 Chap t er 6 T roubles h ooting Q. 1: T he re m ote m ouse doesn ’ t wor k or is not s y n c hr o nous A. 1: M a k e sure the m ouse settings in IKVM- 1 000 m atch the m ouse m odel. T here are so m e circ u m stances where t h e m ouse s y nchr o niza t ion process could b eh a v e incorrect l y , re f er to Section 3.
59 the c hec k box ’ us e f or ou tg oi ng ’ i s chec k ed. Anot h er possibili t y i s t o us e a Mo zill a based br o w ser. Q. 10: Eve r y t i m e I open a dialog b ox with so m e but t ons the m ouse poin t ers are not s y n c hron o us a n y m or e A.
60 Appendix A Pin Assignments A .1 V G A HD-15 A .2 R J 45 Connector Eth e rnet A .3 R J 45 Connector I S D N A.
61 A .4 Ser i al SUB-D 9 Conn e ctor 1 A .5 K V M 15 pin connect o r.
62 Appendix B Key Codes T able B.1 s ho w s the ke y c odes used t o de f i n es ke y s t ro k es or ho t ke y s f or seve r al f unctions. Plea s e no t e t h at these ke y c o des do n ot represe n t necessaril y ke y characters tha t are used o n i n tern a ti o n a l ke y b o ards.
63 RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL, CTRL LALT, ALT SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE, ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRIN T SCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSE R T HOME PA G E U P DELE T E END PA G E D O W N UP LEFT D O W .
64 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS,NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD/ NUMPADMUL,NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS,NUMPAD MIN U S NUMPADENTER WIND O W S MENU T able B . 1: K e y Na m es.
65 Appendix C V ideo Modes T he table b e l o w lists t h e video m odes IKVM-1 0 00 s up ports. Please don ’ t u s e ot h er custo m video set t i n gs besides o f these.
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