DeXlan IP-KVM User Manual

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Summary of Contents

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Single port KVM over IP switch Single Port KVM over IP SWITCH Preliminary USER’S MANUAL Rev 1.0

Page 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

Single port KVM over IP switch 2.7. Cable diagrams PS/2 Cable: Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable: HDB15 pin Male to Male US

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Single port KVM over IP switch 3. Hardware installation 3.1 Operation Overview Figure 3-1 shows the connections of IP-KVM switch to its host, to perip

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Single port KVM over IP switch Step 2 Connect the monitor to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the IP-KVM switch cons

Page 5 - Table 1-2: Serial parameters

Single port KVM over IP switch Step 8 (Option) Connect the USB jack to the USB socket of the host system while using remote mass storage control.

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Single port KVM over IP switch 3.3 Connecting IP-KVM switch to the Multi-port KVM Switch system usage scenario 3.4 Connecting the External Reset/Powe

Page 7 - 2. Introduction

Single port KVM over IP switch 4. Configuration 4.1 Initial Configuration The IP-KVM switch's communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP. I

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Single port KVM over IP switch Figure4-1. IP-KVM switch setup tool On the upper left corner, the MAC address of the IP-KVM switch is displayed. To

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Single port KVM over IP switch When configuring with a serial terminal, reset the IP-KVM switch and immediately press the “ ESC ” key. You will see so

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Single port KVM over IP switch 4.1.3.2 Remote Mouse Settings A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mo

Page 11 - 3. Hardware installation

Single port KVM over IP switch There are mouse drivers which influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers. If thi

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Single port KVM over IP switch TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 When the sever is up and running 2.2 When the

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Single port KVM over IP switch 5. Usage 5.1 Prerequisites The IP-KVM switch features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety

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Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-1. The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers do support strong encrypti

Page 15 - Configuration

Single port KVM over IP switch The IP-KVM switch has a built-in super user that has all permissions to administrate your IP-KVM switch: Login name s

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Single port KVM over IP switch Return to the main page of the IP-KVM switch . Open the IP-KVM switch remote console. Exit from the IP-

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Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-4. Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection

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Single port KVM over IP switch such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one. The Remote Console

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Single port KVM over IP switch Options To open the Options menu, click on the button “ Options ”. Figure 5-6. Remote Console Options Menu A s

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Single port KVM over IP switch • Scaling Allows you to scale down the Remote Console. You can still use both mouse and keyboard, however the scaling a

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Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-9. Remote Console Options Menu:Cursor • Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the IP-KVM switch video

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Single port KVM over IP switch Video Settings through the remote console Figure 5-11. Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightn

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Single port KVM over IP switch 6. MENU OPTIONS 6.1 Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console 6.1.2 Remote Power 6.1.3 Telnet Console 6.2 Virtual Media 6.2.1 Fl

Page 24 - Figure 5-4. Remote Console

Single port KVM over IP switch Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory-made defaults. Save changes Save changes permanently Undo

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Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-13. Soft Keyboard Mapping • Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine runn

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Single port KVM over IP switch 5.4.2 Remote Console Status Line Status line Shows both console and the connection state. The size of the remote s

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Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5 Remote mass storage control 5.5.1 Driver Installation Please follow the KVM Vision Viewer Setup Wizard step by step

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Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5.2 Create a New Device 5.5.2.1 Start KVM Vision Viewer 5.5.2.2 Click on “Device” and select “New Device” to creat

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Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5.2.3 Click Ok, the new device will be added as below, Figure 5-18. New Device 5.5.3 Drive Redirection Settings 5.

Page 30 - Figure 5-12. Soft Keyboard

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-20. Drive Redirection dialog  Drive to redirect Select the local drive you want to share with the remote com

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Single port KVM over IP switch 6. Menu Options 6.1 Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console Figure 6-1. KVM Console To open the KVM console, either clicks

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Single port KVM over IP switch Please note that after you have pressed this button the power state displayed in the administration panel will not imme

Page 33 - 5.5.1 Driver Installation

Single port KVM over IP switch Connecting to the IP-KVM switch is done as usual and as required by the Telnet client, for instance in a UNIX shell:

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Single port KVM over IP switch 1. The quick installation guide Installation IP-KVM switch redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote

Page 35 - Figure 5-18. New Device

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.2 Virtual Media 6.2.1 Floppy Disk Figure 6-3. Virtual Floppy Area Upload a Floppy Image Within two small steps wo

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Single port KVM over IP switch Options Figure 6-5. USB mass storage option Set this option to disable the mass storage emulation (and hide the virt

Page 37 - Menu Options

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 6-7. Select Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the image properly: Share hos

Page 38 - 6.1.3 Telnet Console

Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 6-8. Explorer context menu Select “ Sharing ” to open the configuration dialog. Figure 6-9. Share configur

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Single port KVM over IP switch UNIX and UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Solaris, Linux) If you like to access the share via SAMBA, SAMBA has to be set up p

Page 40 - 6.2.1 Floppy Disk

Single port KVM over IP switch CD ROM/ISO Images UNIX and UNIX-like OS To create an image file, make use of “dd”. This is one of the original UNIX uti

Page 41 - 6.2.2 CD ROM

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.3 User Management 6.3.1 Change Password Figure 6-12. Set password To change your password, enter the new password

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Single port KVM over IP switch 6.3.2 Users And Groups Figure 6-13. Set User The IP-KVM switch comes with 2 pre-configured user accounts that have

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Single port KVM over IP switch Confirm password Confirmation of the password above. 6.4 KVM Settings 6.4.1 User Console The following settings ar

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Single port KVM over IP switch Pre-configured The pre-configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of compression a

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Single port KVM over IP switch Parameter Value IP auto configuration DHCP IP-Address 192.168.1.22 Net-mask 255.255.255.0 Default-Gateway none Table

Page 46 - 6.3 User Management

Single port KVM over IP switch Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use the JVM of Su

Page 47 - Figure 6-13. Set User

Single port KVM over IP switch “ confirm ” requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host. “ keycode ” i

Page 48 - 6.4 KVM Settings

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.4.3 Keyboard/Mouse Figure 6-17. Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mou

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Single port KVM over IP switch Linux, or OS X. In “ MS Windows 2000 or newer ” mode the remote mouse is always synchronized with the local mouse. Mou

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Single port KVM over IP switch • Force Composite Sync (Required for Sun Computers) To support signal transmission from a Sun machine, enable this opt

Page 51 - Figure 6-16. Power Control

Single port KVM over IP switch Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network. Gateway IP address In case the IP-KVM switch should be accessi

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Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.2 Dynamic DNS Figure 6-20. Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service ( dyndns.org ) can be used in the

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Single port KVM over IP switch The administrator has to register an IP-KVM switch that is supposed to take part in the service with the Dynamic DNS Se

Page 54 - 6.5 Device Settings

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.3 Security Figure 6-22. Device Security Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front-end is

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Single port KVM over IP switch Default policy This option controls what to do with arriving IP packets that do not match any of the configured rul

Page 56 - Figure 6-20. Dynamic DNS

Single port KVM over IP switch keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way. Open the console by choosing the appropriate link in the navigation fr

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Single port KVM over IP switch Anti Brute Force Setting The Anti Brute Force user blocking mechanism allows disabling the login of a certain user if h

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Single port KVM over IP switch delivery, this certificate and the underlying secret key is the same for all IP-KVM switch ever produced and certainly

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Single port KVM over IP switch Warning If you destroy the CSR on the IP-KVM switch there is no way to get it back! In case you deleted it by mistake,

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Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.5 Serial Port Figure 6-25. Serial Port The IP-KVM switch Serial Settings (Figure 6-25 ) allow you to specify wha

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Single port KVM over IP switch Serial line speed The speed the IP-KVM switch is communicating with the modem. Most of all modems available today

Page 62 - Common name

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.6 Date And Time Figure 6-27. Date and Time This link refers to a page, where the internal real-time clock of th

Page 63 - Figure 6-25. Serial Port

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.7 Event Log Figure 6-29. Event Log Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a se

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Single port KVM over IP switch performed, all logging data will be lost. To avoid this, use one of the following log methods. NFS Logging enabled

Page 65 - Figure 6-27. Date and Time

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6 Maintenance 6.6.1 Device Information Figure 6-31. Device Information Board Summary This section contains a summa

Page 66 - Figure 6-29. Event Log

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6.2 Event Log Figure 6-32. Event Log List Figure 6-32 displays the log list including the events that are logged b

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Single port KVM over IP switch 2. Introduction Thank you for purchasing IP-KVM switch. IP-KVM switch can save your MONEY, TIME, SPACE, EQUIPMENT and P

Page 68 - 6.6 Maintenance

Single port KVM over IP switch The IP-KVM switch is a complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called the firmware. The firmware of the I

Page 69 - 6.6.3 Update Firmware

Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6.4 Unit Reset Figure 6-34. Unit Reset To reset a certain IP-KVM switch functionality, click on the button “ Reset

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Single port KVM over IP switch 7. Troubleshooting Q 001: The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronous A 001: Make sure the mouse settings in IP

Page 71 - Figure 6-34

Single port KVM over IP switch Q 011: Every time I open a dialog box with some buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore A 011: Please ch

Page 72 - 7. Troubleshooting

Single port PS2 KVM over IP A. Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet

Page 73 - Certificates

Single port PS2 KVM over IP A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector

Page 74 - A. Pin Assignments

Single port PS2 KVM over IP B. Key Codes Table C.1 shows the key codes used to defines keystrokes or hotkeys for several functions. Please note that

Page 75 - Single port PS2 KVM over IP

Single port PS2 KVM over IP F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOW

Page 76 - B. Key Codes

Single port PS2 KVM over IP C. Video Modes Table B.1 lists the video modes IP-KVM switch supports. Please don’t use other custom video settings besid

Page 77 - Table B.1: Key Names

Single port KVM over IP switch Type of failure Detected by Hard disk failure Console screen, CMOS set-up information Power cable detached, power su

Page 78 - C. Video Modes

Single port KVM over IP switch 2.5. Technical specifications Model No. Single port IP-KVM Switch PC Port 1 Console Port 1 PC Port Connector (All Fe

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