Shenzhen Kinan Technology XL 170 8i, XL 570 8i, XL 171 6i, XL 571 6i, XL 190 8i, XL 590 8i, XL 191 6i, XL 591 6i KVM over IP Console User Manual

VGA KVM over IP Console

(8 Port/16 Port)

User Manual

www.szkinan.com

@all right reserved Shenzhen Kinan Technology Co., Ltd

Printing date：2014/08

Version： V2.0

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8 Port /16 Port User Manual

Contents

1.Descriptions .............................................................................................. 4

1.1 Brief Introduction .............................................................................. 4

1.2 Features ........................................................................................... 4

2.Installation and Start-up .......................................................................... 6

2.1 Front View ........................................................................................ 6

2.2 System Requirements...................................................................... 7

2.3 When the Server is Up and Running ............................................... 7

2.4 When the Server is Dead ................................................................. 7

2.5 Rack Mounting ................................................................................. 8

Structure and Size

(17”) ................................................................... 9

Structure and Size

(19”) ................................................................ 10

2.6 Model ............................................................................................. 11

2.7 Installation ...................................................................................... 12

2.8 Cables ............................................................................................ 13

2.9 Opening the Console ..................................................................... 14

2.10 Switching Instructions .................................................................. 15

2.11 Operating the Monitor .................................................................. 16

3. OSD Operation ....................................................................................... 17

3.1 OSD Overview ............................................................................... 17

3.2 OSD Functions ............................................................................... 18

F1 .................................................................................................. 19

F2 .................................................................................................. 22

F3 .................................................................................................. 23

F4 .................................................................................................. 25

F6 ................................................................................................ 26

F7 .................................................................................................. 26

F8 .................................................................................................. 26

3.3 Setting OSD Default Values ........................................................... 27

4.IP Setup ................................................................................................... 28

4.1 Initial IP Configuration via Internet ................................................. 28

4.2 Configuration Setup via Serial Console ......................................... 29

5. Logging in .............................................................................................. 30

5.1 Remote console ..................................................................... ........31

6. Menu Options ........................................................................................ 38

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6.1 Remote Control .............................................................................. 38

KVM Console ................................................................................ 39

Telnet Console .............................................................................. 39

Remote Wake-up .......................................................................... 40

6.2 Virtual Media .................................................................................. 41

Floppy Image ................................................................................ 42

CD/ DVD Image ............................................................................ 44

Drive Redirection .......................................................................... 52

Virtual Drive .................................................................................. 58

6.3 User Management ......................................................................... 58

Change Password ........................................................................ 59

Users and Groups ......................................................................... 60

6.4 KVM Settings ................................................................................. 62

User Console ................................................................................ 62

Keyboard/Mouse ........................................................................... 66

Video ............................................................................................. 67

6.5 Device Settings .............................................................................. 68

Network ......................................................................................... 69

Dynamic DNS ............................................................................... 70

Security ......................................................................................... 73

Certificate .................................................................................... 74

Serial Port ..................................................................................... 78

Date/Time ..................................................................................... 79

Event Log ...................................................................................... 80

6.6 System Maintenance ..................................................................... 83

Device Information ........................................................................ 83

Event Log ...................................................................................... 85

Upgrade Firmware ........................................................................ 86

Unit Reset ..................................................................................... 89

Appendix...................................................................................................... 91

USB Emulation Keyboard .................................................................... 91

Mac Keyboard ............................................................................... 91

Sun Keyboard ............................................................................... 92

Specifications(17〞) ............................................................................. 93

Specifications(19〞) ............................................................................. 94

Trouble Shooting ................................................................................ 95

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1.Description

1.1 Brief Introduction

KVM - over - IP (Hereinafter refers to IP-KVM) redirects the local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote administration console.It allows you to control one or many computers locally at the server site or remotely via the Internet using a standard browser. You can securely gain BIOS level access to systems for maintenance, support, or failure recovery over the Internet. Communication is secure via SSL authentication and encryption. Use in conjunction with a KVM switch for multiple-server access.

The KVM over IP provides convenient, remote KVM access and control via LAN or Internet.It captures, digitizes, and compresses video signal and transmits it with keyboard and mouse signals to and from a remote computer. KVM over IP provides a non-intrusive solution for remote access and control. Remote access and control software runs on its embedded processors only but not on mission-critical servers, so that there is no interference with server operation or impact on network performance.

IP-KVM console integrates multiple KVM switches in a 1U height console. It can control multiple computers with a set of device including monitor, keyboard and mouse, thus save much cost and space to separately equip keyboard, mouse and monitor for every computer.

It is easy and fast to install the KVM console, you just need to connect corresponding cables to the right ports of KVM and its module without software configuration.

1.2 Features



17” &19” LED TFT LED monitor, high brightness, high resolution



Ultra slim 99 keys keyboard with small numeric keyboard



High resolution and high flexibility with touchpad; with two function buttons and scroll wheel, standard PS/2 port.



Access and control up to 8,16 or 32 computers, supports KVM seamless mixed cascade connection



USB console supports a wide variety of data center server and devices, supports server with USB and PS/2 keyboard and mouse



Two level password security--only authorized users view and control computers;up to four users and an administrator with a separate profile for each



USB or PS/2 keyboard emulation--computer boot even the console focus is else where



Convenient computer switching via front panel pushbuttons, hotkeys, OSD menu



Auto scan feature for monitoring user-selected computers

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Broadcast mode--operations simultaneously performed on all selected computers



Hot pluggable --add or remove computers without having to power down the switch



Quickly select your computer by naming the server or inputting SN number of the server



Manage servers all over the world



Remote access to the KVM(Keyboard,video and mouse) through modem



Support any operating system even in BIOS level,during start up or in blue screen



Support virtual media and redirection



Remote control over Java-enabled Browsers



SSL certificate management



Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture



High-performance mouse tracking and synchronization

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2.Installation and Start-up

2.1 Front View

1．LED Monitor

2．Rear Bracket Slot

Diagram 1-1.1 front view

6．Touchpad

7．Handle

3．LED OSD Controls

4．Front Bracket

5．Keyboard

8．Release Catch

9．Display Panel

10.Switch LED

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2.2 System Requirements

Hardware

Item

Local Host

Local Console

Description

8 or 16 PC/server

One USB keyboard,one USB mouse and one monitor

Remote Console 1 PC or multiple computers connected to the network

Software

Item Description

Local Host No required extra software

(1)Java operating environment:version1.4.2 or higher

Remote Console (2)Browser:Microsoft Internet Explorer (version6.0 and above or Netscape or Mozilla or Safari)

2.3 When the server is up and running

The KVM-over-IP gives you a full control over the remote server. The

Management Console allows you to access the remote serv er’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:

1.Restart the system.

2. Watch the boot process.

3. Boot the system from a separate partition to load the diagnostic environment.

4. Run special diagnostic program.

2.4 When the server is dead

Obviously, fixing hardware defects is not possible through a remote management device.

Nevertheless KVM-over-IP 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:

1. Hard disk failure 50%

2.Power cable detached, power supply failure 28%

3.CPU, controller, main board failure 10%

4.CPU fan failure 8%

5.RAM failure 4%

Using KVM-over-IP, administrators can determine which kind of serious hardware failure has occurred

Failure types

Hard disk failure

Power cable detached,power supply failure

CPU,controller,main board failure

CPU fan failure

RAM failure

Detected by

Console screen, CMOS set-up information

Server remains in power off state after power on command has been given.

Power supply is on, but there is no video output.

By server specific management software

Boot-Sequence on boot console

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2.5 Rack Mounting

A standard rack mounting kit is provided to mount the switch in a depth of

650-850mm (17

”), 670-800mm (19”) in a standard 19”rack.

With one person hold the switch in place and the other person slides the L bracket into the switch’s side mounting brackets from the front to the back, then screws the brackets to the rack. (See below installation drawing)

Diagram 1-2.1 rack mounting (1)

Diagram 1-2.2 rack mounting (2)

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Structure and Size

(17”)

-48V RTN

-36V~-72V DC IN

2

3 1

90V~264V AC/47~63Hz

RS232 LAN

CONSOLE

4

6

PC8 PC7 PC6 PC5

5

PC4 PC3

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

PC16 PC15 PC14 PC13 PC12

RS232 LAN

PC8 PC7 PC6 PC5 PC4

CONSOLE

Diagram 1-2.3 back view to install KVM parts

PC11

PC3

Explanation

Ground Connection Screw

Power input(AC or DC)

Power switch

Local console

PC connection port

IP port

PC2 PC1

PC10

PC2

PC9

PC1

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Structure and Size

(19”)

-48V RTN

-36V~-72V DC IN

2

3 1

90V~264V AC/47~63Hz

RS232 LAN

CONSOLE

4

6

PC8 PC7 PC6 PC5

5

PC4 PC3

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

PC16 PC15 PC14 PC13 PC12

RS232 LAN

PC8 PC7 PC6 PC5 PC4

CONSOLE

Diagram 1-2.3 back view to install KVM parts

PC11

PC3

Explanation

Ground Connection Screw

Power input(AC or DC)

Power switch

Local console

PC connection port

IP port

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PC2 PC1

PC10

PC2

PC9

PC1


2.6 Model

Interface

Series Model Port Voltage Range

External Console PC

17’’

19”

XL170

8i

08 08

XL570

8i

08 08

XL171

6i

16 16

XL571

6i

16 16

XL190

8i

XL590

8i

08 08

08 08

XL191

6i

16 16

XL591

6i

16 16

V:

K:

M: USB

HDB-15

USB

PS/2 、

USB

V:

K:

M: USB

HDB-15

USB

PS/2 、

USB

V:

K:

M: USB

HDB-15

USB

PS/2 、

USB

V:

K:

M: USB

HDB-15

USB

PS/2 、

USB

V:

K:

M: USB

HDB-15

USB

PS/2 、

USB

100V～240Vac

-36V～-72Vdc

100V～240Vac

-36V～-72Vdc

100V～240Vac

V:

K:

M: USB

HDB-15

USB

PS/2 、

USB

-36V～-72Vdc

V:

K:

M: USB

HDB-15

USB

PS/2 、

USB

V:

K: USB

M: USB

HDB-15

PS/2 、

USB

100V～240Vac

-36V～-72Vdc

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2.7 Installation:

Connecting diagram:

1) Make sure the KVM console has been connected to the ground (See number ① in below diagram)

2) Connect the computer to the KVM switch according to number②in below diagram.

3) Connect the LAN port of the IP KVM to Internet (see number③in below diagram).

4) Connect the power cable into the KVM power port according to number④in below diagram.

5) Turn on power switch as shown in number ⑤in below diagram, the KVM is running after power on.

Note: 1) If you want to connect another set of console, plug the monitor, USB keyboard and mouse in the console port (number⑥in above diagram).

2) If you want to cascade multiple KVM switch, first connect KVM signal cable to any yellow DB15 port with “PC” on XL1908i/16i console, then connect the other blue port of the signal cable to the blue DB15 port with

“Console” on the XM KVM that need to be cascaded, then connect the keyboard and mouse.

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2.8 Cables

No. Function

KVM signal cable －

PS/2

Model

CH-1800P ( 1.8M)

CH-3000P(3M)

CH--5000P(5M)

Cable Port

PC or Server port:

Keyboard:6pin MIN-DIN male

Mouse: 6pin MIN-DIN male

Monitor: 15pin HDB male

KVM port:

15pin HDB male


USB

PC or Server port:

USB :USB A TYPE(female)


①

CH-1802U (1.8M)

KVM port:

15pin HDB male


COMBO

CH-1801M (1.8M)

Note: The USB port can’t be connected to the

PC with the PS/2 port.

PC or Server port:

USB : USB A TYPE(female)


Keyboard:6pin MIN-DIN male

Mouse: 6pin MIN-DIN male

KVM port:

15pin HDB male

Cascade cable

②

CH-3000C ( 3M)

15pin HDB male

Table2-1.1 cables

To ensure signal integrity and simplify cable layout, we strongly recommend you using high quality cables with different length as shown in above table.

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2.9 Opening the console



Release the release catch.

Diagram 2-1.3 unlocking

*Note：

The release lock can only do horizontal locking, it can’t bear any load.



Pull the LED panel all the way out until it clicks into place.



Rotate the LED module all the way back to expose the LED screen; the LED module can be rotated up to108°.

Best Resolution :

1280x1024@60Hz

Diagram 2-1.4 open angle of the console

 The KVM makes two “beep” sounds and the LED flashes three times after power on.It automatically selects the first port after the orange light changed into flashy state, the LED shows 01 and a screen similar to the below appears with OSD prompt to enter the account and password.

Diagram 2-1.5 password window



LED panel is powered on when the power LED is green.



Power on computer or server after power on KVM and you will see green light at each port.



The factory default password is blank; it will be OK after double click “Enter”.

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Closing the console



Close the LED display panel and the power automatically shut down.



Push the release catch in the direction of the arrow; pull the LED panel all the way in until it automatically locks up.

Key

AUTO LOCK

Diagram 2-1.6 unlocking the console

2.10 Switching instructions

No.

1

2

3

Diagram 3-1.1 front view

Components Function

1-8 or

1-16

Port Selection

Buttons& LEDs

Station ID

1) Switching freely from port 1 to port 8 /16

2) Press [1] and [2] at the same time resets the KVM.

3) Press [7] and [8] at the same time switches to next stage level.

Indicator LEDs are built into the switches, the online

LED light is on the left and the selected LED light is on the right.

1) An online LED light (green) indicates that the

KVM has connected to its corresponding computer and power on.

2) A selected LED light (orange) indicates that the computer attached to its corresponding port is up and running.

Station ID shows the current stage level of the daisy chain.

Table 3-1.1 switching instructions

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2.11 Operating the monitor

The LED OSD allows you to set up and configure the LED display.

Buttons

MENU SELECT

EXIT/AUTO

SL-/SL+

LED state

Functions

Press this button invokes the menu function and brings up the main menu.

Press this button exits the current menu and returns to the previous menu or presses this button exits the LED OSD.

Press AUTO for automatic configuration.

Press this button moves your menu to make corresponding adjustment.

Green :running

Red :power off or access non standard VESA signal

Flash green: energy saving mode or no signal

Table 3-1.2 LED OSD configuration instruction

Press AUTO if the screen migrates after power on or under other circumstances, then the screen auto configure to its best display state

.(It might can’t be adjusted to its best state if part of the display mode is not standard VESA mode, if so return back to OSD menu to RESET, then it will back to normal).

We suggest our customers to set up the display mode at 1280x1024, refresh rate at 60Hz.

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3. OSD Operation

3.1 OSD Overview

Double click the right buttons of the mouse or double click hotkey【Scroll Lock】 to invoke below OSD main menu. You can customize the OSD hotkeys; find more details in OSD function instructions.

Headings Explanation

SN

QV cascade level+port number

It shows the computer port under monitoring.

The computers are power on and are online.

It shows broadcasting port quick view ports

LK Lock sign： Shows that the

Name

Port name,the maximum is 12 bytes

Table 1.4: OSD interface

To access the OSD menu through keyboard： port only available for viewing.

1.In the submenus that appears, moving the highlight bar to your selected port and then press Enter.

2.Press【Page Up】or【Page Down】quickly moves to next BANK

3. Press any key from 【0-9】to enter any port of current station,type

BANK+PORT to enter other stations.

To access the OSD menu through keyboard:

*Note: Operate via keyboard after invoke the OSD menu via the touchpad.

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3.2 OSD Functions

Menus Keys

ADM

Scan

F1

F2

Submenu/explanation

Set User login account and password

Set access permissions

BRC Mode -monitor multiple computers at the same time

Load Default-reset the menu to the original factory default settings

All-Lists all the ports on the installation

Power On-lists only powered on ports that have attached computers.

Quick View-Lists only the ports that have been selected as Quick View ports

Set

Tool

Edit

F3

F4

F6

Auto Scan-set scanning time period

Port ID-set how long a port displays on the monitor

OSD Hotkey-set OSD hotkeys

Lout Time off- to set the time out value

Reset KM- press Enter resets keyboard and touchpad

Beeper【On】-press Enter switch Bee sounds

Mouse Hot【On】-press Enter to shut down touchpad operating on OSD.

Restore Values-press Enter restore the current user default value.

About KVM- press Enter shows the KVM version

Edits port names

QV

Lout

Exit

F7

F8

Esc

Scroll Lock

Start or close Quick View

Log out/lock the KVM

Press this key exits OSD menu

Press this key exits OSD menu

Num Lock Press this key exits OSD menu

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F1



Menu Overview

Operating instructions

1）Press【F1】or 【

←】【→】enters the F1 submenus.

2）Press 【

↑】【↓】moves the highlight bar to select the submenu.

3）Press【 Enter】 selects and exits

ADM menu.

4）Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits ADM menu.

 Menu Explanation

1. Set User Login

—Press [Enter] select the submenu and a screen as below diagram

4-1.1 appears:

One administrator and four users account can be set (the account and the password are no more than 16 characters)

Diagram 4-1.1 Diagram 4-1.2

Note: You can set up an account and password according to diagram 4-1.2, then a “ User setup ok”pops up show that you have done your set, if

“Password Not Match”pops up, you need to type in your password again as you did in your first type.

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2. Set Accessible

—press [Enter] to select one submenu, then below menu appears

(diagram 4-1.3):

Diagram 4-1.3

Menu

FULL

VIEW

NULL

Explanation

Full access function to the station and can do any operation to the ports

Read only function, you can only read the port but you can’t operate it if set this function.

If you set this function, the port will be not displayed on the user’s OSD menu

Note: The administrator always has full access to all the ports.


Eg: 1). If you want to set access permission of [User1], press 【Space】 to choose the permission options you need to set.

2). [User1] log in OSD menu, as shown in below diagram 4-1.5.

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3. BRC Mode - Press [Enter] to enter the BRC mode (see below diagram 4-1.6).

Enter the main menu, press F7 to add or delete a port that need broadcast function.

When BRC mode is effect, a speaker symbol appears in QV column. (See below diagram 4-1.7).

While BRC mode is in effect, we can synchronously operate multiple computer ports, but the mouse is not function normally.


1) Open BRC mode

F1->BRC Mode OFF->press [Enter] --> BRC Mode ON (see diagram 4-1.6)

2) Open the port that need broadcast function

Press【

↑】【↓】key—>choose the port that need broadcast function press

F7a speaker symbol appears in the QV column which shows the port has entered broadcast mode.

3) Close the broadcasting port press【

↑】【↓】key—>choose the portpress F7exit BRC mode and the speaker symbol disappears

4) Exit BRC mode

Invoke OSD main menu  F1->BRC Mode ON ->press [Enter] --> BRC Mode

OFF and KVM exit BRC mode (diagram 4-1.8)

Press F1->BRC Mode OFF

->press [Enter], enter the main menu, all symbols turn into speaker symbol (diagram

4-1.8)

Diagram 4-1.8

4. Load Default--- press [Enter] to choose the Load Default, all the set values are restore to original factory default settings.

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F2

 Menu Overview




2）Press 【


3 ） Press 【 Enter 】 selects and exits

Scan menu.

4）Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits SCAN menu.

 Menu explanation

Submenu Explanation

All

Use this function to scan all ports according to the set scanning interval.

Power On

Use this function to scan all ports with set scanning interval. according to the

Quick View

Use this function to scan all ports with symbols according to the set scanning interval.

quick view

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F3



Menu Overview




2）Press 【


3）Press【Enter】selects and exits Set menu.

4）Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits Set menu.



Menu Explanation

Submenu

Auto Scan

Port ID

OSD Hotkey

Default value

5S（effective range 5-99）

0S: not display the port ID

1-98S: display the seconds, maximum 98s

99S: permanent display

[Scroll Lock ] +[Scroll Lock ]

[CapsLock] +[CapsLock]

[F12] + [F12]

[Ctrl]+[Ctrl]+[KVM Hotkey]

0: close the screen saver setting

01-99M: set the screen saver timeout

Note: It is automatically log out if the current operator is no longer operate for a while, then the KVM will be locked and you need to enter user name and password to operate again：

Lout Time off

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OSD Hotkey Operation

Operating instruction

1. Press 【F3】and move the highlight bar with【

↓】 to select “OSD

Hotkey

”submeun

Press 【Enter】and below screen appears:

2.Key in “[Ctrl] [Ctrl]+[KVM Hotkey], then press“【 Enter】 to operate 【Ctrl】 hotkey.

KVM default hotkey:【Scroll Lock】

Invoke hotkey: double click 【Ctrl】 + the corresponding function key

Function Operating Function description

+ 1~8

Skip ports from 1~8, Eg:

Double click Ctrl plus 2 to skip to the second port of the current station.

Switching port

+ F1~ F8 Skip ports from 9-16

Auto scanning

Invoke OSD main menu

+ ↑/↓

+ S

+“space key”

Skip to previous/next port

1. Auto Scan automatically scan ports that attached PC or server. Users can set the scan duration in OSD menu and press any key to exit scanning mode.

2. Move the mouse to extend scan interval.

This allows you to invoke OSD main menu（see OSD menu operation）

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F4



Menu Overview



Menu Explanation

Submenu Instruction


1）Press【 F4 】or 【

←】【→】enters the

F4 submenus.

2）Press 【


3）Press【 Enter】selects and exits Tool menu.

4）Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits Tool menu

.

Reset KVM

Initialize the keyboard and mouse that connected to

KVM when they are break down.

Beeper【On】 The beeper can be turned on or off with this function.

Mouse Hot【On】

To open and close the mouse with this function.

We can’t operate the OSD via the mouse when it is

【Off】.

Restore Values Restore to original factory default values.

It shows the KVM version information. About KVM

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F6-Edit port names

F7-Set quick view port (QV)



Choose the port with【

↑】【↓】 key;



Press F6 and key in the new name or modify the old one, then press

Enter to save the name and exit editing.



Press 【Esc】to cancel and exit the editing.

Note:

The NAME characters include:

All alpha characters: A-Z

All numeric characters: 0-9

Default value: SYSTEMS



Select ports with【

↑】【↓】keys;



Press F7 to include current port as Quick

View, then an arrowhead appears in the QV column to indicate so.

Note：

Press F7 to cancel the QV symbol is the current port has already have a QV arrowhead symbol in its QV column; if you want to cancel all the QV function, press Restore Values under

F4:Tool.(The port name restores to default setting at the same time.)

F8-LOUT



Press【F8】exits the OSD main menu and fully exits current port, then the log in window appears:



Users must log in all over again to regain access to the OSD.

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3.3 Setting OSD Default Values

Settings Default values

OSD hotkey

Original user name

Original password

【Scroll Lock 】【Scroll Lock 】

【 Enter】

【 Enter】

Port display duration 5 seconds

Port display mode

Port name

Scan duration

Cascade port No.+PN+port name

SYSTEMS

5 seconds

Scan mode All

Auto log out

Operating System

Support operating system:

【Esc】

Operating system

Windows

RedHat

Linux

UNIX

SuSE

Mandriva(Mandrake)

AIX

FreeBSD

Sun

Netware Nove11

Mac

DOS

Version

2000 or higher

6.0 or higher

8.2 or higher

9.0 or higher

4.3 or higher

3.51 or higher

Solais8 or higher

5.0 or higher

8.6 or higher

6.2 or higher

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4. IP Setup

4.1 Initial IP Configuration via Internet

Factory default values of the IP-KVM:

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol（DHCP） Disable

Default IP address

Default Subnet mask

192.168.0.70

255.255.255.0

1） Read the attached CD then double click JAVA Setup, connect the Internet and install the JAVA setup step by step.

2） Copy the PSETUP to the computer and double click PSETUP.

3） Below menu appears on the screen：

1 3

4

2

Operating instructions:

5

1) It automatically gets the MAC address, if it is failed to do so, press the

Refresh Devices according to above number 1.

2) Click Query Device ( above number 2), it shows the IP KVM’s IP address as well as gateway information (see above number 3).

3) Choose None in IP auto configuration, set up the IP address in above number 3 according to your network area (eg: 192.168.X.XXX) .Input your account and password after setting the network path (above number 4).

User Login: super

Password: pass

Click OK to save your settings.

4) If you choose DHCP in IP auto configuration, there is no need to modify the

IP address, it will automatically get the proper IP address.

★~Please remember the setting IP address for remote control~★

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4.2 Configuration Setup via Serial Console

For using serial terminal, the KVM-over-IP has a serial line interface (host side).

This connector is compliant with the RS-232 serial line standard.

The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given in below table.

Parameter

Bits/Second

Data bits

Parity

Stop bits

Flow control

Value

115200

8 none

1 none

When configuring with a serial terminal, e.g., Hyper Terminal, reset the

KVM-over-IP and immediately press th e “ESC” key. You will see some device inform ation, and a “=>” prompt. Enter “configuration”, 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 address [192.168.0.70]

Subnet mask [255.255.255.0]

Gateway: [0.0.0.0]（0.0.0.0 for none）

With this option, you can specify whether the KVM-over-IP should get its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server. For DHCP

, enter “dhcp”, and for BOOTP enter

“bootp”. If you do not specify any of these, the IP auto-configuration is disabled and subsequently you will be asked for the following network settings.

IP address

The IP address of the KVM-over-IP. This option is only available if IP auto-configuration is disabled.

Subnet mask

The net mask of the connected IP subnet. This option is only available if IP auto-configuration is 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.

Warnings

User“super”is forbidden to log in through the serial port of IP-KVM.

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5. Logging in

1) Open IE and type in the IP address you have set in PSETUP (as shown above number 1).

http:// 192.168.0.70(the IP address you have set according to your network area)

2) A screen appears as shown in above to indicate you to type your account and password after connected.

User name: super

Password: pass

3) Then below screen appears:

Click Console to open the IP-KVM remote console.

Warnings:

If there is no activity for 30 minutes, the IP-KVM will log you out, automatically. A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen.

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5.1 Remote Console

The Remote Console is the redirected screen, keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that KVM-over-IP controls.



Main window of the remote console

KVM-IP

Diagram 5-1 Main window of the remote console



Control Bar of remote console

The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar. Using its elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and adjust the local Remote

Console settings. A description for each control follows.

Diagram 5-2 Control bar of remote console

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Controls explanation:

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Special button key to send the “Control Alt Delete” key combination to the remote system.

Auto adjusting button

If the video display is of bad quality or distorted in some way, press this button and wait a few seconds while the KVM-over-IP tries to detect the video mode of VGA port to the controlled host and adjust itself for the best possible video quality.

Synchronize the mouse

Activates the mouse synchronization process. Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cursor. This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system. In general, there is no need to change mouse settings on the host.

Single/Double mouse mode

Switches between the Single Mouse Mode (where only the remote mouse pointer is visible) and the Double Mouse Mode (where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized). Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1.4.2 or higher.

Options

To open the Options me nu, click on the button “Options”.

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Diagram 5-3 remote console options menu

Diagram 5-4 Remote Console Options Menu:Scaling

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Diagram 5-5 Remote Console Options Menu:Cursor

Diagram 5-6Video Settings panel

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Diagram 5-7soft keyboard

Diagram 5-8Soft Keyboard Mapping

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Diagram 5-9 Encoding Compression

Diagram 5-10 Predefined Compression

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Diagram 5-11 Lossy Compression

Diagram 5-12 Encoding Color depth

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

Remote status console

Diagram 5-13 status line

Both the incoming

(“In:”) and the outgoing (“Out:”) network traffic are visible (in kb/s). If compressed encoding is enabled, a value in brackets displays the compressed transfer rate.

Diagram 5-14 transmission rates

Press Alt+F12 exits the remote console.

6. Menu Options

6.1 Remote Control

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KVM console

KVM-IP

Telnet Control

Diagram 6-1

Diagram 6-2 Telnet control

The KVM-over-IP firmware features a Telnet server that enables a user to connect via a standard Telnet client. In case the Telnet program is using a VT 100, VT 102 or

VT 220 terminal or an according emulation, it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the KVM-over-IP host machine is using a text mode screen resolution.

Log in the Telnet console by the telnet command as required by the Telnet client,

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8 Port /16 Port User Manual for instance in a UNIX shell:

Telnet 192.168.0.70

Then the system will prompt for inputting a user name and password to log in the device. You need to input right credentials so that the Telnet management is fully conform to function controls in Web.

Once you have successfully logged into the KVM-over-IP a command line will be presented and you can enter according management commands.

Telnet port supports two operating modes: command mode and terminal mode.Command mode is used for control or display some parameters.The terminal port mode is activated through access to serial port 1(if the serial port has set corresponding configuration), all the inputs will be redirected to serial port 1.

The following lists the command syntax and its application according to command mode:

Help: Display the list of possible commands

Cls: Clear the screen

Quit: Exits the current dialog box and disconnect from the user port.

Version: Shows the version information

Terminal: Activates the DMO of serial port 1.Press ESC exits the switch and return to command mode.

Remote Wake-up

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6.2 Virtual Media

Below is the host computer screen (the computer which connected with IP KVM)

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Floppy Image

Diagram 6-2 virtual media -floppy image

The maximum image size is limited to 1.44MB. To use a larger image mount this image via Windows Share (or SAMBA) (see the Section called Use Image on

Windows Share (via SAMBA) for details).

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Operation Procedures:

1. You need to create the floppy image file first (Please refer to the section

“Creating a floppy image”). For this example, we use RawWrite software (or any other image-creator software) to create floppy image. Please use licensed software for this purpose.

2. You can find an image file saved at desire destination after you created it with

RawWrite.

3. Open the browser to log into the IP-KVM. Click Virtual Media, then Floppy Disk.

Click the Browse button to choose the image file.

Click on the button Upload to initiate the transfer of the chosen image file into the

IP-

KVM module’s on-board memory.

4. After you uploading the image file, you will see the information below.

5. Open the remote console and you will see a virtual Floppy drive is created on the host computer that connects to IP-KVM.

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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. If using 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-KVM until the end of the current session, as you logged out, or initiated a reboot of the IP-KVM.

CD/ DVD Image

Use Image on Windows Share (via SAMBA)

To include an image from a Windows share, select “CD/DVD Image” from the submenu.

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Diagram 6-3 Virtual Media - CD-ROM Image

Share host

The server name or its IP address (the PC that shares out the image file). On

Windows 95, 98 and Windows ME do not specify the IP address but the server name ("NetBIOS Name").

Share folder name

The name of the share to be used.

Image file name

The image file name on the share folder.

User (optional)

If necessary, specify the user name for the share named before. If unspecified and a guest account is activated, this guest account information will be used as your login.

Password (optional)

If necessary, specify the password for the given user name.

Notes:

1.

The output image extension file name has to be ‘iso’, e.g. CD-Rom_vir.iso.

2. You may create an ISO image size up to 650Mb (for CD-ROM). 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 support USB BOOTABLE function. For emulating DVD Drive, please use Drive Redirection function.

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3. The above information has to be given from the point of view of IP-KVM 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).

4. The specified image file is supposed to be accessible from the IP-KVM. The information above has to be given from the point of view of the IP-KVM. It is important to specify correct IP addresses, and device names. Otherwise, IP-KVM may not be able to access the referenced image file properly; leave the given file unmounted and will display an according error message, instead. So, we recommend to state correct values and repeat this steps if necessary.

5. Furthermore, the specified share has to be configured correctly. Therefore, administrative permissions are required. As a regular user you may not have these permissions. You should either login as a system administrator (or as “root” on UNIX systems), or ask your system administrator for help to complete this task.

Operation Procedures:

1. Please run Nero or any CD/DVD imaging tool to create CD/DVD ISO image.

2. Please create a folder and share this folder in the PC that shares out the image

file. Copy the CD/DVD ISO image file to this sharing folder. (Please make sure password has to be setup with the authorized user during Sharing => Permission settings)

MS Windows

Open the Explorer, navigate to the directory (or share) and press the right mouse button to open the context menu. Select Sharing to open the configuration dialog

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Diagram 6-4 Explorer Context Menu

Diagram 6-5 sharing configuration dialog

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Adjust the settings for the selected directory.

■

Activate the selected directory as a share. Select Share this

folder.

■

Choose an appropriate name for the share. You may also add a short description for this folder (input field Comment).

■

If necessary, adjust the permissions (Permissions button).

■

Click OK to set the options for this share.

UNIX and UNIX-like OS (UNIX, 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.

Also looking at the man-entry of smb.conf is very helpful.

1. Fill in the sharing information on Image on Windows Share, click on the Set button.

2. If the Image file set successfully.

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8 Port /16 Port User Manual storage

Cdrom_image.iso

3. Open the remote console and you can see the virtual CD as below picture.

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Creating an Image

Creating a Floppy Image

MS Windows

You can use the tool “Raw Write for Windows”. You can get the RawWrite software from the website http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite .

Diagram 6-6 RawWrite for Windows selection dialog

From the menu, select the tab “Read”. Enter (or choose) the name of the file in whic h you would like to save the floppy content. Click on the button “Copy” to initiate the image creation process.

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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.)

Creating a CD/DVD ISO Image

MS Windows

To create the image file, use your favorite CD imaging tool. Copy the whole contents of the disc into one single image file on your hard disk.

For example, with “Nero” you choose “Copy and Backup”. Then, navigate to the

“Copy Disc” section. Select the CD-ROM or DVD drive you would like to create an image from. Specify the filename of the image, and save the CD-ROM content in that file.

Diagram 6-7 Nero selection dialog

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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 CD-ROM image file, copy the contents of the CD-ROM 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.).

Drive Redirection

The Drive Redirection is another possibility to use a virtual disc drive on the remote computer. With Drive Redirection you do not have to use an image file but may work with a drive from your local computer on the remote machine. The drive is hereby shared over a TCP network connection. Devices such as floppy drives, hard discs,

CD-ROMs and other removable devices like USB sticks can be redirected. It is even possible to enable a write support so that for the remote machine it is possible to write data to your local disc.

Diagram 6-8 Options of Drive Redirection

Please note that Drive Redirection works on a level which is far below the operating system. That means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is aware that the drive is currently redirected, actually. This may lead to inconsistent data as soon as one of the operating systems (either from the local machine, or from the remote host) is writing data on the device. If write support is enabled the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the redirected device. On the other hand, if the local operating system writes data to the redirected device the drive cache of the operating system of the remote host might contain older data.

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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

To disable the function of Drive Redirection.

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.

Making a Drive Redirection

The operation procedures to make a drive redirection are as follows.

1. Run Remote Control > KVM Console.

2.

Click on the “Floppy” icon

You will see the Driver Redirection window as below.

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Diagram 6-9 Built-in Java Drive Redirection

3. You can either redirect a local drive (only available under Windows) or redirect an

ISO CD/DVD image.

3-1 If click on Connect Drive

Select the drive to be redirected and click OK.

Select the drive you would like to redirect. All available devices (drive letters) are shown here. Please note that the whole drive is shared with the remote computer, not only one partition. If you have a hard disc with more than one partition all drive letters that belong to this disc will be redirected. The Refresh button may be used to regenerate the list of drive letters, especially for an USB stick.

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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

1. Drive Redirection is only possible with Windows 2000 or later versions.

2. The Drive Redirection works on a low SCSI level and the SCSI protocol cannot recognize partitions; therefore the whole drive selected will be shared instead of any particular partition.

3. While connecting to a legacy KVM switch, please select PS/2 mouse for

Keyboard/Mouse setting from webpage. Otherwise you will not be able to use

Hot-key.

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3-2. If click on Connect ISO

Select the ISO image file and click Open.

4. Finally the established Drive Redirection connection will be displayed

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Open My Computer you will see the virtual drive appears on the remote host PC window.

The drive redirection software tries to lock the local drive before it is redirected.

That means that it tries to prevent the local operating system from accessing the drive as long as it is redirected. This may also fail, especially if a file on the drive is currently open. In the case of a locking failure, you will be prompted if you want to 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.

Clicking on the Disconnect button will disconnect the Drive Redirection connection.

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 partitions) and emulate whatever 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.

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Virtual Drive

Diagram 6-10 USB mass storage option

Set this option to disable the mass storage emulation (and hide the virtual drive) if not mounting an image file or drive to the host system. To set this option, press the button “Apply”.

Note: 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.

6.3 User Management

On an IP-KVM, each user name has settings and permissions associated with it.

Settings affect how the user interfaces with the Remote Console. Permissions allow or forbid the user from performing various actions on the IP-

KVM’s web pages. A newly assigned user has permissions inherited from an assigned group, if any, or individual permissions if no group is assigned.

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Change Password

Diagram 6-11 Setting Passwords

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.

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Users and Groups

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

■

User -- Has permission to access basic function of open Remote Console

You can choose the desired level from the selection box role.

The IP-KVM comes with 1 pre-configured user account that has fixed permissions.

The account “super” has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions IP-KVM 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-KVM.

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.

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Confirm password

Confirmation of the password above.

Email address

This is optional.

Mobile number

This information may be optionally provided.

Role

Each user can be a member of a group (named a “role” ) – there kinds can be shose from: super, administrator, or an regular user.

To create a user presses the button Create. The Modify button changes the displayed user settings. To delete an user press the button Delete.

Note: The IP-KVM is equipped with an host-independent processor and memory unit which both have a limitation in terms of the processing instructions and memory space. To guarantee an acceptable response time we recommend not exceeding the number of 15 users connected to the IP-KVM at the same time. The memory space that is available onto the IP-KVM mainly depends on the configuration and the usage of the IP-

KVM (log file entries etc.). That’s why we recommend not storing more than

150 user profiles.

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6.4 KVM settings

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.

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Diagram 6-12 User Console Setting

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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 is possible to optimize the speed of the remote screen processing depending on the number of users working at the same time and the network bandwidth of the connection line

(Modem, ISDN, DSL, LAN, etc.).

Automatic detection

The encoding and the compression level is 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-KVM and the

Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth. Since high compression rates consum more computing power of IP-KVM, they should not be used while several users are accessing the IP-KVM simultaneously.

The standard color depth is 16 Bit (65536 colors). The other color depths are intended for slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data. Therefore compression level 0 (no compression) uses only 16 Bit color depth.

At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit (16 colors) and 2 Bit (4 gray scales) are recommended for typical desktop interfaces. Photo-like pictures have best results with 4 Bit (16 gray scales). 1 Bit color depth (black/white) should only be used for extremely slow network connections.

Remote Console Type

Specifies, which Remote Console Viewer to use.

Default Java-VM

Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser. This may be the Microsoft

JVM for the Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configured this way. Use of the

Sun JVM may also be forced (see below).

Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin

Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use the JVM of Sun

Microsystems. The JVM in the browser is used to run the code for the Remote

Console window, which is actually a Java Applet. If you check this box for the first time on your administration system and the appropriate Java plug-in is not already installed on your system, it will be downloaded and installed automatically. However, in order to make the installation possible, you still need to answer the according dialogs with “yes”. The download volume is around 11 Mbytes. The advantage of downloading Sun's JVM lays in providing a stable and identical Java Virtual Machine across different platforms. The Remote Console software is optimized for this JVM version and offers wider range of functionality when run in SUN's JVM. Please make sure that you are installing Sun JVM v1.5 or above to your client system.

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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 specifying a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchronization process if pressed in the Remote Console, or is used to leave the single mouse mode.

Remote Console Button Keys

Button Keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that cannot be generated locally. The reason for this might be a missing key or the fact, that the local operating system of the Remote Console is unconditionally catching this keystroke already. Typical examples are “Control+Alt+Delete” on Windows and DOS, what is always caught, or “Control+Backspace” on UNIX or Unix-like OS for terminating the X-Server. The syntax to define a new Button Key is as follows:

[Confirm] <Keycode> [+|-[*] <keycode>]*

“Confirm” requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host.

“Keycode” is the key to be sent. Multiple key codes can be concatenated with a plus, or a minus sign. The plus sign builds key combinations, all keys will be pressed until a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered. In this case all pressed keys should be released in reversed sequence. The minus sign builds single, separate key presses and releases. The star inserts a pause with duration of 100 milliseconds.

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Keyboard/Mouse

Diagram 6-13 Keyboard and Mouse Settings

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 is UNIX or UNIX-like

OS.

Mouse Speed

•Auto mouse speed

Use this option if the mouse settings on host use an additional acceleration setting. The IP-KVM tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process.

•Fixed mouse speed

Use a direct translation of mouse movements between the local and the remote pointer.

You may also set a fixed scaling which determines the pixel-amount of the remote mouse pointer movement when the local mouse pointer is moved by one pixel. This option is used to manually control the remote mouse speed and only works when the mouse settings on the host are linear. This means mouse acceleration of OS should be disabled, and the intelligent mouse synchronization of

IP-KVM is not functioning under this setting.

•Absolute mouse scaling for MAC server

Use this option for MAC server.

To set the options, click on the button Apply.

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Video

Diagram 6-14 Video Settings

Miscellaneous Video Settings

•Noise filter

This option defines how the IP-KVM 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 the display content is not really changing (depending on the quality of the video input signal). All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations.

•Force Composite Sync (Required for Sun Computers)

When connecting the device directly to legacy Sun computer (with composite sync as the video output, it may be possible that IP-

KVM don’t recognize the composite sync automatically. To support signal transmission from a Sun machine, enable this option. If not enabled the picture of the remote console will not be visible.

To set the options, click on the button Apply.

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6.5 Device Settings

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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.

Diagram 6-15 Network Settings

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Warning

Changing the network settings of the IP-KVM might result in losing connection to it. In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to access the IP-KVM.

Dynamic DNS

Diagram 6-16 Dynamic DNS

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A freely available Dynamic DNS service (www.dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario.

Ethernet

Private IP

Router/NAT

Public IP

Internet

IP-KVM

Administrator

Dynamic

DNS

Server

Diagram 6-17 Dynamic DNS Scenario

The IP-KVM 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-KVM connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registers its IP address there. The administrator may contact this server as well and pick up the same IP address relating to his IP-KVM unit.

The administrator has to register an IP-KVM 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-KVM.

You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS:

•Make sure that the LAN interface of the IP-KVM is properly configured.

•Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog as shown in Figure.

•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-KVM registers itself in regular intervals. Currently, this is a fixed setting since only dyndns.org is supported for now.

DNS System

Choose Dynamic for free DNS service. Customize for your own domain.

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Hostname

This is the hostname of the IP-KVM that is provided by the Dynamic DNS Server.

(use the whole name including the domain, e.g. testserver.dyndns.org , not just the actual hostname).

Username

You have registered this username during your manual registration with the Dynamic

DNS Server. Spaces are not allowed in the Nickname.

Password

You have used this password during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS

Server.

Check time

The IP-KVM registers itself for initiating the IP address of IP-KVM 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-KVM.

Warning

The IP-KVM has its own independent real time clock. Make sure the time setting of the IP-KVM is correct. (See the Section Date And

Time )

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Security

Diagram 6-18 IP Filter Settings

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Certificate

Diagram 6-19 Certificate Settings

The IP-KVM uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client. During the connection establishment the IP-KVM has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate. The default certificate comes with IP-KVM 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-KVM. In order to do that, the IP-KVM 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-KVM:

• 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 is done, click on the button “Create” which will initiate the Certificate Signing

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Request generation. The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the “Download CSR” button.

• 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).

• Upload the certificate to the IP-KVM using the “Upload” button as shown in

Figure below.

Diagram 6-20 SSL Certificate Upload

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Diagram 6-21 CSR string

After completing these three steps, the IP-KVM has its own certificate that is used for identifying the IP-KVM to its clients.

Warning

If you destroy the CSR on the IP-KVM there is no way to get it back! In case you deleted it by mistake, you have to repeat the three steps as described above.

Common name

This is the network name of the IP-KVM once it is installed in the user's network

(usually the fully qualified domain name). It is identical to the name that is used to access the IP-

KVM 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-KVM is accessed using HTTPS.

Organizational unit

This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the

IP-KVM belongs.

Organization

The name of the organization to which the IP-KVM belongs.

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Locality/City

The city where the organization is located.

State/Province

The state or province where the organization is located.

Country (ISO code)

The country where the organization is located. This is the two-letter ISO code, e.g.

DE for Germany, or US for the USA. (Note: the country code has to be entered in

CAPITAL LETTERS.)

Challenge Password

Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate (e.g. revocation of the certificate). The minimal length of this password is 4 characters.

Confirm Challenge Password

Confirmation of the Challenge Password

Email

The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the IP-KVM 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 IP-KVM during connection establishment.

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Serial Port

Diagram 6-21 Serial Port

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Date / Time

Diagram 6-22 Date / Time

This link refers to a page, where the internal real-time clock of the IP-KVM 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-KVM 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 currently no way to adjust the daylight saving time automatically. So you have to set up the UTC offset twice a year properly to the local rules of your country.

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Event Log

Diagram 6-23 Event Log

Important events like a login failure or a firmware update 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-KVM. To show the log l ist, click on “Event Log” on the “Maintenance” page. In the Event Log

Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page.

Furthermore, you can clear the log file here.

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List logging enabled

The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the IP-KVM. To show the log list, click on “Event Log” on the “Maintenance” page.

Since the IP-KVM's system memory is used to save all the information, the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1.000 events. Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one, automatically.

Warning

If the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart the IP-KVM, all logging information is saved permanently and is available after the IP-KVM has been started.

If the IP-KVM 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 has to be exported, to write all logging data to a file that is located there. To write logging data from more than one

IP-KVM devices to only one NFS share, you have to define a file name that is unique for each device. When you change the NFS settings and press the button “Apply” , the NFS share will be mounted immediately. That means, the NFS share and the

NFS server must be filled with valid sources or you will get an error message.

SMTP Logging enabled

With this option, the IP-KVM is able to send Emails to an address given by the Email address text field in the Event Log Settings. These mails contain the same description strings as the internal log file and the mail subject is filled with the event group of the occurred log event. In order to use this log destination you have to specify a SMTP server, that has to be reachable from the IP-KVM device and that needs no authentication at all (<serverip> :< port>).

SNMP Logging enabled

If this is activated, the IP-KVM sends a SNMP trap to a specified destination IP address, every time a log event occurs. If the receiver requires a community string, you can set it in the appropriate text field. Most of the event traps only contain one descriptive string with all information about the log event. Only authentication and host power events have an own trap class that consists of several fields with detailed information about the occurred event. To receive this SNMP traps, any SNMP trap listener may be used.

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Here is a example of all gerenated event and its event group.

Device succesfully started device

Board Reset performed by user... device

Firmware upload failed. device

No firmware file uploaded. device

Uploaded firmware file discarded. device

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-KVM, the size of the NFS log file is not limited. Every log event will be appended to the end of the file so it grows continuously and you may have to delete it or move it away from time to time.

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6.6 System Maintenance

The administrator performs various maintenance activities on the IP-KVM. These include viewing its status, update firmware, view the event log and reset the unit.

Device Information

The Device Status page contains a table with information about the IP-

KVM’s hardware and firmware. This information is useful if technical support is required.

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Diagram 6-24 Device Information

The Data file for support allows you to download the IP-KVM data file with specific support information. This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc. You may send us this information together with a support request. It will help us to locate and solve your reported problem.

Diagram 6-25 Connected Users

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Figure above displays the IP-KVM 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 a user who is inactive for a certain amount of time.

Even log

The figure below displays the log list including the events that are logged by the

IP-KVM

Diagram 6-26 Event Log List

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Update Firmware

Firmware can be easily upgraded via web page. This section describes the upgrade procedures.

Diagram 6-27 Update Firmwares

The IP-KVM is a complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called firmware. The firmware of the IP-KVM can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features.

A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email or which you can download from the supplier web site. If the firmware file is compressed (file suffix .zip) then you must unzip it before you can proceed. Under the Windows operating system you may use WinZip from http://www.winzip.com/ for decompression. Other operating systems might provide a program called unzip.

Before you can start updating the firmware of your IP-KVM the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the

IP-KVM.

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Warning!!!

This process is not reversible and might take few minutes. During this upgrading process, we should not disconnect the power or the Ethernet cable, since it may causes upgrade failure and destroy the image in Flash memory.

The IP-KVM will automatically initiate a self-reboot upon completion of upgrade process to make newly upgraded firmware effective. At the end of countdown counter expires, the browser will redirect user to the login homepage. Users shall refer to Maintenance > Device Information page to check the firmware version and confirm the operation.

Warning!!!

IP-KVM will verify firmware checksum before proceed upgrade procedure. The mechanism help to prevent false firmware file to damage IP-KVM. It is crucial to keep a steady power supply during the procedure otherwise the power-off event may damage the permanent storage and disable IP-KVM.

Updating the firmware is a three-stage process:

1. Upload the new firmware file onto the IP-KVM unit.

Browse

2. In order to do that you need to select the file on your local system using the button “Browse” of the Upload Firmware panel. Click Upload. 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.

If everything went well, you see the Update Firmware panel.

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The panel shows you the version number of the currently running firmware and the version number of the uploaded firmware. Pressing Update will store the new version and substitute the old one completely.

4. After the firmware updated successfully, the device will be rebooted and redirected to the login web page automatically.

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Check out the device information to see the updated firmware is running.

Unit Reset

This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device. This involves resetting keyboard/mouse, USB, video engine, or the IP-KVM device itself.

In general, the IP-KVM requires a reset when implementing a firmware update. In the event of an abnormal operation, a number of subsystems may be reset without resetting the entire IP-KVM.

Click Maintenance > Unit Reset, the following window displays.

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Diagram 6-28 Unit Reset

To reset a certain IP-KVM functionality click on the Reset button as displayed in figure below.

Clicking on Reset of Reset Device will reboot the IP-KVM system. It will close all current connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console. The whole process will take about one minute. Resetting subdevices (e.g. video engine) will take few seconds only and does not result in closing connections.

Note: Only the super user is allowed to reset the IP-KVM.

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Appendix

USB Emulation Keyboard

Mac Keyboard

The PC compatible (101/104 keys) keyboard can emulate the functions of the Mac keyboard. The emulation mappings are listed in the below table:

PC Keyboard

[Shift]

MAC Keyboard

Shift

[Ctrl]

L_Win & “1”

L_Win & “2”

L_Win & “3”

L_Win & F12

[Alt]

[Print Screen]

[Scroll Lock]

[Enter]

Ctrl

Alt

F13

F14

=

Return

[Backspace]

[Insert]

Delete

Help

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Sun Keyboard

The PC compatible (101/104 keys) keyboard can emulate the functions of the

Sun keyboard when the control key [L_Win] is used in conjunction with other keys.The corresponding functions are shown in the below table:

PC Keyboard

L_Win&L_Alt

L_Win&F4

L_Win&L_Ctrl

L_Win&F5

L_Win&F1

L_Win&F6

L_Win&F2

L_Win&F7

Sun Keyboard

Stop

Again

Props

Undo

Front

Copy

Open

Paste

L_Win&F3 Find

L_Win&F8 Cut

L_Win&”1”

V_DN

L_Win&”2”

Mute

L_Win&”3”

V_UP

L_Win&F12

Power

L_Win&F11 Help

L_Win&L_Shift

Compose

◆

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Specifications (17

”)

Model XL1708i XL1716i

Computer

Connections

Port Emulation

LED Monitor

Direct

Max

Keyboard

Mouse

Model

View Area

Optimum

Resolution

Color

Brightness

8

8

PS/2，USB

XGA TFT

17 "

1280×1024@60Hz

16.7 M

250cd/m²（ T y p ）

16

16

Mouse

Keyboard

Port Selection

Remote

Power Input

Contrast Ratio 1000 : 1 （ T y p ）

Pixel

Pitch(mm)

0.264(H) × 0.264(W)

X/Y Resolution >1000 points / inch,（ 40 points/mm ）

Scroll Wheel Support Scroll Wheel function

99 keys

(82 keys main keyboard +17 keys independent numeric keyboard)

Front Panel Pushbuttons,hotkey,OSD menu

Remote Console KVM console (Java setup), terminal console

Serial Mode

IP Set Value

Protocol

Setting the console(Load setup default)

Network Serial(Directly access to a serial port)

Power Control

DHCP, Fixed IP, DDNS

TCP, IP, ARP, ICMP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, DHCP,

NTP, DNS and dynamic DNS

Management

Interface

Web, Utility, Telnet, Serial port

100V~ 240Vac , 50~60Hz , <1.5A

Power Consumption 21W 27W

Operating Temperature 0～50 ℃

Store Temperature -20～ 60 ℃

Humidity

Net Weight

Product Dimension (W × D × H)

0~80% RH, non-condensing

13.3kg 13.7kg

448mm×581mm×42.5mm

Package Dimension (W × D × H)

765mm×615mm×185mm

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Specifications (19

”)

Model XL1908i XL1916i

Computer

Connections

Port

Emulation

Direct

Max

Keyboard

Mouse

Model

LED

Monitor

View Area

Optimum

Resolution

Color

Brightness

Contrast Ratio

Pixel Pitch(mm)

8

8

PS/2，USB

SXGA TFT

19″

1280×1024@60Hz

16.7 M

250cd/m²（ T y p ）

1000 : 1 （ T y p ）

0.294(H) × 0.294(W)

16

16

Keyboard

X/Y Resolution >1000 points / inch,（ 40 points/mm ）

Mouse

Port Selection

Scroll Wheel Support Scroll Wheel function

99 keys

(82 keys main keyboard +17 keys independent numeric keyboard)

Front Panel Pushbuttons,hotkey,OSD menu

Remote

Console

KVM console (Java setup), terminal console

Remote

Serial Mode

IP Set Value

Setting the console(Load setup default)

Network Serial(Directly access to a serial port)

Power Control

DHCP, Fixed IP, DDNS

Protocol

TCP, IP, ARP, ICMP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, DHCP,

NTP, DNS and dynamic DNS

Management

Interface

Power Input

Power Consumption

Operating Temperature

Store Temperature

Web, Utility, Telnet, Serial port

100V~ 240Vac , 50~60Hz , <1.5A

25W

0～50 ℃

-20～ 60 ℃

28W

Humidity

0~80% RH, non-condensing

Net Weight

13.6kg 13.7kg

Product Dimension (W × D × H) 448mm×605mm×42.5mm

Package Dimension (W × D × H)

765mm×615mm×185mm

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Trouble Shooting

1. The

KVM console doesn’t work when I connect and use the console for the first time.

Solutions:

1) Power off the KVM and disconnect the monitor, keyboard and mouse.

2) Disconnect all the signal cables connected to the KVM.

3) Disconnect all the signal cables connected to the PC, especially those cables with

USB or PS/2 port.

4) Make sure the monitor, keyboard and mouse are correctly connected to the KVM console and work properly.

5)Then power on KVM and you hear the boot indicating sound from the beeper,a screen automatically pop up for you to enter the user name and password.

6) Type in the correct user name and password, then the OSD main menu pop up on the screen.

7) Check the KVM console and make sure it can normally switch ports.

8) Connect one server (PC) to one of the KVM ports with signal cable and check port switching function, check the keyboard and mouse, if they are not working, try to re-start the server (PC).

9) After successfully finishing all above steps, gradually add server (PC) to this console until meet your need.

2. There is no pop up window to type in user name and password or the pop up window is not normally displayed.

Solutions:

1) Check the AC/DC output.

2) Make sure you have heard the indicating sound and the keyboard LED is on after starting up the computer.

3) Check the LED power and make sure the LED signal cable has connected to the

KVM console.

3. I can’t log in the KVM system after starting computer.

Solutions:

1)Make sure the KVM keyboard is working, the user name and password is correct.

The default value is blank, you can log in after press Enter.

2)Reconnect the USB or PS/2 keyboard.

4. I can’t switch from one port to another after logging in the KVM system.

Solutions:

1)Invoke the OSD main menu and check the user name on the top left, make sure the user has got the access permission from the administrator.

2) Please contact the distributor or the KVM manufacturer.

5. Bad display quality of PC screen.

Solutions:

1)Check the signal cables, make sure they are connected.

2) Reset the monitor’s display settings.

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6. When I switch to one port, the keyboard and mouse do not work.

Solutions:

1)Make sure you have exited the OSD menu.

2)Invoke the OSD main menu and check the user name on the top left, make sure the user has got the access permission from the administrator.

3) Pull out the USB port of the server (PC) then plug in.

4) If you connected the PC with PS/2 port, try to re-start the server (PC).

7. I can’t invoke the OSD main menu.

Solutions:

1)Check the keyboard to make sure it is working.

2)Double click 【Scroll_Lock】.

3)Double click 【F12】

4)Double click 【Caps Lock】

8.OSD in messy code or bad display when cascading.

Solution:

Invoke OSD menu after cascading, select 【Load default】in 【F1】function, press

Enter to refresh OSD ROM.

9.I c an’t access to IP module.

Solutions:

1)Check the network(check the IP-

KVM’s IP address

2)Check whether the IP-KVM has been powered on.

3)Check the IP-

KVM’s IP address and other related IP address, check the router settings.

10.Forget the password to access the IP module.

Solutions:

1)Try to use the default user name “Super”and default password “Pass”.

2)Please contact your supplier if you forget your changed password.

11.Key combination such as ALT+F2, ALT+F3 are intercepted by the console and can’t be transmitted to the controlled port.

Solution：

Define “Remote combination key” from the web page of the IP module.

ConfigurationRemote Button Key

12.

Browser doesn’t conform to the IP module.

Solutions:

1) Check the browser cache setting

2)

Make sure the browser cache setting is not set as “never refresh page”, if you set as “never refresh page”, it will load through the browser instead of the IP module.

13.

Remote mouse doesn’t work or can’t be synchronized.

Solution:

Please make sure the

IP module’s mouse setting is correct.

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How secure is this KVM over IP console?

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How do I access the KVM over IP console remotely?

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